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CAR BRANDS TRADE ON VALUES, NOT HERITAGE

Electric Elise successor to crown Lotus’s EV rebirth • New 2026 two-seater will kick-start an electric era of Hethel-developed sports cars

ALPINE TO USE NEW LOTUS EV PLATFORM FOR NEXT A110

Q&A MATT WINDLE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, LOTUS CARS

Aura is British EV tech showcase • New roadster concept combines innovative technology from five UK companies

Murray touts EV potential of iStream process

UK firm claims “holy grail of battery modelling”

For Cupra, UK is ‘a big challenge’ • CEO of buoyant Seat and fast-rising Cupra tells us how the two brands will develop

Citroën’s vision of urban mobility

CONFIDENTIAL

Mini plots radical new line-up • Design chief talks of a new approach for an expanded, more varied model range

RENAULT REVEALS NEW TRICKS TO SQUEEZE MORE OUT OF BATTERIES

‘We knew we had to be different’ • Polestar’s UK boss discusses its creation, first year of sales and aims for the future

WHERE EV AND ICE CAR PRODUCTION EMISSIONS COME FROM

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS

BMW iX • Comfort-conscious yet also strong and athletic, this large SUV is the incredibly bold new flagship for BMW’s family of electric cars

SKODA KODIAQ • Sensible seven-seat SUV is given a simple update to burnish its family-favourite image

GENESIS G70 • Hyundai luxury brand’s UK offensive continues with a rear-driven executive saloon

AUDI Q8 60 TFSIe • Audi’s flagship SUV adds an electric motor and battery to its 3.0-litre turbo petrol V6

MERCEDES-AMG GLE 63 S • Mighty 604bhp SUV arrives with the intent of high-performance cosseting

Renault Mégane • Ageing hatchback gets a novel hybrid system to see out its twilight years

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

Interesting hybrid powertrain in a car that’s clearly on its way out

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p72

DANCING TO A DIFFERENT TUNE • Muscle cars are an American obsession that Matt Prior suggests more Brits ought to indulge in, as these highly tuned coupés offer real thrills for relatively modest bills

MORE AMERICAN TEMPTATIONS

Aston Martin DB5 • Special version of impressive grand tourer commissioned for anonymous professional

Fast forward to 2021…

Easy to dismiss as juvenile but truly entertaining. A man’s man’s car

New film’s fake DB5s

WHAT IN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS… • …were they thinking? Andrew Frankel picks the worst cars that 007 ever drove

HOT OFF THE PRESS • A thriving engineering firm is using rescued tooling and historic paperwork to help keep Britain’s classic car industry on its wheels. Steve Cropley pays them a visit

CLASSIC CARS’ FUTURE

REMEMBERING MOSS AND #722 • Mercedes has retired Stirling’s greatest car after final run at Revival

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