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The spring in Toyota’s step • Akio Toyoda’s low-emissions foresight and new EV plans mean Toyota can continue to race Le Mans and build sports car like the new GR86.

VW EV plans on target… local variants promised… ID range to get city car

Corvette brings the heat • The mid-engined C8 Corvette is set to spawn four hardcore versions, with a 805bhp ZR1 leading the charge.

If you’re looking for trouble… • … then the Safari Rally, back in the World Rally Championship after 19 years, is happy to oblige

Audi’s EV blitz gets serious • With the new Q4 e-Tron and electric A6, Audi’s bringing its electrified A-game.

Richard Parry-Jones: his spirit lives on • Tributes to the rally fan who revitalised Ford

New GTX or original GTI? • VW’s performance brand for EVs kicks off with a hotter version of the ID.4. Can GTX really become a worthy successor to GTI, the badge that changed everything?

‘Citroën runs at a different tack’ • No more trying to beat the Germans at their own game; Citroën’s boss has a better idea

X marks the lot • Citroën C5 X: it’s a saloon-estate-SUV

Nautical but nice • Going under not once, not twice but three times.

Mercedes EQS: what makes it so special? • Mercedes wasn’t going to let the switch from engines to e-motors deprive it of its hard-earned luxury crown. Here’s how it’s made the leap.

If only real life were more like a game… • It is now, as car makers inject video-game tech into your cockpit – but for added safety, not thrills.

A GAMER’S VIEW • HOW IT WORKS

The end of the old world • Porsche’s GT division will be the last to go electric. The new GT3 shows just how explosive the old ways can be

WHAT’S IT LIKE WITH THE PDK ’BOX?

Ridiculously brilliant… • And brilliantly ridiculous. Meet one of the most out-there Bentleys ever

Buried treasure • The JCW is still a blast on a good road, despite BMW’s efforts to cloak its genius

Four more years

Opinion • MURRAY WALKER + IN-CAR TECH OVERKILL + REAL-WORLD EVS

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DELTA FORCE • Autodelta is to Alfa what M is to BMW. In the ’60s, its fast Giulia GTAs won races and stole hearts. Can the wild new Giulia GTAm do the same?

HOW DID IT ALL START? THANK THE CORTINA

MO’ MONEY MOERS’ PROBLEMS • New money and a new boss, ex-AMG man Tobias Moers. Is this Aston Martin rebirth different?

MEET THE TEAM

JORDAN, SPYKER… ASTON!

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON

THE CABLE GUYS • Plug-in hybrids from Peugeot and Volvo optimised for hooliganism and tax breaks? Sounds too good to be true

PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING VOLVO S60 T8 POLESTAR

PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING PEUGEOT 508 SPORT ENGINEERED

THE RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET • But is ambitious new electric race series Extreme E part of the solution or part of the problem? We were in Saudi Arabia to watch the first ever event

THE MAIN PLAYERS

RACING TO SAVE THE PLANET: ARE THEY SERIOUS?

STARSHIP, EARTH • Might the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 – just landed from space – be the most important hatchback since Ford’s Mk1 Focus?

BORN • The new Porsche 911 GT3 is here – all the excuse we need to take the original for a blast in the...