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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.

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ALPINE GUNS FOR 911 WITH FLAGSHIP EV • A310 will arrive in 2028 as a 2+2 sports car to take on Porsche and Lotus

CITROEN TO BRING 2CV BACK AS VALUE-LED EV • Back-to-basics revived EV will capture the ethos and look of the original

NO ELECTRIC DEFENDER ON THE HORIZON • Limitations of the current model’s platform mean that an EV remains some years off

POLESTAR 2 REPLACEMENT WILL BE MADE IN EUROPE

JLR ‘HUMBLED’ BY JAG REBRAND REACTION

NISSAN TO EXPAND SUNDERLAND SITE

DS WANTS TO BECOME ‘LOUIS VUITTON OF CAR INDUSTRY’ • It’s aiming to follow Bentley into the luxury space, says design director

RETURN OF CORONA? TOYOTA WILL REUSE OLD NAMES FOR FUTURE CARS

EVs TO SUPPLANT JEEP CHEROKEE AND WRANGLER

LEAPMOTOR BACKS REx TECH TO ACCELERATE EV ADOPTION • Stellantis’s Chinese brand says Europe will reach EV ‘tipping point’ in 2028

VAUXHALL IS NEXT TO REVIEW ELECTRIFICATION TIMELINE

ID 7 GOES NEARLY 600 MILES ON A CHARGE

ANOTHER RANGE EXTENDER, THIS TIME MINUS THE ENGINE

BREAKTHROUGH MOTORS MAKE 2000BHP DEBUT • Super-truck shows off performance in-wheel motors for hybrids and EVs

LAST ‘PROPER’ ALPINA IS ULTRA-RARE, £190K B8 GT

DS 4 TO BE RENAMED Nº4 AND GET EV

Grapevine

PRICIER PARKING TO PLUG COUNCILS’ BUDGET HOLES • Removal of free-parking areas and premiums for big cars also planned

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LAND ROVER DEFENDER OCTA • It’s a 4x4 that thinks it’s a supercar. But does this 627bhp V8 flagship offer the best of both worlds or just compromise each for the other?

MERCEDES-BENZ V-CLASS • Interior upgrades make the MPV worthy of shuttling Merc’s CEO himself

RENAULT RAFALE E-TECH PHEV 300 • Renault heads upmarket with this quick and frugal SUV-coupé PHEV

MERCEDES-AMG G63 • New mild-hybrid and chassis tech

PORSCHE PANAMERA • Is last week’s electrified M5-beater as imperious in mid-ranking guise?

MG ZS • Dacia Duster-chasing crossover joins MG’s hybrid powertrain push

Testing, testing

READY TO T OFF • Gordon Murray’s grand new HQ is now nearing completion, with T50 production already in full swing. MATT PRIOR and STEVE CROPLEY drop by and go for a ride

THE MOTORSPORT HERO HELPING TO MODERNISE MURRAY’S MCLAREN F1

A CAR FAN LOOKING BEYOND THE FAN CAR

MURRAY’S SIX DECADES OF SUCCESS

This humble chip will change cars forever • Nvidia, the £2.7 trillion US tech giant behind it, has the power to shape motoring’s intelligent future. JAMES ATTWOOD learns how

Other tech leaders in the car industry

Sharing is caring • One successful motor trader has opened up his car collection for the benefit of his home town. JOHN EVANS meets him

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ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QV • The stereotype is that fast Alfas are fun but flawed. Was that the reality?

MINI COOPER • Cheery, entry-level 3dr makes way for a dark and serious 5dr

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