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MODERN CLASSICS: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Tesla looks to revive sales with crucial Model Y facelift • All-important SUV to get new looks, improved range, cabin refresh and extra power
What’s coming next from Tesla?
Range Rover Sport EV readied for 2025 launch • New EV is undergoing shakedown tests as one of six electric JLR models due to arrive by 2026
Proton set to return to UK showrooms
C-Class to head upmarket as EV • Mercedes will reposition the next-gen version as part of a wider range shake-up
911 and 1970s Aston get RML makeover
Maserati calls time on V8 era • Quattroporte and Levante join Ghibli in retirement as firm focuses on electrification
Unpopular 508 takes Peugeot Sport brand to the grave
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE REVS
Nissan plots course through EV minefield • Firm targets balanced model line-up amid slowing EV sales
SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER
EV flagship to drive Jeep growth • New boss confident Wagoneer S can boost UK sales ahead of electric model push
TESTER’S NOTES
MY WEEK IN CARS
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RACING LINES
MORGAN PLUS FOUR • Olde-worlde charm meets modern tech in revised manual-specced roadster
BRABUS 900 ROCKET R • Famed German speed merchants break the habit of a lifetime to deliver an uber-911
FORD FOCUS ST EDITION • Highly rated hot hatch bows out as a seriously equipped, Nürburgring-minded special
CUPRA BORN VZ • Do wide-ranging upgrades make for a cut-price Ioniq 5 N? We hit UK roads to find out
MODERN CLASSICS • You don’t need to be rich to drive something that may well end up being enviously ogled in the years to come – and compared with vintage classics, these are comfier, better to drive and way more reliable. To spare you combing the classifieds, here are Murray Scullion’s investment tips
What Bentley designers drive • Bentley’s designers are enthusiasts with an eclectic taste in cars, as Steve Cropley found out when he entered the top-secret inner sanctum of their studio’s viewing area
SENNA’S HOME FROM HOME • Silverstone Festival will celebrate the life and career of Ayrton Senna this month. There’s no better time or place to do it, as Damien Smith explains
SUNNY DELIGHT • One of motoring history’s great survivors has just entered the EV era. Matt Prior discovers what the Electric Moke lacks in doors, it more than makes up for in charm
Mercedes-AMG GT • Affalterbach’s flagship returns with more speed – and less to fear?
Data log
VERDICT • Fearsomely quick, and truly usable, but less lovable than before
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG • Is there a place for a big diesel SUV in 2024? Our final report spills the beans
MG 4 • We put this higher-spec model’s Extended Range claim to the test
LAND ROVER DEFENDER 130 • Gary and his laptop go places that an over-the-air update simply can’t
PEUGEOT E-208 • It’s time to head to some challenging B-roads and prove the road testers wrong
BMW M2 • It’s not just electric cars that make you stop every 250 miles
YOUR VIEWS
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