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NO END TO THE DRIVING COST CRUNCH IN SIGHT

Electric Rolls Spectre to be new-age Phantom coupé • Autocar gets exclusive access to luxury firm’s first EV ahead of 2023 launch

WE RIDEIN A SPECTRE TEST CAR

INSIDE THE SPECTR E, ABSOLUTE SILENCE IS POSSIBLE – BUT NOT DESIRABLE

Nissan: sports cars still viable • Japanese firm will continue to make enthusiast cars thanks to solid-state batteries

ZED’S NOT DEAD, BABY

CARTIER, AMIEO REGION CHAIRMAN, NISSAN

Alpina B4 outpaces M4 Comp • New BMW-badged B4 arrives as Gran Coupé with M4 Competition-crunching stats

Niro raises game for Mk2 trio

HOW B4 FITS IN

300bhp for GR Corolla

OLD BATTERIES NEVER DIE. THEY SIMPLY FADE AWAY – AS STORAGE

Lotus primes hot Taycan rival • Electric saloon will arrive next year as a driver-focused car with 4WD and 592bhp

LOTUS’S ‘PERFECT’ THREE-CAR GARAGE

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

The JLR arm ‘dialling it up to 11’ • Going upmarket and electrification are opening more doors for SVO, its boss tells us

LET’S SEE JUST WHAT IT CAN DO

Councils threaten to end free workplace parking

UK’s electric strategy ‘doesn’t fit’ • Concerned car makers call on the government for greater clarity on future laws

Car firms recruit military veterans

THREE VETERANS WHO MADE THE SWITCH

INSIDE INFORMATION

EASTER SALE

MY WEEK IN CARS

BEHIND EVERY GOOD TEAM… • Unheralded small suppliers are the backbone of F1. We visit one

Formula 2 in Saudi Arabia

MOTORSPORT GREATS

MASERATI GRECALE TROFEO • Can this supercar V6-powered SUV belatedly do for Maserati what the Macan has done so successfully for Porsche?

DOES IT REALLY HAVE THE MC20’S ENGINE?

BMW i7 • Electric version of the upcoming 7 Series gets an early outing in prototype form

BIZZARRINI 5300 GT REVIVAL • A 1965 star sparkles brightly again in 2022 thanks to an RML-built continuation run

LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR ULTIMAE • Sant’Agata bids farewell to pure V12 power in the most spectacular way possible

GENESIS GV60 • Can plush electric crossover emulate the success of its Hyundai and Kia siblings?

PORSCHE MACAN T • A pinch of GTS agility has been added to the base SUV to create this Touring version

FORD FIESTA • Can this mid-life update return the supermini to the top of the sales charts?

Mercedes-Benz S-Class • Is the all-new, seventh-gen version, here in PHEV guise, the ‘best car in the world’?

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Plug-in S-Class is the best of an otherwise ordinary generation

The world on a shoestring • The cheapest new car on sale today astonishingly might also be the one with the longest range. Matt Prior puts the Dacia Sandero to the test on a fittingly low-budget world tour

WHAT E LSE COMES CLOSE?

THIS IS GOING TO HURT • There’s no getting around the fact that everything related to motoring is soaring in expense, so be prepared to tighten your seatbelts, warns John Evans

HOW MG GOT ITS GROOVE BACK • Value-led EVs and SUVs helped MG regain its mojo. Now the brand...