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MOTOR SHOWS ARE BACK AND EVs GOT REAL

Merc’s executive EV to go head to head with BMW i4 • EQE due next year with 288bhp and a range of up to 410 miles; AMG version to follow

Mercedes-AMG fires its first EV salvo with 751bhp EQS 53

Mercedes G-Class enters EV era • “Uncompromising off-roader” becomes the EQG with a quad-motor powertrain

Concept EQS SUV previews first electric Maybach

Smart begins reinvention under Geely with compact electric SUV

Audi reinvents A8 for 2024 • Grandsphere concept shows the new face of high-tech luxury that will replace A8

Cupra shows first MEB Entry car • Urban Rebel concept gives Volkswagen Group’s affordable EV platform its debut

BMW conceives carbon-neutral ‘circular economy’ EV for 2040

Porsche previews EV Cup racer • New Mission R concept to gain one-make series in 2025; hints at forthcoming electric 718

Renault reveals all-new Mégane electric SUV

DACIA SANDERO TURNED INTO SEVEN-SEAT MPV

CONFIDENTIAL

Ford readies new-look Focus ST • Late prototype gives clues to major redesign; green paint hints at RS influence

Hyundai offshoot creates fully autonomous Ioniq 5 taxi

Vauxhall confirms electric Astra due in 2023

Four new Lotus EVs by 2026 • Two SUVs and a four-door coupé from China to precede Hethel-built sports car

HORBURY TO LEAD DESIGN AT LOTUS

GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: HOW SCREENS GIVE HAPTIC FEEDBACK

How can dealers and garages get ready for the switch to EVs? • Servicing EVs requires vital workplace changes. We look at what businesses must do

FIVE TOP TIPS FOR WORKSHOPS TO GET SORTED FOR EVs

EV TECHIES WON’T NEED THE SKILLS OF AN IT GEEK - AT LEAST NOT YET

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS

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BMW iX3 • Rather than create a bespoke electric SUV, Munich has electrified a popular ICE

NIO ES8 • China’s most prominent EV start-up sets its sights on Europe with seven-seat SUV

SSANGYONG TIVOLI • Bargain crossover receives design tweaks, updated interior and new petrol engine

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER COMMERCIAL LWB • Does panel-sided version of SUV make more sense than Hilux pick-up truck?

Cupra Leon Estate • Can this 4WD rapid wagon satisfy both the practically minded and the petrolhead?

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Track notes

Data log

Fiercely quick and dependable but pulls the heart strings only lightly

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p80

A SEAT AT THE TABLE • Genesis has been snapping at premium players’ heels and is now trying to establish a foothold in Europe. Is the GV70 SUV the car to do it? Matt Prior pits one against an Audi Q5 to find out

CRACKING THE EXEC NUT

MEET THE GOOD GUYS • Maintaining EVs requires specialist training and a lot of detective work, for which Hevra was formed. John Evans meets some of its members at Good Guys...