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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 • Like ancient Rome, there is no one dream that is Renault

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Lotus is U-turning back to engines. Here’s why

America loves F1. Finally, it’ll be in it

Aston’s Valhalla has taken forever. Worth the wait?

Stella Li doesn’t care if you snigger at BYD badges

Meet the V12 of electric motors, here to make hybrids fun

Renault’s plan: be more Porsche

Audi’s new plan? Nail the normal stuff

Rings of fire and ice • Hot but not too hot, posh but not too posh, Audi’s electric S6 shows what it can do in the German winter

The sensible choice • Like an Enyaq, but smaller. Quite possibly all the EV anyone needs

Going out with dignity • The E-Class gets an unlikely new flagship engine: a superb diesel

Every day’s Black Friday • Vauxhall revives an unloved name for an unlovely but cheap family EV

Opinion • E-JAGS + KNOBS AND SWITCHES + TWO-CAR GARAGES

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‘Success in the Brave New World of electric vehicles mostly means reinvention, not readjustment’

‘US car design works best when it looks really menacing – when it evokes the gangster or the gunslinger’

MAKE 2025 A REAL PAGE TURNER!

WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET • The tempting family EV has arrived. So, electric Porsche Macan, Polestar’s funky 4 or BMW’s i5 Touring?

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THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE • It’s finally time – whether we’re ready or not – for an AMG model that makes zero noise

ENGINES: NOT DEAD YET

HIT-AND-MISS HONDA SHOOTS AGAIN • Will the new coupe soar (like a two-door Civic Type R) or sink without trace (like the CR-Z)?

23 KLASSE ACT • The shock of the new

22 REMEMBER ME? • Leaf branches out

21 EXECUTIVE EV • Swede ride o’ mine

20 FAMILY VALUE • Lame name. Great price

ALL HAIL • The new Bugatti is dominated by its V16, a masterpiece from 2025’s new home of extraordinary engines

THE THIRD CHAPTER

GREEN HELLRAISER • GT3 RS not fast enough for you? Then you need the Porsche-endorsed Manthey upgrade

A TRUE BABY S-CLASS • Petrol and electric CLA is the first of four small Mercs promising big-car luxury, tech, pace and refinement – but not the cost.

16 STEALTHY CAT • Top seller goes electric

15 STREAMLINER • Scandi Taycan rival

14 MUD AND VOLTS • Silently into the wilderness

13 THE HERETIC • SUV with joie de vivre

THE SPACE CRUSADER • Hyundai’s next EV is huge on the inside, weird on the outside, and coming for you and your kids

BEST SELLER MADE BETTER

ALFA RISING • Jean-Philippe Imparato has revitalised Alfa Romeo. As he moves on, can it maintain the momentum – and deliver a supercar for the ages?

ALFA’S OTHER BANKER

9 FROM SCRATCH • Heritage, shmeritage

8 ’ROID ROVER • Coming through!

THE ONE, V3.0 • Wo-king of the track

6 4x4 x ELECTRIC • Land Rover goes BEV

EV MADE EASY • Korea’s new wave of EVs, starring Kia’s EV3 and the £23k Hyundai Inster, have 2025 at their feet. We drive them

THE ULTIMATE CAR, YOUR WAY • Saloon or estate. Electric or hybrid V6. Fast or even faster. Meet Audi’s new RS6 and RS7 family

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WEIGHT EXPECTATIONS • Fashionably late, the first electric Ferrari matters – and it arrives this...