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SEAT DOUBTS LINGER DESPITE ITS SUCCESS

Volkswagen ID Life concept is manifesto for cheap EVs • Mini-baiting crossover set to go on sale in 2025 with a 250-mile range for £17,000

THIS IS THE REAL PEOPLE’S EV

THE ECONOMICS BEHIND THE ID LIFE AND ITS PLACE IN THE VOLKSWAGEN RANG

ID 3 TO GET GTX, MAY BE CONVERTIBLE

Hyundai forges ahead with hydrogen powertrain tech • The 2023 Nexo to spawn a new family of Hyundai fuel cell electric vehicles

New iX5 Hydrogen to act as live laboratory for BMW’s FCEV push

CONFIDENTIAL

Mini pushing to make Urbanaut • Firm is hopeful of turning compact electric MPV concept into radical production car

Dacia underlines low-cost focus; “won’t chase Euro NCAP stars”

“Provocative” Urban Rebel “very close” to production car

CUPRA DROPS NEW HINT AT TAVASCAN

WRX steps it up for fifth gen • Subaru’s new sports saloon gets feistier and more focused – but won’t come to UK

Donkervoort pumps D8 GTO to 429bhp for last hurrah

LOTUS EMIRA TURNS GT4 RACER

Brit 4x4 answers call of the wild • Surrey firm creates ultra-tough off-road exploration vehicle with a 4000-mile range

E-Legend shares plan for more Group B EVs

GET READY FOR A SEA CHANGE IN EV BATTERY TECHNOLOGY

Modern classics democratised • New UK firm offers ‘fractional ownership’ of desirable cars that are soaring in value

WE MEET A CAR CROWD INVESTOR

WHICH MODERN CLASSICS WILL COME NEXT?

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

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Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS

PEUGEOT 308 • Peugeot reinvents its family hatchback with a sharp new look and the option of a plug-in hybrid powertrain

DACIA DUSTER • Do latest upgrades make the best budget SUV better or harm its pragmatic appeal?

AUDI SQ2 • Small SUV packs a big punch and is updated in the face of newer competition

BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT SPEED CONVERTIBLE • Most powerful and most driver-focused version of Continental GT blows its top

Genesis GV80 • Hyundai’s luxury offshoot wades in with a traditional large SUV. Should rivals worry?

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POP PITCH • The new Hyundai Ioniq 5 and its Skoda Enyaq iV rival – spacious family cars with 300 miles of range and crucially starting from under £40,000 – both want to bring electric motoring to the masses but, as James Disdale discovers, in rather different ways

CAN THE CHARGING NETWORK CATCH UP?

Along came a Spyder • UK...