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LUCA DE MEO BACKS WORDS WITH DEEDS
Electric Range Rover Sport stars in JLR’s six-EV blitz • Four Range Rover EVs and two all-new electric Jaguars will be launched by 2026
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Volkswagen mulls EV revival of Scirocco • Sports coupé would be based on new Porsche Boxster platform
Chrysler looks to Halcyon days
VW ID 7 Tourer to take on BMW i5 • Electric exec estate will offer a range of up to 426 miles when it arrives later this year
Audi TT successor will be ‘icon’
WHY AUDIO ENGINEERS PREFER ICE CARS TO EVs
£17k Spring EV destined for UK • Quality-raising revamp puts Dacia’s hatch on course to be the UK’s cheapest full-size EV from October
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Road-legal US ‘hypertruck’ tops 1000bhp • Defender-inspired SV Rover packs 1100bhp supercharged V8 or 1005bhp EV set-up
Payloads: BIK up for pick-ups
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MY WEEK IN CARS
RACING LINES
MINI COUNTRYMAN • Crossover has expanded to Nissan Qashqai size for its third generation but promises to be a truer Mini than before
BMW 5 SERIES • Is the combustion-engined version of the new saloon more convincing than the EV?
RANGE ROVER SPORT SV • High-performance car meets rugged 4x4 in a luxury SUV’s body
JIA CHIEFTAIN EV • Creator of top-tier restomods complements V8 classic Rangie with an electric one…
JIA CHIEFTAIN PHEV • …and, uniquely, a combination of both
PEUGEOT 3008 HYBRID • New crossover draws on mild-hybrid petrol tech as an alternative to the EV version
THE CLASS OF 2024 • Less than a week before the 2024 Car of the Year winner is announced, Mark Tisshaw gets under the skin of the shortlisted candidates with our road test editor
LAST TANGO NEAR PARIS
HOW TO SAVE THE EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY • Having been on top of the world for years, European car makers are coming under pressure from new players – but Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo has a plan to respond
CHAIN REACTION • Supply crises caused by Covid eased in 2023, allowing growth in global car markets. Julian Rendell reports
Porsche Cayenne • The S regains a V8 in a major revamp that also affects its chassis, cabin and more
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VERDICT • Rebooted Cayenne impresses and the charming V8 is our pick
AUDI SQ8 E-TRON SPORTBACK • Hot electric SUV is four years old now. Post-update, is it still worthy of flagship status?
CITROEN E-C4 X • Outstanding comfort and superb urban efficiency make for a happy commuter
BMW X5 • What eats miles and swallows loads but makes a meal of nothing?
RENAULT CLIO • Its Alpine badges aren’t quite as gratuitous as you might think
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