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.

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McLAREN GUNS FOR DBX IN MAJOR OVERHAUL • An SUV, other front-engined models and in-house engines are part of a £500m revamp

DACIA'S BABY FOUR-SEAT EV TO DUCK UNDER £10K • Hipster will be made in China with 20bhp motor and 15kWh battery

NISSAN KICKS SET FOR UK • Firm plans to build hybrid crossover in Sunderland for sale across Europe

NEWS

JLR'S UK ELECTRIC TECH PRODUCTION SETS THE PACE • Reworked Wolverhampton plant helps to future-proof the firm’s EV output

THIRTEEN NEW VOLVOS BY 2030 – AND NOT ALL SUVs • 'Largest and most ambitious' expansion in firm's history to include saloons and estates

LEAPMOTOR CRUCIAL FOR STELLANTIS ZEV MANDATE • Brand's dominant electric sales mix cuts stablemates some slack

COMMENT • My Week In Cars

YOUR VIEWS

PEUGEOT E-208 GTI • French car maker's revered performance badge returns to join the rapidly swelling ranks of reasonably affordable electric hot hatches

SKODA PEAQ • Kodiaq is a fab seven-seat SUV. Can Skoda repeat the trick with an EV?

AION UT • Chinese newcomer straddles compact and family hatchback segments

BYD DOLPHIN G • Newcomer is just like a Yaris, except it can do 65 miles on electric power

TOYOTA GR YARIS • Madcap Yaris continues to evade the emissions noose. Is it still great?

Bullet dodged • After the EV Charger bombed, Dodge fitted a straight six. Greatest comeback since Lazarus? Possibly.

Miniature happiness • JAMES ATTWOOD visits America’s coolest automotive design studio, where the greatest cars of all time are brought to life... in 1:64 scale

Worst Seat in the house • The Volkswagen Group has finally given up on its problem brand. MARK TISSHAW recalls 15 years of Spanish struggle

RENAULT 4 • Our man has run a 5, an A290 and now a 4. So which Renault EV is best?

MG IM5 • You could easily mistake this for a Model 3, but are they really so similar?

SNAPSHOTS

TAKE FIVE • Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 makes a smart daily EV and, in N guise, is a smile-fest

From fixing Williams F1 race cars to this

Lost in the archive • The difficult upbringing of the Dodge Charger

Why I love... PROPER STEERING WHEELS