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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.

BMW, TAKE A LEAF OUT OF APPLE’S DESIGN BOOK

Bold new 7 Series pushes upmarket, gains two EVs • All-new BMW limo packs more space, tech, luxury and electrified options than ever

BMW WISE TO COVER ALL BASES

RZ begins Lexus EV onslaught • Electric mid-size SUV adds a new dual-motor powertrain to Toyota’s bZ4X formula

LEXUS MULLS “WIDE RANGE OF VEHICLES” AS IT GOES ELECTRIC

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Ferrari 296 GTS is 819bhp roadster • New drop-top supercar takes silhouette and V6 PHEV powertrain from 296 GTB

You may watch TV on move, says DfT

VW primes all-new Amarok • Pick-up truck, now twinned with new Ford Ranger, becomes even more capable

New AMG C43 arrives with 402bhp electrified four-pot

THE CARBON-NEUTRAL FUEL THAT ALSO CLEANS OUR AIR

SVO Defender ‘turned up to 11’ • Land Rover special ops pumps V8 Defender to take on hottest AMG G-Class

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TESTER’S NOTES

Europe faces existential crisis • EU and car industry in crunch talks over new regs that could kill combustion engines

THE BATTLE BETWEEN FUEL ECONOMY AND EMISSIONS

HOW THE US HAS TACKLED AIR POLLUTION

Fluids to remain vital in EV era • Latest products from Shell show how oil giants can capitalise on big global switch

SHELL TO SHIFT GRADUALLY FROM ICE TO EV

Is time up for just-in-time making?

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

MAY BALLS • Next month means Monaco and Indy, but for how much longer?

British GT at Oulton Park

MOTORSPORT GREATS

GUNTHER WERKS 993 SPEEDSTER REMASTERED • American restomodder seeks to turn 993 cabriolet into the ultimate, money-no-object, air-cooled Porsche 911

HYUNDAI i30 FASTBACK • Coupé version of family hatchback is now available in sporty form only

DACIA DUSTER EXTREME SE • Britain’s cheapest SUV gains a range-topping special edition

PORSCHE 911 TARGA 4 GTS • Is it worth spending £24,000 to get hardcore gear in your Targa?

Ford Mustang Mach-E • Zero-emission Mustang range is crowned by the first all-electric fast Ford

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VERDICT • Has its moments but lacks the dynamism of a typical fast Ford

SECOND CHANCES • There’s a cheap and easy way to sidestep the long queues for new cars: buy second-hand. Our experts pick 100 great used cars, from £500 to £500,000

LUXURY CARS

FAMILY HAULERS

SUMMER FUN

MORE SUMMER FUN

SUPERCARS

CITY CARS

MILE MUNCHERS

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EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE HEROES

ECO WARRIORS

IMPORTS

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PLAY MST FOR ME • Motorsport Tools’ mirror-image recreation of Ford’s Mk1 Escort rally weapon is as enthralling to drive as its looks suggests. Matt Saundersis transfixed

ROAD-LEGAL RALLYING ALTERNATIVES

THE ESCORT MK1’S RALLYING CV

EVs Giugiaro would design

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ON THIS DAY IN 1966

McLAREN GT • Can a £163k GT-cum-supercar really hack it as an everyday driver and retain its exclusive appeal? You bet it...