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Legendary brands, safe hands? • The union of Groupe PSA and Fiat Chrysler has created a super-group. What does it mean for the marques you care about?
Big, but no Toyota…
Porsche’s e-hypercar… Audi eyes retro EV… hotter and hybrid Urus delayed
Still screams, now even faster • Porsche’s hardcore GT3 is back for its seventh generation with a screaming 9000rpm flat-six, manual ’box and even faster laps.
Electro-luxe: Bentley’s 2025 EV • Bentley will phase engines out this decade, so it needs to get this car, its first EV, absolutely right.
WAIT, I KNOW YOU…
Extreme E is go! • With the first season starting in April, here’s your essential guide to a wild new all-electric motorsport.
Jaguar’s electric shock • Casting aside its tweeds and pipe, Jaguar is going full electric, and it all will happen by 2025
Made you look: BMW’s design logic • The duo behind BMW’s divisive approach to design and that grille explain themselves – and insist it’s working.
Five reasons to love the the Ioniq 5 • Hyundai’s first Ioniq is here to make going EV more tempting than ever
‘We might build an all-electric R8’ • Parachuted in from F1, the new boss admits Audi needs to catch up with Tesla’s software genius
Six questions only we would ask
More than meets the ’ai • New Qashqai is clever under the skin
A rarer Carrera • Watches synced with Porsche cars.
The Maserati motor that thinks it’s an F1 engine • Maserati’s first supercar in a generation, the MC20, is going its own way, with no hybrid and some clever combustion tech. Here’s the nerdy detail.
NEW ENGINE, NEW ERA
How to recyle an EV battery • Without blowing yourself up, that is. VW shows how it’s done.
Scroll and swipe with the very best • For so long, too many Alfa Romeos have been let down by dated infotainment. Has that changed?
ALFA INFOTAINMENT • HOW IT WORKS
This is the end • A chance to drive the last ever Lotus Elise? Wild weather couldn’t hold us back
New tech, old values • The non-RS version of Audi’s electric four-door coupe is in a fine tradition
The prince regent • The 992-gen 911 Turbo arrived as the Turbo S. How important is that S?
Mr Hyde’s SUV • Sensible Dr Jekyll still has the upper hand, but the plug-in RAV4 has a wild side too
The anti Qashqai • If this really is the last stand for Nissan’s brute, it’s going down with all guns blazing
A Cross worth bearing • The craze for dirt-ready Porsches reaches the Taycan, and in some style
Freshly brewed • Finally – a new Vauxhall to get excited about, if its performance lives up to its looks
Letter of the month
Opinion • MAGNUM’S FERRARI + ROGER MOORE’S VOLVO + PONTIAC AZTEK
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BRUCE ALMIGHTY! • When McLaren’s founder was in his pomp, the idea of a plug-in hybrid supercar was as out-there as a cloned sheep. Would he approve of the Artura, McLaren’s all-new PHEV?
DESIGN: P1-INSPIRED
ARTURA: THE DETAIL • McLaren’s more tech company than car maker — here’s the evidence
change • More agile, more focused and more ambitious, Mercedes is changing – fast. We talk to the boss and hit the road in the crucial new...