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DS IS GETTING THERE BUT NEEDS A TRUE FLAGSHIP

Murray’s latest supercar is 607bhp V12 daily driver • British designer’s new £1.4m T33 is a “more practical” junior sibling to T50 flagship

GORDON MURR AY, FOUNDER AND CEO, GMA

PLANS FOR NEW GMA HEADQUARTERS

DBX 707 is brawniest luxury SUV • Aston Martin boosts DBX’s V8 to 697bhp, upgrades chassis, makes styling sportier

A HOT TER DBX WAS INE VITABLE

New era for lightweight heroes • SOME OF THE best-known low-volume sports car makers have announced transformative plans for their core models. Here are three radically different takes on the formula we’re excited to see.

Saloon first in Bentley EV blitz • High-riding four-door will arrive in 2025 as the first of five Bentley EVs due by 2030

HOW DOES BENTLEY PLAN TO BE CARBON-NEUTRAL BY 2030?

ADRIAN HALLMARK, CEO, BENTLEY

Urus to raise game then go EV • Lamborghini’s super-SUV to get PHEV and even hotter ICE versions before full EV

THIS IS GOOD NEWS. YES, REALLY

HOW CHEVY’S NEW MONSTER V8 IS BIGGER, BOLDER AND BADDER

Enyaq Coupé uncorks hot vRS • Rakish new electric SUV gets a 295bhp twin-motor all-wheel-drive vRS flagship

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

What am I bid – and where? • Traditional auctioneers are facing a threat from booming online car auctions

CAN COLLECTING CARS REINVENT CLASSIFIEDS?

Peugeot targets global expansion

SALES CAN TOP ONE MILLION AGAIN, SAYS SMMT

British car production falls again • Multiple issues sent output to lowest level since 1956 – but there’s optimism for 2022

Britishvolt targets performance car makers for battery supply

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MY WEEK IN CARS

THE FULL MONTE • WRC’s two Sébastiens created special magic as its new era began

Monte Carlo Rally

MOTORSPORT GREATS

MASERATI MC20 • Mid-engined V6 supercar that was designed to herald a new era for Maserati meets British roads in the bleak mid-winter

WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT NETTUNO

LEXUS NX 350h • Mid-size SUV continues to do its own thing in its second generation

BENTLEY BENTAYGA S • The W12 Speed has been killed off, so this new sharpened V8 is now the sporty option

PORSCHE PANAMERA 4 E-HYBRID SPORT TURISMO • Does the Taycan’s overshadowed internally combusting equivalent still hold appeal?

DS 9 • Stellantis’s Parisian luxury brand goes hunting for the legacy of an automotive icon

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Alternative and devoted to its luxury remit but no show-stopper

BEAUTY AND THE PISTE • Richard Lane has the enviable task of returning an Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm to its spiritual home of Balocco, where retirement for the sublime super-saloon awaits. All that stands in his way are 1000 wintry miles and one closed Stelvio Pass

GIORGIO: THE GENIUS BEHIND THE GTA

THAT’S YOUR LOT • Four years ago, John Evans found Romford’s legendary dealers fretting about Brexit. Now he returns to see if they’ve survived both that and the effects of the pandemic

HOW LONG WILL HIGH USED CAR PRICES...