Autocar

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.

HONDA HELD ITS EV NERVE. NOW IT’S READY TO JUMP

NEW F80 IS A 1184BHP McLAREN-BAITER WITH F1 AND LE MANS TECH • Son of LaFerrari will square up to W1 rival with radical V6 hybrid

‘MORE EXHILARATING’ 911 GT3 MARKS MODEL’S 25TH • Sharper look, updated engine and more options for hardcore Porsche

PRELUDE COULD GET A MANUAL-STYLE ’BOX

ALPINE UNVEILS £276K FOCUSED A110 SWANSONG • Run-out special has 345bhp, a bold trackhoned spec – and an equally bold price

VW TO KEEP ID BRAND BUT EVs WILL LOOK MORE LIKE ICE CARS

DACIA PLOTS AMBITIOUS EXPANDED EURO LINE-UP • Firm teases ‘something different’ ahead of impending C-segment reveal

Next big thing

PLUS SIX BOWS OUT WITH LIMITED-RUN PINNACLE • Long-running Morgan flagship to make way for more upmarket model

Grapevine

TESLA REVEALS ROBOTAXI • Firm unveils Cybercab coupé and 20-seat Robovan in autonomy push

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AUDI S5 AVANT • New look, new platform, new powertrain tech, new four-wheel drive system and even new naming for Audi’s compact executive estate

AUDI A5 • Standard 3 Series-fighting saloon gets similarly comprehensive renewal

PORSCHE PANAMERA GTS • Stuttgart’s latest ’bahnstormer targets driver appeal over outright punch

PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO S • New super-saloon chases headline numbers, but they come at a cost

MERCEDES-AMG GT 63 PRO • Hardcore variant of V8 sports car engineered with track days in mind

MERCEDES-AMG CLE 53 CABRIOLET • Brawny range-topping version of emergent four-seat soft-top

OMODA E5 • China’s biggest car exporter finally reaches the UK. First up, a family EV

KIA EV6 GT-LINE S AWD • Two motors: better than one, right?

LEXUS RZ 300E • One motor: worse than two, right?

FORD EXPLORER • Giant of the industry finally wades into the wider EV game

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF • Wolfsburg gives the lesser-known Golf PHEV a big-impact refresh

Testing, testing

Lion kings • Plush, powerful four-door cars are an endangered species – and now Peugeot has called time on its latest, the 508 PSE. STEPHEN DOBIE compares it with its most significant ancestor, the 505 GTi

No job too hard • Ukrainian vehicle maker Torsus calls these the world’s toughest heavy-duty off-road buses. ALEX GOY is inclined to agree

‘Our time has come’ • Honda may be late to the EV party, but a barrage of bold new battery-powered cars is on the way. JAMES ATTWOOD speaks to boss Toshihiro Mibe at its R&D base to find out what’s in store

Make their Christmas with a weekly dose of automotive joy

DACIA SANDERO STEPWAY • We all know it’s simple, honest and cheap, but did that prove enough?

SKODA KAMIQ • A long getting-to-know-you trip to Spain reveals all

THE SEVEN-YEAR TITCH • Outgoing baby Jag is plush, practical and now eminently affordable

How to get one in your garage

I was left a wedge in Grandad’s will

Remembering my cousin in the best way

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