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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

Insider • The formidable V8 is gone, replaced by a potent inline four and all the electronic wizardry AMG can muster.

‘A C-Class saloon that weighs 2111kg is just ridiculous…’

THE RIVAL

ALL CHANGE; ALL THE SAME

THE SCOOP MG PLANS EV HOT HATCH FOR 2023

HOT VAUXHALLS

HARD TIMES WILL BE BOOM TIME FOR DACIA

My career in three sketches

This month’s conversations with CAR

MORE FROM LESS

PLEASURE BY ANY MEANS

‘YOU’RE OUT THERE NAKED IN FRONT OF EVERYONE’

Six questions only we would ask

VORSPRUNG LOADED

HOW TO BUILD A SUPERCAR IN 2022 • With the shift from engine to EV, sports car makers are overhauling their factories. How does Maserati give birth to its multi-faceted MC20?

CITROËN STRIPS THE EV BACK TO BASICS

THE HUMMER EV’S ‘CRAB WALK’ MODE

Special brew • The new limited-edition M4 is only the third BMW ever to bear the CSL name. Does it deserve to? We find out over 300 miles with a wild ancestor and the benchmark 911

Lightning strikes twice

GLC breeze

Wolf in sheep’s clothing

Lots to like

Hedonism lite

Different gravy

Letter of the month

Car

‘You and I may have loved the S1 Elise. But, sadly, small British roadsters are a minority taste’

‘The Belgian Grand Prix organisers treat fans like farm animals. Specifically, like cows’

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

THE MAGIC KINGDOM • So many glorious cars – and a few duds – have worn King Neptune’s trident on their grille. We drive seven of the most significant Maseratis

300MPH, THE SLOW WAY

WOKINGMAKER

NOT THE AVERAGE

RED ZED REDEMPTION • Rumours of the sports car’s death have been greatly exaggerated. From the remains of the late, great 370Z, Nissan’s created the Z, a new-ish sports car to a timeless template. Should it have bothered?

TO THE END OF THE EARTH • Welcome to Svalbard, home to the Global Seed Vault and the world’s northernmost EV charger, and our destination in Kia’s new EV6 GT. A car to help save the world?

REAR OF THE YEAR

A CINDERELLA STORY

NO TIME TO DIE

HE& SEOUL

BULL RE-RUN • How to put the new Lamborghini Countach into context? Drive it together with the original – for many, still the defining supercar

1% LIFE. LIVE IT

THE PEOPLE’S POSH BRAND

TINY GIANT

THEN THERE WERE THREE

LOST IN SPACE • Think Mini’s stuck making hatchbacks? The Urbanaut concept, now set for production, would suggest the brand has no such boundaries. We live in it for 24 hours

ITALY’S (BELEAGUERED) BMW

Next month

Uncharted territory

The road to… somewhere

Actually, no

Supply, meet demand

Reality bites

Witness to history

Rising interest rates

A £60k car with a £45k interior

Price swings and roundabouts

Now marginally less harmful

See a trend. Buck it

New yet old school

Aftermarket Extras

Giorgetto Giugiaro