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Autocar

Mar 24 2021
Magazine

Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

EV GRANT CHANGES: BAD MOVE, BADLY HANDLED

New Lambo supercar keeps V12 but adds hybrid punch • Aventador successor begins firm’s shift to electrification with unusual hybrid set-up

URUS TO GAIN PHEV MODEL IN MID-LIFE FACELIFT

STEPHAN LAMBORGHINI CEO

WHAT IS BUGATTI’S FUTURE NOW?

New 308 pushes upmarket • Peugeot’s family hatch gains extra design flair, new tech, plusher trim and two PHEVs

UK start-up to launch hardcore electric off-roader this year

Aston does road-legal take on F1 safety car

Aygo reinvented as crossover • Toyota’s Aygo X Prologue previews all-new petrol-powered city car due next year

EV grant cut to £2500, price cap to £35,000

Continental GT Speed arrives with 650bhp

CONFIDENTIAL

BMW sets out bold 2050 vision • Roadmap from 2025 includes EVs, hydrogen, e-fuels, a digital revolution and eco aims

BMW reveals production-spec i4 saloon ahead of autumn launch

Why Volvo EVs are online only • Commercial boss Lex Kerssemakers explains the logic behind its new sales model

DANDELIONS, RICE AND SOYBEANS: HOW TYRES CAN BE SUSTAINABLE

Will the company car be a victim of Covid-19? • Fleet industry figures are bullish about its future, despite the rise of home working

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS

KIA STINGER GT S • Subtle revisions help one of our favourite quick saloons to remain current in 2021

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 D250 • New Ingenium straight six is now the only diesel engine offered in multi-talented 4x4

JAGUAR XF SPORTBRAKE • Has a subtle update made Jaguar’s plush executive estate more competitive?

LEXUS UX 300e • Luxury brand’s first pure-electric car faces stiff competition, so is it up to the mark?

MERCEDES-AMG GLB 35 • Compact seven-seater has its temperature raised by Affalterbach’s engineers

Ford Puma • Can Ford transfer its ST recipe for fun, usable, affordable performance to an SUV?

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Track notes

Data log

Well judged, versatile and fun; the jacked-up hot hatch done well

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p82

PUTTING YOU IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT SINCE 1895 • For 126 years, our mission has been to bring the car driving experience to you. Join Autocar Subscriber Extra today to get even closer to the action.

WE’LL TAKE CHARGE FROM HERE • Can automotive juggernauts Volkswagen and Ford beat the EV specialists at their own game? Simon Davis pits the new ID 4 and Mustang Mach-E against a Polestar 2 to find out

NEARLY NEW ELECTRIC CARS FOR DIFFERENT BUDGETS

IT’S TIME TO BUY THE CAR OF YOUR DREAMS • The death knell has started to sound for new petrol and diesel cars, but the used one you always promised yourself is still in reach. Felix Page kicks off our 12-page used special with a guide to project cars

A PROJECT FOR EVERY BUDGET

NOUGHTIES BUT NICE • Ready to take the plunge but not yet certain what to buy? By targeting pre-2010 cars, you can get the best of all worlds: value, relative simplicity and future classic potential. Here are 20 models James Ruppert says you should...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 92 Publisher: Haymarket Media Group Ltd Edition: Mar 24 2021

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: March 24, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

EV GRANT CHANGES: BAD MOVE, BADLY HANDLED

New Lambo supercar keeps V12 but adds hybrid punch • Aventador successor begins firm’s shift to electrification with unusual hybrid set-up

URUS TO GAIN PHEV MODEL IN MID-LIFE FACELIFT

STEPHAN LAMBORGHINI CEO

WHAT IS BUGATTI’S FUTURE NOW?

New 308 pushes upmarket • Peugeot’s family hatch gains extra design flair, new tech, plusher trim and two PHEVs

UK start-up to launch hardcore electric off-roader this year

Aston does road-legal take on F1 safety car

Aygo reinvented as crossover • Toyota’s Aygo X Prologue previews all-new petrol-powered city car due next year

EV grant cut to £2500, price cap to £35,000

Continental GT Speed arrives with 650bhp

CONFIDENTIAL

BMW sets out bold 2050 vision • Roadmap from 2025 includes EVs, hydrogen, e-fuels, a digital revolution and eco aims

BMW reveals production-spec i4 saloon ahead of autumn launch

Why Volvo EVs are online only • Commercial boss Lex Kerssemakers explains the logic behind its new sales model

DANDELIONS, RICE AND SOYBEANS: HOW TYRES CAN BE SUSTAINABLE

Will the company car be a victim of Covid-19? • Fleet industry figures are bullish about its future, despite the rise of home working

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS

KIA STINGER GT S • Subtle revisions help one of our favourite quick saloons to remain current in 2021

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 D250 • New Ingenium straight six is now the only diesel engine offered in multi-talented 4x4

JAGUAR XF SPORTBRAKE • Has a subtle update made Jaguar’s plush executive estate more competitive?

LEXUS UX 300e • Luxury brand’s first pure-electric car faces stiff competition, so is it up to the mark?

MERCEDES-AMG GLB 35 • Compact seven-seater has its temperature raised by Affalterbach’s engineers

Ford Puma • Can Ford transfer its ST recipe for fun, usable, affordable performance to an SUV?

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Track notes

Data log

Well judged, versatile and fun; the jacked-up hot hatch done well

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p82

PUTTING YOU IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT SINCE 1895 • For 126 years, our mission has been to bring the car driving experience to you. Join Autocar Subscriber Extra today to get even closer to the action.

WE’LL TAKE CHARGE FROM HERE • Can automotive juggernauts Volkswagen and Ford beat the EV specialists at their own game? Simon Davis pits the new ID 4 and Mustang Mach-E against a Polestar 2 to find out

NEARLY NEW ELECTRIC CARS FOR DIFFERENT BUDGETS

IT’S TIME TO BUY THE CAR OF YOUR DREAMS • The death knell has started to sound for new petrol and diesel cars, but the used one you always promised yourself is still in reach. Felix Page kicks off our 12-page used special with a guide to project cars

A PROJECT FOR EVERY BUDGET

NOUGHTIES BUT NICE • Ready to take the plunge but not yet certain what to buy? By targeting pre-2010 cars, you can get the best of all worlds: value, relative simplicity and future classic potential. Here are 20 models James Ruppert says you should...


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