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THE CAR INDUSTRY HAS DONE IT AGAIN – TWICE

Polestar primes supercar and 911 rival after SUVs • Ambitious Swedish firm bids for electric sports car supremacy with radical line-up expansion

‘Carbon-neutral’ Polestar model is on course for 2030 debut

Twingo to become sub-£17k EV • Ultra-efficient electric Renault supermini will be “silver bullet” for sustainable mobility

Lucid unveils ‘new-era’ iX rival

Radical high-tech Hyundai factory signposts new era • Robots, AI, digital twins and virtual reality are giving plants a new role

Ioniq 5 Robotaxi closer to mass production

Car theft device: yours for £100 • Relay tech enables 93% of thefts yet is openly sold online as the UK moves to ban it

EV MOTOR MAGNETS: NOT SO RARE NOW, ARE YOU?

New Ford Capri EV breaks cover • Explorer-based electric crossover will revive the cult classic name with a 2024 debut

EM90 luxury MPV takes Volvo into uncharted territory

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Subscription coming to an end? • Car makers are thinking twice and specialists are struggling, mainly due to high costs

TESTER’S NOTES

MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

McLAREN 750S • The 720S was peerless when it arrived, but six years of progress have passed since then. Time for Woking to optimise its supercar

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N • A prototype left us with the impression that this hot SUV could be the first real electric driver’s car. Now to try the finished product

MERCEDES-BENZ EQE 500 SUV • Electric sibling to the GLE takes to UK roads in the most potent guise available

PEUGEOT E-208 • Updated electric supermini offers larger battery and stronger motor

BYD SEAL AWD • Can the Chinese EV perform as adeptly on shoddy British roads as it did in Europe?

PEUGEOT E-308 SW • Charming electric 308 gets wagon treatment but doesn’t address range concerns

BLOOD AND THUNDER • Ferrari’s SUV impressed us in the snowy Dolomites, but can the Purosangue – or ‘pure blood’ – dispatch Aston Martin’s class-leading DBX 707 on the kind of roads that matter? Richard Lane decides

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT • Lunaz, best known for converting high-end classic cars to electric power, is taking knackered old diesel bin lorries and giving them a new life as EVs. Simon Hucknall takes one for a drive

BLACK FRIDAY • TRY 3 ISSUES OF ANY MAGAZINE FOR £3!

Porsche 911 • Weissach’s road racer reaches previously unimaginable levels of single-mindedness

Data log

VERDICT • Esoteric even by hardcore 911 standards but simply monumental

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ • VW wants to make people feel warm and fuzzy inside. Is this the car to do it?

LEXUS RZ • Is the range-topper worth £10k more? We’ve had the misfortune to find out

JAGUAR F-TYPE • V8 sports car seems to keep on going forever – and we’re not talking about its snout

PEUGEOT 408 • Some améliorations des performances arrive over the air

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