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THE ICEMAN GOETH

Kimi Räikkönen has spent the past two decades as a polarising fi gure in F1. How does the famously cool newly retired Finn look back on his career? James Attwood finds out

Murray's latest supercar is 607bhp V12 daily driver

British designer’s new £1.4m T33 is a “more practical” junior sibling to T50 flagship

DS 9

Stellantis’s Parisian luxury brand goes hunting for the legacy of an automotive icon

PEUGEOT 2008

Bored of all those crossover clones? This one is a bit different

MASERATI MC20

Mid-engined V6 supercar that was designed to herald a new era for Maserati meets British roads in the bleak mid-winter

MY WEEK IN CARS

Murray shows off his T33 and talent for making the complicated sound simple

BEAUTY AND THE PISTE

Richard Lane has the enviable task of returning an Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm to its spiritual home of Balocco, where retirement for the sublime super-saloon awaits. All that stands in his way are 1000 wintry miles and one closed Stelvio Pass

THE SEVEN AGES OF CAR

The market isn’t as black and white as used and new. James Ruppert explains the stages between car showroom and classic car show, with the long-lived VW Golf as his muse

JLR to make in-house platform for Jag EVs

JAGUAR’S NEW EV platform will be built in-house, Jaguar Land Rover has said, giving new details of its shift to an all-electric line-up from 2025 under its Reimagine plan.

Tonale fires starting gun for Alfa Romeo revival bid

New Audi Q3 rival is first model in Italian firm’s new era and ushers in first hybrids

TOYOTA AYGO X

City car returns from SUV boot camp ready for the ultimate series of speed bumps

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Which luxury car format will emerge victorious from this period of unprecedented volatility? Matt Saunders looks for the answer in Mercedes-Benz’s EQS limo and BMW’s iX SUV

MAZDA CX-5

Latest update to idiosyncratic family SUV is by far the most significant yet

HIT FOR SIX

A V6 helped make the four-wheel-drive Mk5 Golf R32 a hit. Jack Warrick reports

HOW MUCH OF A FIRE RISK ARE EVs?

All cars can catch fire but a real problem with EVs is that a lithium ion battery blaze is almost impossible to put out. John Evans looks at why that is, how fire services are handling it and what can be done to minimise risks

DACIA JOGGER

Crowd-pleasing value brand times to perfection the introduction of its Sandero-based sever-seater as the cost-of-living crisis bites

Car factories set for revolution

Leading robot maker believes new production methods are way to lower EV prices

Ford readies all-new Mustang

Next-gen version will retain a V8 but gain two electric motors for all-wheel drive

CITROEN E-BERLINGO

New electric version of venerable people carrier is suddenly the only one available

AC SCHNITZER ACS1 35i

New chassis set-up and design elements bring BMW M135i some extra sparkle

Fiat 500

Rather than take its pension, Fiat’s 65-year-old star car heads into the electric age

THE LAST BASTION

While others convert to electrification, Ferrari remains committed to its V12. Simon Hucknall evaluates its past quarter-century of progress through a 550 Maranello and a new 812 GTS

ION GIANTS

The Porsche Taycan has proven to be the most engageing EV in existence, while the new BMW i4 might well be the best all-rounder. Something has to give, says Richard Lane

Electric roadster heralds MG return to enthusiast market

Cyberster production car will be first in rejuvenated brand’s ‘recreation’ EV family

EQE and EQS SUVs nearly ready

Mercedes-Benz will launch twinned electric luxury SUVs this year at £75k and £90k

SOUNDS LIKE REVOLUTION

A UK company has developed light, compact and sophisticated speaker technology that could revolutionise the soundscape inside cars. Steve Cropley has a sneak preview

What's happened to hydrogen?

Electrification is accelerating rapidly, yet car makers are ditching fuel cells en masse

LEXUS UX 300e

Lexus arrives at the EV party with a converted version of its compact crossover

JAGUAR XF

Combustion-engined Jaguars may be on their way out but, as our time with one showed, there’s life in the old cat yet

Our very own Ferrari

Just how difficult can it be to spec a supercar to perfection? Matt Saunders finds out by stepping into the loafers of a Ferrari buyer and bringing the ultimate SF90 Spider to life