Autocar

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.

FUEL CRISIS UNDERLINES HOW VITAL CARS ARE

Reborn 3 Series to usher in new electric era • First car on BMW’s revolutionary Neue Klasse platform will be saloon with new motors, long-range battery and sustainable materials

WHAT NEUE KLASSE MEANS THE SECOND TIME AROUND

BMW STILL BETTING ON SOLID-STATE BATTERIES

New BMW 2 Active Tourer gets bolder look and roomier cabin

Rolls-Royce announces 2023 EV • Spectre coupé to have Ghost platform and unique-to-Rolls mechanical make-up

Q&A TORSTEN MULLER-OTVOS, CEO, ROLLS-ROYCE

VW lets us loose in the ID Life • Low-cost electric crossover concept is set to enter production as the ID 2 in 2025

AUTONOMOUS TECH NOT A PRIORITY FOR MEB ENTRY CARS

CONFIDENTIAL

Jeep primes Grand Cherokee • UK-bound SUV is rejuvenated with new platform, redesigned interior, PHEV power

Three new Polestar EVs coming in the next three years

Aston veteran heads new UK arm of Fisker

THE HYDROGEN-POWERED BMW THAT’S LITERALLY BOMBPROOF

Why UK is funding foreign firms • Advanced Propulsion Centre boss explains logic behind grants to lure EV innovators

AN APC SUCCESS

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

E-TYPE UK UNLEASHED • Series 3 roadster is upgraded for 21st-century life, but not so much that it loses its original appeal. Quite the reverse, in fact

MERCEDES-BENZ C300e • The most economical new C-Class variant comes with over 60 miles of EV range

XPENG P5 • Nascent Chinese marque primes cut-price yet tech-loaded electric family saloon

SEAT IBIZA • Supermini is given a plusher and more inviting interior with some new technology

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R ESTATE • Latest hot wagon is now more expensive but also bigger and cleverer. Fair trade?

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet • Four-seat executive drop-top gets a new engine and design update, but to what effect?

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Assisted driving notes

Data log

Relaxing four-seat cruiser still entices but is a little spec-sensitive

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p74

ROAD TEST

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SO FAR, SO GOOD • Bentley is a couple of years into its electric journey – but another awaits Steve Cropley: 500 miles across England in a Bentayga Hybrid without refuelling. Is it achievable?

THE MANY FACES OF MODERN CAR CRIME • Familiar old activities have been joined by some scary new ones, reports John Evans

ELECTRONIC COMPROMISE

CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT

KEY THEFT

CARJACKING

THEFT OF BELONGINGS

Now you see it, now you don’t – but why?

Britain’s next iconic design • The government has asked for an instantly recognisable roadside EV charger. Former product designer Hilton Holloway considers the requirements and sharpens his pencils

HANDLING BY LOTUS • This tagline has appeared on a few cars and been unjustly absent from many more. Andrew Frankel ruminates on the subject with a Kia Elan

BACK WHERE HE BELONGS • ExMcLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh returns to F1 with Aston...