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The greatest of Es?

Both of these trendy small electric cars have as much wow factor now as when new, and you can save around £5000 by buying them at a year old

Social climbers

By choosing one of these two fuel-efficient premium large SUVs, the upwardly mobile needn’t face an uphill struggle when it comes to costs

Citroen e-C4 50kWh Shine Plus

Can you cross a hatchback with a coupé SUV for a small electric car? We’re living with an e-C4 to find out

Bringing home the Bayon

Hyundai’s smallest SUV yet has the necessary tools to succeed, but first it has to prove itself against tough rivals from Citroën and Ford

Audi RS3

Musclebound A3 guns for hot hatch honours, with clever tech to boost thrills on road and track On sale Autumn 2021 Price from £50,900

BMW 2 Series Coupé

BMW’s smallest coupé renews its battle with the Audi TT with an increase in size over its predecessor and up to 369bhp On sale Early 2022 Price from £34,980

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.

WRX steps it up for fifth gen

Subaru’s new sports saloon gets feistier and more focused – but won’t come to UK

Along came a Spyder

UK Ferrari specialist GTO Engineering has just recreated the short-wheelbase 250 GT California Spyder – and it seems identical in every way. Until you drive it. Andrew Frankel reports

POP PITCH

The new Hyundai Ioniq 5 and its Skoda Enyaq iV rival – spacious family cars with 300 miles of range and crucially starting from under £40,000 – both want to bring electric motoring to the masses but, as James Disdale discovers, in rather different ways

THE FORGOTTEN OFF-ROADER

Everybody remembers the Land Rover Defender, Mitsubishi Shogun and Toyota Land Cruiser, but the Nissan Patrol? John Evans sees a wrong that needs righting

Hyundai Forges Ahead With Hydrogen Powertrain Tech

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

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

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

Honda VFR750R - RC30

If there’s a more worshipped V4 out there, we’ve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30…

Mountain tension!

Award-winning motorcycle engineer!

Fazer set to STUN!

What do you get when you mix CRK’s lovely café racer kit to Yamaha’s budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!

Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!

This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassembly…

Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!

For the best finish on his Z900’s motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how it’s done properly.

Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!

We’re getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?

Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…

Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?

Splitting links

Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!

It’s probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrish’s persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.

Volvo Trucks announces new family of heavy electric HGVs

VOLVO Trucks will boost its electric truck range in 2022, with the arrival of three more zero emission HGV models. Joining the FE and FL Electric trucks which are aimed at urban routes and use, the new FH, FM and FMX Electrics will cater for the heavier road transport sector.

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTE

Can a hybrid hot hatch really deliver the best of both worlds? Alex Grant finds out.

REACH FOR THE SKIES

Electric flying racing cars have literally taken off, thanks to pioneering efforts from the Airspeeder team.

POLESTAR 2

With motorsport in its DNA, has Polestar cracked the electric driver’s car?

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5

The retro-inspired first instalment of Hyundai’s new-generation EV line-up has substance worthy of its head-turning styling.