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Supercar engineering for Polestar 5

UK-developed Porsche Taycan rival to get ultra-stiff platform and new battery tech

SORRY, WRONG NUMBER

Car clocking is as big a problem as ever, though this time it's not only dodgy dealers trying to pull a fast one but immoral motorists, too. John Evans investigates

KIA SORENT0

A seven-seat PHEV sounds like it would be useful, but what was the reality of family and working life over 7650 miles?

Kia EV6

Kia steps up its game for the electric era with a distinctive and dynamic family EV

AUDI A8 L 60 TFSle

Plug-in hybrid version of updated limousine is treated to a larger battery

BACK FOR GOOD

Extreme E returns this week looking less like an eccentric outlier in the gas-guzzling world of motorsport than a glimpse at its sustainable future. James Attwood reports

Ferrari guns for Urus with potent GT-aping Purosangue

Ferrari's landmark SUV will arrive this year with supercar performance, four-wheel drive and new tech

Appetite for destruction

Euro NCAP's crash tests have revolutionised vehicle safety. John Evans visits the That cham test facility to find out how

Jeep Compass 4xe

Jeep's volume-selling crossover adopts a plug-in hybrid powertrain. MODEL TESTED COMPASS 4xe S

FORD BRONCO

Dearborn's reborn off-road adventurer is now available in the UK as agrey import

FOURS TO BE RECKONED WITH

Audi's Quattro four-wheel-drive system is synonymous with the brand, and its legacy rests on the shoulders of the models that bear its name. Piers Ward drives them

VAUXHALL MOKKA

It looks the part, but has it displayed the real-world substance to underpin that?

NISSAN QASHQAI

Does our car have any off-road DNA? We take it to the Jurassic X Prix to find out

We meet BMW's first SUV

“DRIVEN BY THE US market’s belief that ‘anything’ is not just possible but deeply desirable, crossover vehicles that blend two or more disparate designs into a slightly bizarre new entity are coming to a showroom near you soon,” our road test of BMW’s firstever SUV opened prophetically.

THE FULL MONTE

WRC’s two Sébastiens created special magic as its new era began

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