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Autocar

Aug 18 2021
Magazine

Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

HYUNDAI CONTINUES ITS FORWARD MARCH

Lambo revives Countach as 803bhp hyper-hybrid • Retro-styled £1.7m special is based on Aventador with V12 and electric motor

Q&A MITJA BORKERT, DIRECTOR, LAMBORGHINI CENTRO STILE

More multimillionaires’ marvels materialise in Monterey • Rounding up the other big model debuts from American luxury motoring pageant

New tech key to ‘affordable’ ID 2 • Downloadable options will help keep the VW electric crossover’s price at £17,000

SEAT’S ID 2 RIVAL IS CRUCIAL FOR SPANISH CAR INDUSTRY

Aston lifts lid on Valkyrie • New open-top Spider version will hit 217mph and is due next year

WEVC to start line-up of cars, vans, buses

CONFIDENTIAL

Designer Mini explores future • Strip concept, by Paul Smith, sets out new Mini themes of sustainability and function

Revived Integra will ‘share original’s DNA’

Toyota hypercar iced

THE AGE OF AQUARIUS HERALDS TINY, 10KG HYDROGEN ENGINE

Classics plug in to EV demand • Converting classic cars into EVs is becoming big business, but does it have a future?

IS THERE VALUE IN CONVERTING A CLASSIC TO ELECTRIC?

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

GRAHAM ROBSON 1936-2021

HYUNDAI KONA N • Third model to join the sporty crossover ranks promises to be the most focused

ALPINA B8 GRAN COUPE • Renowned BMW specialist turns its hand to the V8-powered four-door 8 Series

RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH PHEV • Plug-in hybrid powertrain finally reaches hatchback version of Renault’s family car

PUTTING YOU IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT SINCE 1895 • For 126 years, our mission has been to bring the car driving experience to you. Join Autocar Subscriber Extra today to get even closer to the action.

AUDI Q5 50 TFSIe • Battery improvements lengthen PHEV’s electric-only range for greater tax savings

HYUNDAI SANTA FE PLUG-IN HYBRID • Big SUV now comes only with hybrid powertrains, this one bringing an extra 35bhp

Skoda Enyaq iV • Czech entry into the fast-growing electric family car class aims for a familiar feel

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

Practical, rangy, well priced. Hits a sweet spot in the EV market

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p74

BRITAIN’S BEST AFFORDABLE DRIVER’S CAR • Which new car offers the most driver appeal on a real-world budget? Our road test team heads to Scotland to find out

TEST HIGHLIGHT: HYUNDAI i20 N

TEST LOWLIGHT: ER, IS THIS IT?

IF ONLY… THE BMW 128ti HAD A MANUAL GEARBOX

A USED AFFORDABLE DRIVER’S CAR FOR EVERY BUDGET

TEST HIGHLIGHT: FORD PUMA’S ENGINE

IF ONLY… THE GOLF R WOULD JUST LET YOU DRIVE

TEST HIGHLIGHT: THE SEVEN ATE NINE HOURS

TEST HIGHLIGHT: CATERHAM SUPER SEVEN

IF ONLY… THE FORD PUMA ST STEERED BETTER

OUR WINNER: HYUNDAI i20 N

FUELS RUSH IN • Synthetic fuels could secure a future for motorsport and makers of big-engined cars, as Bentley recently demonstrated at Pikes Peak. Jesse Crosse investigates

FUTURE-FUEL PLAYERS

WHAT IS SYNTHETIC FUEL?

The Highway Code is about to...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 84 Publisher: Haymarket Media Group Ltd Edition: Aug 18 2021

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: August 18, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

HYUNDAI CONTINUES ITS FORWARD MARCH

Lambo revives Countach as 803bhp hyper-hybrid • Retro-styled £1.7m special is based on Aventador with V12 and electric motor

Q&A MITJA BORKERT, DIRECTOR, LAMBORGHINI CENTRO STILE

More multimillionaires’ marvels materialise in Monterey • Rounding up the other big model debuts from American luxury motoring pageant

New tech key to ‘affordable’ ID 2 • Downloadable options will help keep the VW electric crossover’s price at £17,000

SEAT’S ID 2 RIVAL IS CRUCIAL FOR SPANISH CAR INDUSTRY

Aston lifts lid on Valkyrie • New open-top Spider version will hit 217mph and is due next year

WEVC to start line-up of cars, vans, buses

CONFIDENTIAL

Designer Mini explores future • Strip concept, by Paul Smith, sets out new Mini themes of sustainability and function

Revived Integra will ‘share original’s DNA’

Toyota hypercar iced

THE AGE OF AQUARIUS HERALDS TINY, 10KG HYDROGEN ENGINE

Classics plug in to EV demand • Converting classic cars into EVs is becoming big business, but does it have a future?

IS THERE VALUE IN CONVERTING A CLASSIC TO ELECTRIC?

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

GRAHAM ROBSON 1936-2021

HYUNDAI KONA N • Third model to join the sporty crossover ranks promises to be the most focused

ALPINA B8 GRAN COUPE • Renowned BMW specialist turns its hand to the V8-powered four-door 8 Series

RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH PHEV • Plug-in hybrid powertrain finally reaches hatchback version of Renault’s family car

PUTTING YOU IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT SINCE 1895 • For 126 years, our mission has been to bring the car driving experience to you. Join Autocar Subscriber Extra today to get even closer to the action.

AUDI Q5 50 TFSIe • Battery improvements lengthen PHEV’s electric-only range for greater tax savings

HYUNDAI SANTA FE PLUG-IN HYBRID • Big SUV now comes only with hybrid powertrains, this one bringing an extra 35bhp

Skoda Enyaq iV • Czech entry into the fast-growing electric family car class aims for a familiar feel

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

Practical, rangy, well priced. Hits a sweet spot in the EV market

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p74

BRITAIN’S BEST AFFORDABLE DRIVER’S CAR • Which new car offers the most driver appeal on a real-world budget? Our road test team heads to Scotland to find out

TEST HIGHLIGHT: HYUNDAI i20 N

TEST LOWLIGHT: ER, IS THIS IT?

IF ONLY… THE BMW 128ti HAD A MANUAL GEARBOX

A USED AFFORDABLE DRIVER’S CAR FOR EVERY BUDGET

TEST HIGHLIGHT: FORD PUMA’S ENGINE

IF ONLY… THE GOLF R WOULD JUST LET YOU DRIVE

TEST HIGHLIGHT: THE SEVEN ATE NINE HOURS

TEST HIGHLIGHT: CATERHAM SUPER SEVEN

IF ONLY… THE FORD PUMA ST STEERED BETTER

OUR WINNER: HYUNDAI i20 N

FUELS RUSH IN • Synthetic fuels could secure a future for motorsport and makers of big-engined cars, as Bentley recently demonstrated at Pikes Peak. Jesse Crosse investigates

FUTURE-FUEL PLAYERS

WHAT IS SYNTHETIC FUEL?

The Highway Code is about to...


Expand title description text