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.

A TRUE DRIVER’S CAR IN EV FORM? THIS MAY BE IT

Mission X revealed as EV heir to 918 Spyder • Concept previews Porsche’s plans for production electric hypercar, due in 2027

New electric Volvo to start from just £34k • Urban-focused entry-level EX30 targeted at younger car buyers

As EX30 lands, Volvo ditches four models from its UK line-up

Elise modernised as high-tech EV • Thomson-designed concept is powered by radical EV tech and created by Callum

BMW M: no end in sight for ICE age

Toyota to race H2 at Le Mans • Hydrogen-fuelled combustion-hybrid car will compete in the 24-hour race in 2026

Renault tech cuts charge cost

WHY CARS WILL BE MORE LIKE SMARTPHONES

Cars must live longer to cut CO2 • Manufacturers want to extend vehicle lifespans to reduce their carbon footprint

Hyundai backs short-term subscriptions • SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL FORM a core part of Hyundai’s future retail model because of the flexibility they give to customers, the firm has said.

SECRET SOURCE? • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Global potential for first Saudi car firm • Ceer getting government funding, big-name execs, vast factory and foreign EV tech

TESTER’S NOTES

MY WEEK IN CARS

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RACING LINES

BMW M3 CS • The five-star M5 CS is a tough act for this new hot 3 Series variant to follow

BMW M2 • New junior sports coupé arrives in UK with 453bhp and – get this – a manual gearbox

RENAULT AUSTRAL E-TECH ICONIC • How will unusually motivated new family SUV perform on UK roads in top-rung form?

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 75TH EDITION • Is this a special worth paying £18k extra for? Hopes may rise on the Grasmere

FORD FOCUS ST ESTATE • Final traditional fast Ford, the updated 276bhp Focus, tested in extra-practical form

SINO THE TIMES • Chinese firms are targeting the UK with electric hatches that offer much, at least on paper. Do Europe’s established players have anything to fear? Illya Verpraet lines up the Chinese-built Smart #1 and BYD Atto 3 against the Cupra Born to find out

K-POP BANG • Korea’s coolest custom car outfit is Peaches in Seoul. Felix Page sees why

Artificial intelligence noun • The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence

MATTER OF A PINION • Well-resolved steering can make good driver’s cars great. Will the complex, electric-powered cars of tomorrow make the grade? Steve Cropley visits the experts to find out

Release the Kracken • Many big names have failed spectacularly in their quest to become a Formula 1 front-runner, but Aston Martin seems on the right track under Mike Krack. Edd Straw meets him

Ford Ranger • The Blue Oval’s market-leading pick-up truck gets a major reworking

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VERDICT • Practical, car-like to drive and generally hard to fault

FORD FOCUS ESTATE • Was Ford right to call time or has it been useful and relevant in its 8000-mile test?

CITROEN C5 X • We now know which buttons are worth pressing and which to leave well alone

DS 4 • We get the inside line on our French luxury challenger

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