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Here's mud in your eye

Rallying is making a Great British comeback, as John Evans and sons find out in Duns

RETRO GRADE A*

Buttonless keys, ignition barrels, screeching fan belts and lumpy idles - all things retro enthusiasts adore. Jonathan Bryce heads to the Retro Rides festival at Goodwood and checks out their machines

PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS

GTS is enhanced to suit its new status as Europe's hottest non-hybrid Cayenne

RENAULT CAPTUR

Modernised design and Google infotainment tech for French firm's big seller

XPENG G6

New mid-sized SUV will carry upmarket Chinese EV maker into UK showrooms

BMW M2

Is this a flat-track bully that shrinks in the face of rush-hour traffic and heavy rainfall?

FORD EXPLORER

With VW Group underpinnings, battery-electric propulsion and an American look, this new crossover embodies Ford's total reinvention

Tax and spend

High vehicle excise duty can mean a low price for a used car - temptingly low if you can sidestep the worst of the tax. Alex Wolstenholme knows the trick and the cars to pick

Bigger and bolder Panda for EV era

Fourth-gen hatchback matches rugged, retro design with petrol and electric power

'WE'RE A STUBBORN LOT'

Ineos Automotive is that rare start-up: a success. CEO Lynn Calder tells Mark Tisshaw about the learning curve, luck and sheer bloody-mindedness that made it all happen

Used car buyers warned of lingering Covid symptoms

Cars with odd specs delivered during the pandemic are now hitting used forecourts

AUDI RS4 AVANT 25 YEARS

Audi Sport marks hot estate's anniversary with sterner chassis and yet more power

SUBARU CROSSTREK

Let's find out if its 'lifestyle' ambitions are more than skin deep

McLAREN ARTURA SPIDER

Convertible's arrival coincides with major mechanical revisions for PHEV supercar

Radical SR1 XXR

Radical's entry-level racing car has been re-released in enhanced XXR guise. We find out just how good it is in the most revealing way - by racing it

Ford Mustang GT

No more four-cylinder EcoBoost engines; the latest Mustang GT is V8 only - and it might just be all the Mustang you really need

VW Golf R

The Mk8 Golf R has never really wowed us. But can the Mk8.5 change all that? A drive in a prototype version provides some clues

A DESIGN FOR LIFE

As a star of the very first issue of evo, Audi's design icon is a car entwined with this magazine's history. But now it's no more. We drive an early Mk1 quattro alongside a late Mk3 RS to find out if it enters retirement with grace

HYBRID WORKING

Bentley's new Continental GT will be its most powerful and most advanced road car to date. A drive of a pre-production example provides our first taste of its new V8 hybrid powertrain

BACK ON TRACK?

After the slightly under-achieving M4 CSL, could the new M4 CS be the sweet-spot in the M3/M4 range?

Aston Martin DBX707

Much-needed interior overhaul, plus other mid-life updates, ready the DBX for its second act

FAMILY AFFAIR

Thirty years ago, the McLaren F1 set new benchmarks with its speed and purity; now Gordon Murray's latest supercar, the GMA T.50, promises to do the same. We drive them back to back

RENAULT SPORT MÉGANE R26 R

It's possibly the greatest hot hatch ever made, but it took true dedication and extreme measures to create it. This is the story of how the Mégane R26.R came to be

THE ART OF THE ESTATE

Fast estates have always been cool, but today they can take many forms. We pitch Peugeot's updated hybrid 508 PSE against Skoda's more conventional but equally compelling Octavia vRS

THE LONG GOODBYE

After powering Bentleys for more than 20 years, the magnificent W12 engine has finally ceased production. We go for a farewell drive in the model where it all began - and look forward to the new Crewe generation

Jeep targets Tesla with Wagoneer S

US brand sets sights on Model Y with new upmarket electric SUV; due here in 2025

Premium brands take autonomy lead

Level-three tech roll-out faltering as volume brands weigh up cost against benefit

Skye's not the limit for Callum

New UK firm plots rugged commercial vehicle to follow £80k all-terrain sports EV

TESTED 20.5.24, FRANKFURT, GERMANY ON SALE NOW - FORD TOURNEO CUSTOM

New Transit sprouts seats and windows, gets a PHEV system that works differently

TESTED 27.4.24, DEVON ON SALE NOW - PORSCHE 718 SPYDER RS

Dream-like on German asphalt, does this curious Rennsport also excel in the UK?