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Autocar

May 04 2022
Magazine

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.

TVR NEEDS TO START DELIVERING, LITERALLY

Electric C-Class to be a game-changer • New tech will give coupé-like EV eye-catching range, less weight and more space

SOLID-STATE BAT TERIES ON THE WAY

New tech for bespoke A-Class EV • Latest advances will give Mercedes a true VW ID 3 rival

MERCEDES EVs WILL GET YOU HOME ON THE RANGE

Special 911 harks back to 1972 • Exclusive new Sport Classic gets retro design, Turbo’s engine and manual gearbox

SALES CERTAIN, SIGHTINGS NOT

Wiesmann resurfaces with 671bhp RWD electric roadster

Demand for old classics cools • Buyers are overlooking traditional classics like the E-Type in favour of 1990s models

THE TYRES THAT MONITOR WEAR AND MAKE THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY

TVR plans Griffith EV for 2024 • Revived company says electric sports car will follow yet-to-materialise V8 flagship

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

C02 down despite SUV sales rise • Average emissions fall to 99g/km in Europe, thanks to popularity of PHEVs and EVs

WHICH ARE THE GREENEST COUNTRIES?

HOW MANUFACTURERS ARE HITTING THEIR EMISSIONS TARGETS

Raw materials hiking EV prices • Electric cars are getting more expensive as the cost of materials for batteries spirals

SOME SOLUTIONS TO RISING COSTS

Nissan pulls plug on budget brand Datsun after nine years

VOLVO’S FINANCES WEATHER GLOBAL STORMS

INSIDE INFORMATION

Autocar Archive

MY WEEK IN CARS

THE NEW PRINCE OF WRC • At 21, Kalle Rovanperä is coming of age at the peak of rallying

TOP STEP BTCC at Donington Park

MOTORSPORT GREATS

KIA NIRO • Compact crossover gains some much-needed style and attitude for its second generation

HYBRIDS IN ZERO-EMISSION ZONES

MAZDA CX-60 • Independently minded firm creates its first PHEV and most powerful road car yet

LEXUS RZ • Brand’s first bespoke electric car introduces an exclusively by-wire steering system

BMW M135i • Engineers seek to create greater differentiation between two versions of hot hatch

CUPRA BORN • Can sportier take on the ID 3 appeal to keen drivers in a way the Volkswagen can’t?

Mercedes-Benz C-Class • Electrified C-Class aims to move the PHEV game on to new heights

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Long-range hybrid tech gives C-Class an outstanding selling point

THE LANDIE OF OPPORTUNITY • It’s now 25 years since the Freelander arrived, setting up Land Rover for a more prosperous future. Simon Hucknall considers its legacy

IT STARTED LIFE AS AN AUSTIN MAESTRO VAN

HOW IT WON OVER THE CRITICS

LIVING THE HIGH LIFE • A high mileage scares most people away from a used car, but John Evans promises that some are bargains, not money pits

IS BUYING A HIGH-MILER A GOOD IDEA?

HOW TO JOIN THE HIGH-MILE CLUB

THREE MORE HIGH-MILEAGE HEROES

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION… • …but you’ll need plenty of talent and even more practice to master its scorching new SC500, finds Andrew Frankel

THE REVOLUTION MIGHT BE TELEVISED

THE SECRET SOURCE • It’s a well-kept secret that most low-volume,...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 84 Publisher: Haymarket Media Group Ltd Edition: May 04 2022

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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.

TVR NEEDS TO START DELIVERING, LITERALLY

Electric C-Class to be a game-changer • New tech will give coupé-like EV eye-catching range, less weight and more space

SOLID-STATE BAT TERIES ON THE WAY

New tech for bespoke A-Class EV • Latest advances will give Mercedes a true VW ID 3 rival

MERCEDES EVs WILL GET YOU HOME ON THE RANGE

Special 911 harks back to 1972 • Exclusive new Sport Classic gets retro design, Turbo’s engine and manual gearbox

SALES CERTAIN, SIGHTINGS NOT

Wiesmann resurfaces with 671bhp RWD electric roadster

Demand for old classics cools • Buyers are overlooking traditional classics like the E-Type in favour of 1990s models

THE TYRES THAT MONITOR WEAR AND MAKE THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY

TVR plans Griffith EV for 2024 • Revived company says electric sports car will follow yet-to-materialise V8 flagship

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

C02 down despite SUV sales rise • Average emissions fall to 99g/km in Europe, thanks to popularity of PHEVs and EVs

WHICH ARE THE GREENEST COUNTRIES?

HOW MANUFACTURERS ARE HITTING THEIR EMISSIONS TARGETS

Raw materials hiking EV prices • Electric cars are getting more expensive as the cost of materials for batteries spirals

SOME SOLUTIONS TO RISING COSTS

Nissan pulls plug on budget brand Datsun after nine years

VOLVO’S FINANCES WEATHER GLOBAL STORMS

INSIDE INFORMATION

Autocar Archive

MY WEEK IN CARS

THE NEW PRINCE OF WRC • At 21, Kalle Rovanperä is coming of age at the peak of rallying

TOP STEP BTCC at Donington Park

MOTORSPORT GREATS

KIA NIRO • Compact crossover gains some much-needed style and attitude for its second generation

HYBRIDS IN ZERO-EMISSION ZONES

MAZDA CX-60 • Independently minded firm creates its first PHEV and most powerful road car yet

LEXUS RZ • Brand’s first bespoke electric car introduces an exclusively by-wire steering system

BMW M135i • Engineers seek to create greater differentiation between two versions of hot hatch

CUPRA BORN • Can sportier take on the ID 3 appeal to keen drivers in a way the Volkswagen can’t?

Mercedes-Benz C-Class • Electrified C-Class aims to move the PHEV game on to new heights

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

VERDICT • Long-range hybrid tech gives C-Class an outstanding selling point

THE LANDIE OF OPPORTUNITY • It’s now 25 years since the Freelander arrived, setting up Land Rover for a more prosperous future. Simon Hucknall considers its legacy

IT STARTED LIFE AS AN AUSTIN MAESTRO VAN

HOW IT WON OVER THE CRITICS

LIVING THE HIGH LIFE • A high mileage scares most people away from a used car, but John Evans promises that some are bargains, not money pits

IS BUYING A HIGH-MILER A GOOD IDEA?

HOW TO JOIN THE HIGH-MILE CLUB

THREE MORE HIGH-MILEAGE HEROES

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION… • …but you’ll need plenty of talent and even more practice to master its scorching new SC500, finds Andrew Frankel

THE REVOLUTION MIGHT BE TELEVISED

THE SECRET SOURCE • It’s a well-kept secret that most low-volume,...


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