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CAN LOTUS EMULATE PORSCHE’S EXAMPLE?

Eletre SUV marks Lotus’s shift to high-tech EV maker • All-new EV will arrive next year as an Urus-sized, tech-rich, high-performance SUV

THE FIVE LOTUS EVs DUE BY 2027

IS LOTUS AHEAD OF THE CURVE?

PAYNE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, LTCC

WHEN LOTUS DID THINGS DIFFERENTLY

Electric Honda SUV due 2023 • Firm’s second EV will be a compact family model and join an all-electrified line-up

EUROPE’S NEW CIVIC IS HYBRID BUT TYPE R TO STAY PURE-COMBUSTION

TOM GARDNER, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, HONDA EUROPE

Kia readies Range Rover rival • Boldly styled EV9 electric large SUV will go on UK sale next year

HOW SIMULATION CAN STRETCH THE RANGE OF AN ELECTRIC CAR

Indian EV firm ready to hit UK • Ola Electric’s ambitious plan is to introduce a range of premium cars and scooters

WAYNE BURGESS, DESIGN VICE-PRESIDENT, OLA ELECTRIC

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

Plug-in hybrids under scrutiny • PHEVs aren’t as green as they can seem, so EU and UK are considering their future

PHEV MAKERS FIND A NEW TAX LOOPHOLE

Stellantis and LG plan Canadian gigafactory

Volkswagen Group flying high • Focus on premium brands during chip crisis yielded 33% profit-per-car increase

Why Suzuki isn’t following the agency retail model trend

A DEALER’S PERSPECTIVE

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

COMEBACK KINGS • How Kevin Magnussen’s F1 return opened a new door for Neel Jani

1000 Miles of Sebring and Sebring 12 Hours

MOTORSPORT GREATS

EASTER SALE

CADILLAC CT5-V BLACKWING • General Motors bids farewell to the small-block V8 with one last super-saloon

CADILLAC CT4-V BLACKWING • America’s answer to the BMW M3 arrives with a twin-turbocharged V6

ALPINE A110 S • Alpine aims to improve superlative sports coupé without diminishing its purist appeal

AUDI R8 V10 PERFORMANCE RWD • Final incarnation of piston-propelled Audi supercar arrives in Britain

NIO ET7 • Chinese EV specialist expands away from SUVs with 438-mile Tesla Model S rival

MERCEDES-BENZ C220d ESTATE • Base diesel version of new big-booted C-Class should hold plenty of fleet appeal

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R ESTATE • Most multi-talented version of the Golf becomes even more practical

Volkswagen Transporter • Can VW successfully transpose the GTI treatment onto a Transporter van?

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Not compromised but hardly enhanced by its sporting agenda

NORMAL SERVICE HAS BEEN RESUMED • The M240i is BMW back to its traditional best – on the face of it. In reality? A Cayman and CLA 45 S help Richard Lane decide

HALF-PRICE ALTERNATIVES

Holiday on ice • What can you offer the multimillionaire who has everything? Lamborghini thinks it knows the answer, writes Mike Duff

LAMBORGHINI’S AD PERSONAM DIVISION

Sparks fly • First, electric cars became de rigueur. Now, the first type-approval has been issued for an electric aircraft. Colin Goodwin parks up his Skoda Enyaq iV and takes to the skies

ROUSING RETURN • The famous Group A Ford...