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WHY CAR BUYERS LEAVE LOCKDOWN AS WINNERS

Volkswagen Project Trinity to herald car-buying revolution • Level 4 autonomous EV to offer options and extras as post-purchase downloads

BUY NOW, PAY EXTRA LATER

MEB AND BEYOND: WHICH VOLKSWAGEN GROUP PLATFORMS ARE COMING WHEN?

Citroën covers all bases with C5X • Segment-straddling luxury range-topper combines SUV, estate and saloon styles

Dealers open doors as car sales rise at last

CONFIDENTIAL

UK to get new Toyota sports car • GR 86 is lightweight, rear-wheel-drive coupé with 232bhp four-cylinder atmo boxer

THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN

New 3 Wheeler breaks cover • More advanced chassis and engine upgrade for overhauled baby Morgan roadster

Hummer reborn as off-road EV

Petrol engine for more potent new Kodiaq vRS

FWD Polestar 2 is £40k

WHY SOLID-STATE BATTERIES WILL RAISE THE GAME FOR EVs

What future is there for rural forecourts? • Rural fuel stations face being left behind amid rollout of EV charging infrastructure

Jim Holder

PARK FOOT: AT YOUR CONVENIENCE

Steve Cropley

PEUGEOT 508 PSE SW • Electrification-focused Peugeot Sport Engineered sub-brand makes its debut with a 350bhp plug-in hybrid executive cruiser. Can Sochaux beat Munich and Ingolstadt at their own game?

SKODA ENYAQ iV • Czech brand’s first bespoke electric model arrives as rival to the Volkswagen ID 4

PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO S E-HYBRID ST • More power and more electric range for Stuttgart’s plug-in hybrid family flagship

JAGUAR XE • Athletic compact saloon is given what’s likely to be its final shot in the arm

DACIA SANDERO BI-FUEL • Range-topping version of new budget supermini can run on either petrol or LPG

Volkswagen Golf R • The Mk7 Golf R departed as a legend, so where can the new one possibly go from there?

THE HEIGHT OF LUXURY • Bentley asks £150,000 for its luxurious high-rise SUV, but can the Range Rover fill the same brief for considerably less money? Matt Prior decides

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ZERO TO HERO • Bentley’s plans to recreate a limited run of its famed 4½-litre Blower are well under way, with the first prototype, Car Zero, now complete. Andrew Frankel drives it

MUSIC TO OUR EARS • Seeing, feeling and hearing: all are equally important in making driving a car an experience to savour. It’s not just roaring engines and whistling turbochargers that make our spines tingle, though. Here are the noises that we love the most

KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY • Can a £200k Italian super-SUV take on the role of daily driver and mundane domestic transport, and all under the strict conditions of a third national lockdown? Matt Saunders couldn’t wait to find out

THIS IS A FORMULA WE LIKE TO APPLY • You don’t need to pay a grand prix to bag a Formula 1-inspired car. John Evans finds a load of affordable ones on the used market

BUILT ON SAND? • We report back from the inaugural Extreme E race in Saudi Arabia

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