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Breen finally paid his dues

Irishman at last gets the full-time WRC seat he has long deserved

AUSTIN MAESTROS

F1 championship duel heads for Texas – and it’s too close to call

Drawing fire

Domagoj Dukec has come under attack for his reinvention of BMW’s design, but he will keep fighting for his ideas in the electric era, he tells James Attwood

Lotus EV platform made for sharing

Inspired by Elise’s influence, Lotus aims to cash in on new sports car underpinnings

A pandemic, logistical issues, soaring demand – and now a chip shortage. Just how long will you have to wait for a new car?

With dealers carrying only minimal stock, customers are having to wait up to a year for delivery of a new build, discovers John Evans

Renault Arkana

It may look like a replacement for the ageing Kadjar, but all is not what it seems

BMW i4 M50

Flagship four-door coupé has more muscle than an M4 Competition. But does M division’s first electric car also have true driver appeal?

CUPRA BORN

Cupra has endeavoured to make its first electric car more than just a souped-up Volkswagen ID 3. Has it succeeded?

Nissan GT-R sticking to its guns

Next iteration of supercar will get a new platform but is unlikely to ditch turbo V6

Mazda stays true to petrol power with all-new MX-5

Next-gen roadster, due 2024, to be designed around innovative Skyactiv-X engine

Pulling the plug on plug-in grants

Would removing the shrinking subsidy altogether affect the roll-out of electric cars?

TRUE BLUE

One such car arrived in 1986, but how about in 2021? Jesse Crosse compares two rather different fast Fords, the Sierra RS Cosworth and Mustang Mach-E

Porsche Mimics Mid-Engined Balance For Electric 718 Duo

Firm’s new ‘e-core’ battery design aids weight distribution and centre of gravity

Volkswagen ID Life Concept Is Manifesto For Cheap EVs

Mini-baiting crossover set to go on sale in 2025 with a 250-mile range for £17,000

Mercedes-Benz C300e

The most economical new C-Class variant comes with over 60 miles of EV range

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