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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EVIJA EMPHATICALLY SILENCES THE CRITICS

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GLC EV AND iX3 TO LOCK HORNS IN NEW-ERA DUEL • Mercedes and BMW will begin vital new chapters with electric SUV rivals

MORE STARS LINE UP FOR MUNICH MOTOR SHOW

A-CLASS THROWN A LIFELINE AMID CONTINUED DEMAND • Mercedes extends popular ICE hatchback’s production cycle until 2028

SUBARU CONTINUES ELECTRIFICATION DRIVE WITH RUGGED UNCHARTED SUV

E-OUTBACK TO PACK 375BHP PUNCH

SUBARU EYES SPORTS EVS

ASIAN BRANDS REACT TO EV GRANT AS LOOPHOLES FOUND • Some offer own discounts in the wake of UK’s ‘discriminatory’ new ECG

THE DISCOUNTS

HYDROGEN MAKES HEADWAY IN ALTERNATIVE-FUEL FUTURE

TREND-BUSTING PRICE HIKE FOR SELECT USED DIESELS • Diesel may be on the way out, but not all models are falling in price

Grapevine

UK KEY TO CADILLAC’S EUROPEAN AMBITIONS • On sale here ‘soon’, CEO confirms, with more GM brands to follow

GM PONDERS MADE-FOR-EUROPE MODELS

Steve Cropley

Matt Prior

Damien Smith

BY NAME AND BY NATURE

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LAMBORGHINI TEMERARIO • Lambo’s V10 died with the Huracán. Its replacement? A new V8 with two turbos and three electric motors

MG IM5 • Upmarket saloon offers 742bhp and a 357-mile range for less than £50k

BMW M3 CS TOURING • Competition Sport package is offered on an estate for the first time

LOTUS EVIJA • This is the most powerful car we’ve tested – and it wears a Lotus badge

Testing, testing

50 BEST USED CARS • There’s something for everyone in We our top 50 list, says JOHN EVANS

HE’S GOT THE LOOK • BMW has tasked Max Missoni with shaping the firm’s future beyond the imminent Neue Klasse era. STEVE CROPLEY asks how he intends to do it

WHEN I GRILLED CHRIS BANGLE

DESIGNING THE VW XL1

TESLA MODEL 3 • Four years on, has the one-time EV pace-setter still got it? We reveal all

DACIA DUSTER • Our 4x4 enhances its go-anywhere vibe with some built-in camping kit

RENAULT 5 •  You’d get less attention in a Lambo – and the clamour is fully deserved

BMW 1 SERIES • Buttons are few, yet the swear jar’s empty. What gives?

SNAPSHOTS

WHEN MERCEDES-AMG INVENTED THE MEGA-HATCH • The A45 broke new hot hatch ground, but early cars don’t cost the earth

How to get one in your garage

What’s big, orange and headache-inducing?

This ’80s sports car is just my cup of coffee

Head to head • Brief: Find a neglected modern classic for under £10,000 that could be saved and cherished

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Start-up Bentley struggles to begin production

ROAD TEST RESULTS

Why I love… CAR FACTORIES

What we did this week