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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

Welcome

BENTLEY’S EV TROJAN HORSE • The £1.65m Batur is not electric. But as well as making its 18 future owners very happy, it drops some big clues about Bentley’s EV future.

‘Yes, £1.65m for a Conti GT Speed in a frock is salty. But…’

BATUR’S BACK STORY • The cars that made Bentley’s latest coachbuilt cad

MERC’S ELECTRIC C-CLASS FOR 2024 • i4-rivalling saloon will use new platform and tech lifted from EQXX project.

EV AERO WHEELS • Electric cars have drag-busting wheels for good reason, but that doesn’t mean they’re all good

MARKUS DUESMANN, AUDI CEO • This month’s conversations with CAR

SKODA’S NEW DAWN • New Vision 7S concept heralds thorough visual reboot

RADICAL THINKING FOR TOUGH TIMES • Lynk & Co reckons its flexible ownership schemes and no-dealer approach make it perfect for post-pandemic success.

Six questions only we would ask…

FOR THE RICH AND RICHER • Take the weight off your wallet with one of these new arrivals.

HOW DO YOU MAKE THE UK LOVE VAUXHALL? • Huge losses have been reversed – and now the mission is to make Vauxhall desirable

My career in three sketches

STOP THE CLOCK! • New watches with relatively retro prices.

TOP GUN: WOKING • A track-only, single-seat McLaren with a jet fighter canopy, Le Mans prototype performance and a howling V10? Time to dig into the detail.

HOW IT WORKS

GM’S ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE • Aiming to out-Autopilot Tesla, GM’s semi-autonomous tech gets its advantage from maps.

VW’s real electric journey starts here • Forget the disappointing ID.3 and 4 – this is a chance for VW to bring some magic to the world of EVs, by tapping into its funky history

The great reinvention • Art deco EV reimagines the glam of the 1920s for Caddy’s future

Letter of the month

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‘The i8 was the most modern sports car of its day. If it was in production now, it still would be’

‘It’s time we faced up to our own end-point in ideological evolution. Yes, it’s true – the SUV has won’

THICKER THAN WATER • No more waiting: the Purosangue – Italian for ‘thoroughbred’ or ‘pure blood’ – SUV is here. Fear not, its creators promise: this all-wheel-drive four-door is still a Ferrari…

Air force two • It’s the sportiest SL ever – but it must still excel as a cruiser. That puts the new Merc up against the definitive sporty cruiser: the 911 Turbo Cabrio

When two legends collide

SL vs 911 THE DETAILS

THE 60 GREATEST CAR MAKERS • 60th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: 60 BRANDS, ONE UNMISSABLE POWER LIST – THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

SECOND-LIFE LIVEWIRE • It has 800bhp, does without brakes and is shaping future DS road and race cars. We drive the E-Tense Performance

ABSOLUTE POWER • With uncorrupted engineering brilliance

SKELETON KEY • Talk about out-punching your weight

ODDS-BEATER • A new approach to premium cars

HE USED TO BE THE FUTURE • John DeLorean’s dream car worked better in fiction than reality

CAR MAKER CHAMELEON • Whatever you think Chrysler is, it almost certainly was once

ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR • The most enduring, endearing sports car formula of all

EXCESS ALL AREAS • A genuine innovator, albeit one that makes more sense Stateside

EX-LOTUS. EX-TESLA. ALL LUCID • Believe in Lucid, the EV start-up that thinks like Musk and Chapman

HORACIO ALMIGHTY • Pagani – making...