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NEW PEUGEOT 208 TO BE HIGH-TECH TRAILBLAZER • Next-generation supermini will be the first car to use crucial new Stellantis platform

NEW, QUICKER E-208 GTI IS ON THE CARDS

PORSCHE BACKS ICE FOR 718 AFTER £2.7BN U-TURN ON NEW EVs • ICE reprieve for sports cars, Panamera and Cayenne as EV development halted

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ENTHUSIASTS

CAYENNE EV GOES BIG ON DISPLAYS

FIRST BENTLEY EV DUE IN 2026 WITH BLOCKY NEW-ERA LOOK • Electric SUV will adopt cues from the EXP 15 concept and is likely to share tech with its Porsche Cayenne EV twin

JLR PRODUCTION STOP EXTENDED TO AT LEAST A MONTH

BENTLEY PLOTS NEW PETROL MODELS AND DELAYS EV-ONLY PLAN

MERCEDES U-TURN PAVES WAY FOR NEW ‘A-CLASS’ • Firm retreats from luxury strategy, giving go-ahead to entry-level hatch

UPGRADES TO EX90 UNLOCK PROMISED SAFETY FEATURES

CHARGING NETWORK HIT BY ‘LOSS-MAKING’ COSTS • Operators question viability of charging hubs after hike in standing fees

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT NEEDED, SAYS BP

THE ONE-HORSE RACE TO MAKE EVs MORE VERSATILE

MORE CLUES EMERGE ABOUT DESIGN OF FERRARI’S FIRST EV • Camouflaged prototype spotted weeks before first details are revealed

‘ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE’ EV IS WORLD’S FASTEST CAR

NEUE KLASSE OVERHAUL FOR EVERY BMW

Grapevine

DS: WE’RE HERE TO STAY IN UK • Refreshed line-up will enable firm to boost sales substantially, says CEO

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ASTON MARTIN DBX S • Lavishing more of everything onto their SUV worked before, so guess what Gaydon’s gone and done now…

AUDI Q3 • New look, new interior, familiar mechanicals for third generation of popular premium SUV

AUDI Q3 E-HYBRID • Double the electric range for PHEV

TOYOTA AYGO X • Good-natured city car gets Yaris’s super-frugal hybrid powertrain

CITROEN C5 AIRCROSS • New platform, new hybrid systems, new style for comfort-centric SUV…

CITROEN E-C5 AIRCROSS • …plus a new pure-electric option

CHEVROLET CORVETTE E-RAY • American sports car supplements mid-mounted V8 with electric motor

AUDI A6 • Is all-new 5 Series and E-Class rival the fairest exec saloon of them all?

Testing, testing

Last tango in Powys • The Civic Type R and Focus ST are the last of their breed: manual, front-drive hot hatches. MATT SAUNDERS takes a final fling in Wales

THE LAST ONES STANDING • The demise of the Focus ST and Civic Type R reduces the number of ICE-powered hot hatchbacks still on sale to fewer than 10 – depending, a little, on how you count them. These are the remaining survivors.

Opportunity amid chaos • A troubled economy and mandated EV sales are making life difficult for car makers, potentially to your benefit. JOHN EVANS reveals where the savings are

STING IN THE TALE • Scorpions have only ever sat on small, petrol sportsters, but now they’re crawling all over an electric crossover....