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MINI IS BUCKING A TREND – AND SO MUST OTHERS
Next-generation hatchback to lead Mini’s future line-up • New 3dr will get petrol and electric power; new 5dr, convertible and SUV pair due
SIR ALEC WOULD APPROVE
Larger Countryman to be joined by electric crossover
First ride in a Mini three-door development prototype
Maser’s Macan gets 523bhp V6 • Crucial Grecale SUV will arrive this year in three petrol guises, featuring MC20 tech
SIX ELECTRIC MASER ATIS ON THE WAY
KLAUS BUSSE, STELLANTIS VICE-PRESIDENT OF DESIGN
PURE-EV GRECALE COMING IN 2023
Aston reawakens V12 Vantage • Porsche 911 rival re-engineered for 690bhp, 555lb ft limited-edition range-topper
THIS COULD BE V ERY SPECIA L INDEED
A6 concept shows Audi will still back estates in EV era
AUDI PLANS ELECTRIC A4 AND A8
Seven new Ford EVs by 2024 • A succession of crossovers and vans are set to swell Ford’s battery-electric line-up
HOW FORD’S EV PUSH COULD AFFECT THE FIESTA, FOCUS AND DAGENHAM PLANT
Best-selling Puma to also go electric
CAN HYDROGEN HELP TO GIVE US SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECURITY?
Alpine’s new-age supercar • Hydrogen-powered concept looks to 2035 and is the work of students in Turin
THE NOTEBOOK
TESTER’S NOTES
How car buying is changing • We find out why manufacturers are moving to an agency business model
Bentley Crewe
Plastic fantastic for low-volume makers • New routes to market are being opened up by a switch from steel to composite panels
Car production and exports halt amid war in Ukraine
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MY WEEK IN CARS
F1 CAN’T AVOID REALITY • Sport and politics don’t mix? That’s impossible, especially in 2022
NHRA Gatornationals and Nascar Ruoff Mortgage 500
MOTORSPORT GREATS
PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN GT4 RS • After 17 years of hopeful speculation, the genius of the 911 GT3 is applied to the smaller, lighter, mid-engined Cayman
A SEAT MADE TO MEASURE
NISSAN ARIYA • A pre-production prototype provides valuable insights into the firm’s second EV
RML SHORT WHEELBASE • Biggest car company you’ve never heard of pays tribute to an iconic 1960s Ferrari
MERCEDES-BENZ GLC • Stuttgart aims to make its best-selling model even more attractive to buyers
NISSAN QASHQAI E-POWER • Impressive crossover receives an unconventional series-hybrid powertrain
Tesla Model Y • Tesla’s smaller SUV, and potentially its biggest seller, finally arrives in the UK
Multimedia system
Assisted driving notes
Data log
VERDICT • A far better electric car than a premium SUV
ROCK AND ROAD STAR • Ford has claimed the GOAT acronym for the new Bronco, promising that it Goes Over Any Type of Terrain. But, in terms of reborn 4x4 icons, is it really the Greatest Of All Time? Matt Priorfindsout
HISTORY OF THE BRONCO
ENTER SANDMAN • Fresh from winning his fourth Dakar Rally in a 400bhp Toyota truck, Nasser Al-Attiyah takes Richard Lane on a very quick tour of his ranch in the Spanish mountains
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