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DEFENDER IS POISED TO EMULATE RANGE ROVER

Defender family to get all-new luxury flagship • Land Rover will expand the Defender line-up with a new Range Rover-based model

HOW THE LAND ROVER LINE-UP WILL LOOK

THREE MORE DEFENDER VARIANTS ON THE CARDS

CAN LAND ROVER SAVE THE DISCOVERY BRAND?

New Sportage honed for Europe • Next-gen Kia SUV has been tuned and reshaped specifically to suit European tastes

XUAN GOH, SPORTAGE PRODUCT MANAGER

Ford Focus ST Edition is most agile version yet

CONFIDENTIAL

Morgan reinvents the 3 Wheeler • New 2022 model swaps outboard V-twin for more potent nose-mounted Ford triple

AMG reveals 831bhp GT 4dr as first PHEV

UK start-up plans ‘off-the-wall’ EVs • Soventem to launch small cars using radical, carbon-neutral production techniques

New Qatar event secures future of Geneva motor show

Merc unveils last ICE van

STICK IT IN THE BOX: THE VARIOUS WAYS CARS CAN GET GEARED UP

How will BP plug into a new era? • With fossil fuels on the way out, BP is reshaping its business. We hear its bold plans

Jim Holder

Steve Cropley

GENESIS GV70 • Hyundai-owned luxury brand introduces its next offering to the UK: a stately mid-sized SUV to take on the BMW X3

PORSCHE MACAN GTS • Refresh keeps the dynamic SUV at the top of its game in the run-up to the 2023 EV

LAMBORGHINI HURACAN STO • After meeting it at Vallelunga, we introduce the swansong Huracán to British roads

MERCEDES-BENZ G400d • ‘Regular’ version of ultra-luxurious off-roader gets a more potent diesel straight six

TOYOTA YARIS CROSS • All-new, hybrid-only Nissan Juke rival arrives in the UK in range-topping FWD guise

AUDI Q4 E-TRON 50 QUATTRO • Electric family SUV has the same battery as its cheaper sibling but an extra motor

Aston Martin Vantage • A new boss means a new plan for a grand old British brand – and this is how it starts

ROAD TEST

ROAD TEST • Chassis tweaks boost driver appeal but it’s falling behind elsewhere

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p74

Testers’ notes

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ANGELS OF THE NORTH • Mercedes-AMG’s divine and blisteringly quick four-door GT is a hard act to follow, but when has that ever stopped Alpina? Richard Lane pits two titans against one another in the North Pennines

THREE ALTERNATIVES AT DIFFERENT BUDGETS

ONE FOR THE AGES • Today’s cars are likely to be the last of their kind. So which of them will our ennui-filled future selves long for most from the self-driving techno-pods of 2071?

Do you have an innovative idea that could revolutionise the car industry?

LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL • Nascent firm McMurtry believes its Bugatti-quick EV represents the future of performance cars. Simon Hucknall watches it in action at Donington Park

HOW AND WHY THE SPEIRLING SUCKS

THE HISTORY OF RACING FANS

TOYOTA GOES FOURTH • Why yet another uncontested Le Mans win still deserves...