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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.

CAR SALES IN 2021: ODD ONE-OFF OR NEW DAWN?

Noble returns to its roots with £150k, 550bhp M500 • British maker resurfaces with new supercar that matches M600 chassis with Ford V6

THAT WAS THEN BUT THIS IS NOW

A BRIEF HISTORY OF NOBLE

BUY BRITISH: THE BEST HOME-GROWN SPECIALIST SPORTS CARS

BMW showcases future tech • Colour-changing paint and in-car cinema are among a host of innovations revealed by the company at CES in Las Vegas that aim to transform the on-board experience

MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM CES

COULD SONY BEAT APPLE TO IT?

Sony poised to turn car maker • Tech firm sets up mobility company and follows EV saloon with a seven-seat SUV

Volkswagen electric saloon nearly ready

FAST-CHARGING, SELF-HEALING BATTERY TECH USES SILICON ALLY

Nio reveals 620-mile Model 3 rival • Chinese electric car maker will challenge top-selling Tesla in Europe from this year

HUI ZHANG, VICE-PRESIDENT, NIO EUROPE

WHY CHARGE IF YOU CAN SWAP?

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

Latest buying trends revealed • Official data of the UK’s new car registrations in 2021 shows how the sands are shifting

Toyota Burnaston

WHY FORD WAS STILL THE REAL WINNERIN 2021

The year of the EV charger • Boss of charger provider Osprey tells us why things are looking up for EV drivers

Germany to quicken pace of switch to electrification

VW’S 10 TARGETS FOR THE COALITION

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

MORE OF THE SAME, PLEASE • Why the stage is set for another great year of motorsport

Rosberg team snatches Extreme Etrophy

MOTORSPORT GREATS

JANUARY SALE

MERCEDES-AMG SL • AMG has been charged with transforming the image of Stuttgart’s most iconic model to that of a driver-focused sports car. Has it succeeded?

A ROADSTER THAT’S AN S-CLASS INSIDE

ELECTROGENIC PORSCHE 356 • British company swaps 1963 Porsche’s flat four for electric motor and battery

VOLKSWAGEN ID 6 X • Chinese-built EV is essentially an extended-wheelbase, seven-seat version of the ID 4

PORSCHE MACAN S • Best-selling SUV is updated yet again, promising greater agility and a refined interior

SKODA ENYAQ iV 80x • More powerful four-wheel-drive option is introduced to electric crossover

RADICAL SR10 • GT3-fast track-day special gains new engine map and enhanced safety

Kia EV6 • Kia steps up its game for the electric era with a distinctive and dynamic family EV

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Genuine driver appeal makes Kia’s ground-up EV one of the best

AUTOCAR 125YEARS 6197ISSUES 1,100,000PAGES YOURSTOACCESS

WORTH THE WEIGHT? • Marking the end of one era and the beginning of another for Lotus, the Emira is claimed to be a sports car for the masses as well as for the purists, despite pushing one and a half tonnes in weight. Steve Cropley sees for himself in Hethel’s first new series-production car since 2009

INSIDE HETHEL’S NEW PRODUCTION HUB

SORRY, WRONG NUMBER • Car clocking is as big a problem as ever, though this time it’s not only dodgy dealers trying to pull a fast one...