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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

Welcome • ‘The ideal number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes you own’

Star contributors

THE RACE TO DECARBONISE • This year the UK will host the COP26 climate summit, aiming to deliver a new global emissions reduction target – and car makers are already hard at it.

Lambo electric plans… hybrid Aventador in 2023… first EV in 2025

The magic formula? Easy: Ioniq 5 plus N • A hotter version of Hyundai’s ace new EV? Ex-BMW man Biermann and his N crew are on it.

The past is the future • Restomod fever has taken hold, with even mainstream manufacturers getting involved.

The chips are down • A computer chip shortage is hitting the car industry hard.

Waiter! There’s wurst in my tapas • Cupra’s turn in the Meisterchef kitchen

Hindsight required • As Genesis arrives in Europe, it needs to learn from previous flawed attempts to create an off-the-shelf premium brand.

‘At BMW M we must over-deliver’ • Is BMW M division’s head of engineering, Dirk Hacker, in the right job? Oh yes

Six questions only we would ask

Why buy a Polo? • New Skoda Fabia gets posher

Synching feeling • Three fine diver’s watches – one an absolute steal.

Ford F-150 Lightning: all-American icon plugs in • You know times are changing when Ford finally electrifies its all-time best-selling vehicle. Here’s how.

CABIN JOINS THE 21ST CENTURY TOO

Going EV where it matters the most • BMW’s eDrive Zones feature makes it easier to share the clean-air benefits of your hybrid.

In search of the special source • Toyota’s thoroughly overhauled Mirai Mk2 is better in every way. But what of the hydrogen filling network?

HOW TO REFUEL A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL

Laps of luxury • The quickest current-gen Continental GT is also the most fun

ThiEVes in the temple • Electric power invades BMW’s holiest of holies – the compact saloon

Welcome the gatecrasher • Late to the supercar party and not entirely sober, Maserati’s mid-engined MC20 wants to be everybody’s friend

The afterglow • The last-gen 1-series was a fine car – tuner Birds Auto reckons it can make it better still

Suffering for your art • A rolling work of art, but there are more practical unicycles

Electric never land • The car you thought would never happen has arrived, in all its 1887bhp glory. We drive the £2m EV that out-accelerates the Chiron

Senses regained

Opinion • URBAN ALTERNATIVES + HORRIBLE EV WHEELS + SYNTH FUELS

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EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE • Fast cars are for going places, not round in circles on a track. Which storied European marque builds the best GT?

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MAN ON A WIRE • Balancing acts don’t come much tougher – how can Fiat CEO Olivier François evolve its cheap ‘n’ cheerful, petrol-engined USP to succeed in the not-cheap-at-all electric age?

SOCKET TO M • The RS e-Tron GT is Audi’s new electric flagship. The thunderous M5 CS may be one of BMW’s last great petrol cars....