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New electric Macan packs up to 630bhp and 833lb ft • Dynamic SUV will hit the UK this year and usher in a new generation of Porsche EVs

Lambo lifts veil on EV future • Italian brand will tune its EV tech to deliver emotional appeal as well as sheer pace

Dacia sets out its Manifesto for Dakar

MG 3 to go full hybrid with a price to match

Stellantis EVs: 500 miles, 700bhp+ • Cutting-edge new STLA Large platform brings “unparalleled technology flexibility”

New Q7 on course for 2026 debut • Seven-seat Audi SUV tipped to feature a long-range PHEV

DR who? Emerging Italian firm set to enter the mainstream

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Vehicle production in UK tops one million • Output figure for 2023 “surprised” car industry, making for its best year since 2019

New Vauxhall set to break cover

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Electric off-roader on sale at £50k • Czech firm launches go-anywhere Spartan with 793lb ft of torque, 150-mile range

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VOLKSWAGEN ID 7 PRO • Saloon body, new motor and revised interior tech all bode well for VW’s latest EV

BMW ALPINA B5 GT TOURING • Super-rare and exquisite performance estate touches down in the UK

SKODA ENYAQ • More powerful yet more efficient motor extends range and infotainment is revised

MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 400E • New petrol-engined plug-in hybrid variant headlines facelifted large SUV range

BACK WITHIN • Used car values are finally falling again after Covid and the chip crisis, so there are some super bargains at all price points if you know where to look. Richard Bremner does…

‘YOU NEED TO INVEST. GENE DIDN’T WANT TO DO THAT’ • Guenther Steiner convinced Gene Haas to fund an offbeat F1 team a decade ago but couldn’t sell him his ambitious vision of the future, he tells Adam Cooper

THE TRUTH ABOUT EVs • EV newbie John Evans visits specialist Cleevely Electric Vehicles for valuable insights

Code to nowhere • Essential in racing, driver-in-loop simulators have entered the complex world of road cars. Richard Lane learns how you can develop anything without leaving the building

Kia EV9 • By venturing into luxury SUVs, has Kia bitten off more than it can chew?

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VERDICT • Style, space, versatility, range – for a more reasonable price than rivals

MAZDA MX-30 R-EV • What’s not to like about an EV with a rotary engine to extend its range? Let’s find out

NISSAN ARIYA • Our Ariya is leaving us a bit cold – quite literally – because of its low range

HONDA ZR-V • You too can feel like a track star thanks to a direct lineage (of sorts) to the NSX

JEEP AVENGER • Our EV’s had cold water poured on it, but we’re not deterred

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