Electric Elise Successor To Crown Lotus's EV Rebirth

New 2026 two-seater will kick-start an electric era of Hethel-developed sports cars

DANCING TO A DIFFERENT TUNE

Muscle cars are an American obsession that Matt Prior suggests more Brits ought to indulge in, as these highly tuned coupés offer real thrills for relatively modest bills

HOT OFF THE PRESS

A thriving engineering firm is using rescued tooling and historic paperwork to help keep Britain’s classic car industry on its wheels. Steve Cropley pays them a visit

Aston Martin DB5

Special version of impressive grand tourer commissioned for anonymous professional

BMW iX

Comfort-conscious yet also strong and athletic, this large SUV is the incredibly bold new flagship for BMW’s family of electric cars

Mini plots radical new line-up

Design chief talks of a new approach for an expanded, more varied model range

Down but most definitely not out

Haas may be rooted to the back of the Formula 1 grid, but its future is looking brighter than ever, as team principal Guenther Steiner explains to Edd Straw

PEUGEOT 208

The 208 is a plush supermini but it does have foibles, as Mark Pearson explains

REMEMBERING MOSS AND #722

Mercedes has retired Stirling’s greatest car after final run at Revival

Renault Mégane

Ageing hatchback gets a novel hybrid system to see out its twilight years

BRINGING UP THE REAR

Germany’s latest crop of compact executive saloons draw on front-drive hatchback hardware for their mechanical make-up. Does that put the latest Jaguar XE at an advantage? Matt Saunders finds out

Pocket rockets

Kids big and small have been collecting Hot Wheels for decades – and the next must-have model could be tucked away in your garage, says John Evans

From this…to this

Miles Nürnberger has left his role as design director at Aston Martin to become head of design at Dacia. Felix Page asks him why he made the move

CATERHAM SEVEN 170R

TESTED 26.8.21, SUSSEX ON SALE NOW PRICE £23,990 | Small-capacity three-cylinder Suzuki power returns to Caterham’s line-up to create the lightest Seven yet conceived

SKODA OCTAVIA vRS

Is there still a place for a quick diesel estate in 2021? Our last report reveals all

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT

The first EV-only track day took place at Llandow circuit recently. Illya Verpraet was there to catch the action and the pit-lane chat

Rugged New C3 leads utility push

“Courageous” supermini focuses on accessibility as Citroën targets global expansion

PORSCHE 911 GTS

TESTED 16.9.21, ITALY ON SALE NOW. The model between a Carrera S and Turbo has just got more serious. Too serious?

The secrets of their success

ExcelR8 Motorsport went from BTCC newcomers to race-winning championship contenders in a single season. Matt Salisbury finds out how they did it

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet

Four-seat executive drop-top gets a new engine and design update, but to what effect?

Britain's Next Iconic Design

The government has asked for an instantly recognisable roadside EV charger. Former product designer Hilton Holloway considers the requirements and sharpens his pencils

HANDLING BY LOTUS

This tagline has appeared on a few cars and been unjustly absent from many more. Andrew Frankel ruminates on the subject with a Kia Elan

SO FAR, SO GOOD

Bentley is a couple of years into its electric journey – but another awaits Steve Cropley: 500 miles across England in a Bentayga Hybrid without refuelling. Is it achievable?

E-TYPE UK UNLEASHED

Series 3 roadster is upgraded for 21st-century life, but not so much that it loses its original appeal. Quite the reverse, in fact

XPENG P5

Nascent Chinese marque primes cut-price yet tech-loaded electric family saloon

Hyundai Forges Ahead With Hydrogen Powertrain Tech

The 2023 Nexo to spawn a new family of Hyundai fuel cell electric vehicles

Porsche's EV Racing Mission Statement

The Mission R concept revealed at the Munich motor show is not a flight of fancy but a prelude to a Carrera Cup-complementing race series, reports James Attwood

Mini pushing to make Urbanaut

Firm is hopeful of turning compact electric MPV concept into radical production car

Brit 4x4 answers call of the wild

Surrey firm creates ultra-tough off-road exploration vehicle with a 4000-mile range

Dacia underlines low-cost focus; “won't chase Euro NCAP stars”

DACIA WILL KEEP its cars cheap by making them as simple as possible, even under the mounting pressure of environmental and safety legislation.