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Autocar

Feb 23 2022
Magazine

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.

WANTED: A NEW WAY TO RAISE £28BN USING EVs

EVs and most potent BMW yet mark M division’s 50th • Best-selling performance sub-brand plots transition to electric future

New Countryman PHEV to be Mini’s hottest model yet

HIGH-POWER HYBRID M7 ON THE CARDS

M DIVISION: 50 NOT OUT

Ranger Raptor cranks it up with V6 • Hardcore version of new pick-up gains 284bhp twin-turbo petrol V6; due this summer

Jeep to axe pure-ICE for electrification in Europe this year

JUSTIN CAPICCHIANO, FORD PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME MANAGER

TOYOTA, YAMAHA RUN BIG V8 ON H2

Has road pricing’s time come? • The UK government will need to plug the hole left in its finances by the switch to EVs

COULD WE LEARN FROM SINGAPORE?

HOW FEASIBLE IS IT TECHNICALLY?

MAZDA TURNS THE TWO-STROKE INTO A SUPER-EFFICIENT ENGINE

Nvidia to give JLR tech boost • Connectivity and autonomy targeted by new tie-up with major US software firm

JLR HAPPY TO SHARE NVIDIA

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

Lotus Technology plans flotation • Brand’s Chinese tech and EV-making business to join stock market valued at £5-6bn

IS LOTUS STOCK A WISE BUY?

Ineos can sidestep CO2 rules with commercial Grenadiers

UK in frame to host Eurocell battery plant

Dealers face EV revenue loss • Electric cars are cheaper to service, but what does that mean for retailers?

SERVICE PL ANS K EY TO BOOSTING REVENUE

INSIDE INFORMATION

Autocar Archive

MY WEEK IN CARS

A MILESTONE

ORDERS MUST BE FOLLOWED • They don’t like them, but every top racer knows this is a team game

TOP STEP MEXICO CITY ePRIX

MOTORSPORT GREATS

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ • Wolfsburg has reinvented the much-loved Type 2 ‘Microbus’ as a dedicated EV. Our first taste is this cargo-carrying prototype

BMW 2 SERIES ACTIVE TOURER • Mildly divisive front-wheel-drive MPV returns in its second-generation form

PEUGEOT 308 PURETECH 130 • We’ve tested this stylish family hatchback as a PHEV. Now it’s time for the pure petrol

KIA SPORTAGE • Pre-production version shows all the signs of a compelling, long-range contender

VOLKSWAGEN ID 4 PURE • Entry-level model offers a shorter range for a reduction in price. Is it a good trade?

Skoda Kodiaq • Has the decision to ditch diesel resulted in a palpably hotter seven-seat SUV?

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Commendable family hauler, but petrol vRS fails to justify its price

I’M STILL STANDING • Even after all this time, the Nissan GT-R is looking like a true survivor. Andrew Frankel seeks a rationale for buying a 15-year-old performance car costing £180,000

A POTTED HISTORY OF THE (SKYLINE) GT-R

LET’S GET A MOVE ON • To celebrate the launch of our sister brand Move Electric, Matt Prior and friends try to set EV lap records at Brands Hatch

THE TROUBLE WITH EV TRACK DAYS

SENSORY SIMULATION • Sims are increasingly crucial in the car world. Matt Prior tries the latest and greatest

THE ORIGIN OF CAR SIMULATORS

THE IMMORTALS •...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 84 Publisher: Haymarket Media Group Ltd Edition: Feb 23 2022

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: February 23, 2022

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OverDrive Magazine

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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.

WANTED: A NEW WAY TO RAISE £28BN USING EVs

EVs and most potent BMW yet mark M division’s 50th • Best-selling performance sub-brand plots transition to electric future

New Countryman PHEV to be Mini’s hottest model yet

HIGH-POWER HYBRID M7 ON THE CARDS

M DIVISION: 50 NOT OUT

Ranger Raptor cranks it up with V6 • Hardcore version of new pick-up gains 284bhp twin-turbo petrol V6; due this summer

Jeep to axe pure-ICE for electrification in Europe this year

JUSTIN CAPICCHIANO, FORD PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME MANAGER

TOYOTA, YAMAHA RUN BIG V8 ON H2

Has road pricing’s time come? • The UK government will need to plug the hole left in its finances by the switch to EVs

COULD WE LEARN FROM SINGAPORE?

HOW FEASIBLE IS IT TECHNICALLY?

MAZDA TURNS THE TWO-STROKE INTO A SUPER-EFFICIENT ENGINE

Nvidia to give JLR tech boost • Connectivity and autonomy targeted by new tie-up with major US software firm

JLR HAPPY TO SHARE NVIDIA

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

Lotus Technology plans flotation • Brand’s Chinese tech and EV-making business to join stock market valued at £5-6bn

IS LOTUS STOCK A WISE BUY?

Ineos can sidestep CO2 rules with commercial Grenadiers

UK in frame to host Eurocell battery plant

Dealers face EV revenue loss • Electric cars are cheaper to service, but what does that mean for retailers?

SERVICE PL ANS K EY TO BOOSTING REVENUE

INSIDE INFORMATION

Autocar Archive

MY WEEK IN CARS

A MILESTONE

ORDERS MUST BE FOLLOWED • They don’t like them, but every top racer knows this is a team game

TOP STEP MEXICO CITY ePRIX

MOTORSPORT GREATS

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ • Wolfsburg has reinvented the much-loved Type 2 ‘Microbus’ as a dedicated EV. Our first taste is this cargo-carrying prototype

BMW 2 SERIES ACTIVE TOURER • Mildly divisive front-wheel-drive MPV returns in its second-generation form

PEUGEOT 308 PURETECH 130 • We’ve tested this stylish family hatchback as a PHEV. Now it’s time for the pure petrol

KIA SPORTAGE • Pre-production version shows all the signs of a compelling, long-range contender

VOLKSWAGEN ID 4 PURE • Entry-level model offers a shorter range for a reduction in price. Is it a good trade?

Skoda Kodiaq • Has the decision to ditch diesel resulted in a palpably hotter seven-seat SUV?

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Commendable family hauler, but petrol vRS fails to justify its price

I’M STILL STANDING • Even after all this time, the Nissan GT-R is looking like a true survivor. Andrew Frankel seeks a rationale for buying a 15-year-old performance car costing £180,000

A POTTED HISTORY OF THE (SKYLINE) GT-R

LET’S GET A MOVE ON • To celebrate the launch of our sister brand Move Electric, Matt Prior and friends try to set EV lap records at Brands Hatch

THE TROUBLE WITH EV TRACK DAYS

SENSORY SIMULATION • Sims are increasingly crucial in the car world. Matt Prior tries the latest and greatest

THE ORIGIN OF CAR SIMULATORS

THE IMMORTALS •...


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