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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.

DACIA DOES IT AGAIN – WITH BRILLIANT JOGGER

Macan EV and Q6 major steps in Porsche and Audi electrification • All-new SUVs from partnered brands to accelerate move away from petrol power

PPE: BUILDING ON AN ELECTRIC FUTURE

URBANSPHERE SUGGESTS AN UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH

Audi envisions megacity car • Urbansphere concept created for future where cars are self-driving living spaces

Luxury SUV leads EQ line-up • EQS SUV to join Mercedes-Benz EV range as Audi E-tron-rival; due late this year

Road-repair overcharging inflating motor insurance • Contractors cash in on post-accident infrastructure repairs, claims leading adjuster

COUNCIL GREEN CLAIMS KEPT IN CHECK

New NSX joins Honda EV blitz • Electric supercar and sporting GT will lead burgeoning new range of Honda EVs

Deus makes debut with 2169bhp Vayanne hypercar

SWARM FRONT BRINGS CLOUD AND OUTBREAKS OF AUTONOMY

Design big part of Dacia future • New design boss Miles Nurnberger shares how he will shape Renault’s budget brand

CITY CARS “INTERESTING CHALLENGE”

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

Premium production for Tonale • Alfa Romeo crossover gets rebuilt plant with new machines, tools and quality checks

LIFTING THE CURSE OF THE ALFASUD

A HUGE INVESTMENT

Norway leads switch to EVs • How has it got ahead of the game and what does it tell us about our future?

THREE DRIVERS GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF EV LIFE IN NORWAY

Smart defines new brand strategy

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MY WEEK IN CARS

SPRING IN OUR STEP • How 1990s Formula 1 cars added to a feel-good vibe at Goodwood

TOP STEP Rome ePrix

MOTORSPORT GREATS

MERCEDES-AMG GT 63 S E PERFORMANCE 4DR COUPE • Mercedes’ performance division enhances its V8 flagship with an electric motor to create its first PHEV and most potent model yet

RESTRICTIONS OF A GEARBOX BYPASSED

TWISTED T90 EV • Restomodder of classic Land Rover Defenders turns its attention to electrification

TOYOTA GR YARIS IBERIAN CUP • Wick is turned up on our favourite hot hatch for one-make rally series

FORD FOCUS • Mid-life updates for this family hatch include the introduction of a mild-hybrid system

TOYOTA RAV4 ADVENTURE • Compact hybrid SUV receives a minor going-over and gains a soft-roader variant

Dacia Jogger • MPV and SUV tropes fuse with a compact seven-seater of likeably humble aspect

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Superb versatility, outstanding value and so likeable with it

A BLAZE OF GLORY • The 300mph-capable Chiron Super Sport is a truly epic finale for pure-ICE Bugatti hypercars. Matt Prior meets it at the firm’s French home and contemplates what will come next

BUGATTI’S FIRST EV

HOW DOES IT DRIVE?

INSIDE THE FACTORY

KEEP LIFTING ME HIGHER AND HIGHER • From 174mph in 1964 to 304mph in 2019, Simon Hucknall tracks the astonishing, unrelenting rise of supercar top speeds

ESSENTIAL OIL • Do big, mile-crunching oil-burners still have a vital role to play in the UK automotive landscape? Simon Hucknall goes...