Autocar

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.

FORD VW DEAL IS GOOD FOR THEM - AND BUYERS

Ford’s first VW-based EV to be US-flavoured crossover • Junior sibling to the Mach-E will combine ID 4 tech with US-led looks for 2022 debut

FORD ELECTRIFIES F-150 WITH LIGHTNING

Cupra Born is ‘game-changer’ • Spanish brand claims its first EV will blaze a trail as a sporty, compact electric car

Lighter new drop-top M4 packs more punch

Stellantis teams up with electronics giant

Fiery Cayenne guns for Urus • New performance flagship to get 631bhp, aero tweaks and sharpened dynamics

WE DRIVE THE NEW HOT CAYENNE COUPE

Skoda plans next two EVs • Coupé version of Enyaq iV SUV will precede a compact crossover

Genesis saloon and SUV cost £37k and £57k

CONFIDENTIAL

Volvo ramps up recycling drive • Ambitious plan to cut costs and CO2 could also pave way for second-life EV batteries

Mercedes details new SL shell

Hydrogen Vauxhall Vivaro due in 2023

THE INGENIOUS EV GEAR CHANGER THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER

Clean Air Zone roll-out troubles van operators • Industry calls on government to do more to help commercial fleets make switch to electric propulsion

Jim Holder

Steve Cropley

MASERATI MC20 • Given another chance at success, Maserati has decided to build a rear-driven sports coupé and create for it an all-new, high-tech V6

ASTON MARTIN VICTOR • How about a front-engined, rear-driven two-seat coupé with an 836bhp atmo V12?

ASTON V12 SPEEDSTER • DBS and Vantage have a roofless baby

McLAREN ELVA • Latest Ultimate Series model is open-top speedster with same V8 as the Senna

FIAT 500 ELECTRIC • How does the new-era Italian city car fare on UK roads in entry-level, £20k spec?

Citroën C4 • French firm’s new, comfort-first family hatchback has echoes of a 1970s great

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

ACCELERATION

Data log

Has rational and irrational appeal but lacks a fine-tuned execution

Testers’ notes

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p74

GOING THE EXTRA MILE • Toyota’s uber-efficient petrol-electric pioneer was a technical tour de force. Richard Lane hails the Mk1 Prius and two other hypermiling hybrid heroes

WHAT IT’S LIKE LIVING WITH AN XL1

I’ll let the cars do the talking • Tobias Moers has quietly been overhauling “a company in trouble” since taking over at Gaydon. A year on, it’s ready to unleash a new generation of Astons.

TOBIAS MOERS ON…

HOW IS ASTON PERFORMING?

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMG ‘WALKOUT’

SEEN IT ALL BEFORE • Colin Goodwin is forever recognising the same few bits of road on TV, but many more interesting things than filming take place at Longcross Studios…

CHOBHAM MEMORY

DIVING INTO THE OCEAN • Catie Munnings prepares for Extreme E’s Ocean X Prix in Senegal

NEWS ROUND-UP

Indycar set for super season • Five winners in five, talented rookies and the Indy 500. Get watching

2021 W Series championship

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