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.

THE HOT HATCH HAS A FUTURE – AND IT’S BRIGHT

BENTLEY BLITZ TO START WITH URBAN EV CROSSOVER • Run of 10 new models in 10 years will begin with a bold EV in 2026

NEXT-GEN CLA IN RECORD-BREAKING 24-HOUR EV RUN • Merc saloon racks up 2309.6 miles at an estimated 5.2 miles per kWh

KIA EV2: FIRST LOOK AT £25K BABY ELECTRIC CROSSOVER

NEW CAUTION FOR SUZUKI AND ITS ELECTRIC FUTURE • Company president voices concern in wake of EV sales slowdown, casting doubt over upcoming launches

ABARTH TURNS BACK ON COMBUSTION

DEALER FINANCE UNDER FIRE • Hidden commission faces axe as courts clamp down on ‘secret’ revenue

FRESH LOOK FOR NEW CLIO

RENAULT PLOTS STRIKING, EASY-TO-USE INTERIORS • Design boss reveals “breakthrough solutions” coming to future models

Next big thing

TRUMP WIN SPARKS FEAR OF HIKED TARIFFS IN US • President-elect Trump has talked of imposing punitive tariffs on cars made outside the US

AUDI TAKES BIG HIT BUT BULLISH

Grapevine

UK HANGS ON TO OLD CARS • Average car age climbs as high prices dampen demand for new models

MY WEEK IN CARS

PRIOR CONVICTION

RACING LINES

YOUR VIEWS

A DESIGN FOR LIFE

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ALPINE A290 • The hot hatch is alive and well, and living in France. On both road and track, there’s much to savour

RENAULT RAFALE E-TECH 4x4 • More power, Alpine tuning, lower running costs: what’s not to like here?

ANALOGUE SUPERSPORT • Lotus Elise specialist uprates 1990s icon with an eye on track days

DACIA SPRING • A genuinely small EV at a low price gives plenty of boing for your buck

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R • All-paw hard-hitter has been fettled in a bid to raise driver engagement

MERCEDES-BENZ CLE • Does a PHEV set-up work in a coupé that exudes such old-school vibes?

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT • Stalwart estate gets a cutting-edge hybrid system and 80-mile EV range

Testing, testing

Make their Christmas with a weekly dose of automotive joy

Once more, with feeling • AC Cars’ recreation of the classic MkII Cobra is at first glance a faithful facsimile of a 1960s performance benchmark. SIMON HUCKNALL drives it

Rolls boss ready to ‘define the next chapter’ • Nine months into the job, Rolls-Royce CEO and car guy Chris Brownridge tells STEVE CROPLEY what he’s learned and where the firm’s heading

Double dog dare • Steve Cropley and MATT PRIOR attempt to drive a 1902 ‘dog cart’ – top speed 18mph – on the 2024 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

LEXUS LBX • Can you shrink premium quality to fit an SUV this small? We now know

GENESIS ELECTRIFIED G80 • Where the story begins, in the Hyundai premium marque’s luxury saloon

THE SEVEN-SEATER THAT VOLVO DARE NOT KILL OFF • The current-gen XC90 has been on sale since 2015 – for good reason

How to get one in your garage

Poster car that went from rusty to trusty

A simple, fun antidote to tech-laden road test cars

Head to head

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

When did cars outgrow that ‘vintage’ shape?

ROAD TEST RESULTS

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