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.

WILLIAMS SHOWS HOW TO KEEP F1 RELEVANT

Opel Manta and Lancia Delta to lead Stellantis EV attack • New long-range electric cars will tap into sporting pedigree of famous names

Major update for Ford Focus • New styling, upgraded infotainment and extra equipment arrive as part of a facelift

MURAT GUELER, DESIGN CHIEF, FORD OF EUROPE

Focus ST gets punchier looks

Porsche backs e-fuels as solution • E-fuel is needed to meet global CO2 targets, the firm says, and “for heritage models”

PRODRIVE CREATES SUSTAINABLE FUEL

New Range Rover blurs lines till next week

Reborn Mini Moke to go EV-only next year

AC plays RS Ace card

Merc EQE SUV spied testing • All-new Tesla Model X rival will join rapidly growing EV line-up in 2023

Bentley boss: make UK a battery production leader

CARS KEY TO UK GROWTH, SAYS SMMT

CONFIDENTIAL

VW creating “world’s best driver” • Car maker and Argo AI take the next step with autonomous ride-sharing scheme

HOW OTHER MANUFACTURERS ARE WORKING TOWARDS VEHICLE AUTONOMY

HOW UK FIRM’S MOTORS COULD CUT COST OF COMMERCIAL EVs

How recovery firms are adapting to the rise of EVs • Electric cars pose unique challenges for breakdown companies. Are they prepared?

BIG EV HURDLES AHEAD FOR INDEPENDENT BREAKDOWN FIRMS

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY WEEK IN CARS

TESLA MODEL Y • Tesla scored a smash hit with the Model 3 compact saloon. Surely an SUV version is certain for even greater success?

CHEVROLET CORVETTE • America’s equivalent of the Porsche 911 has bravely changed tack for its eighth generation. Can it now compete on the global stage?

VOLVO C40 RECHARGE • Lower, sleeker XC40 sibling is EV-only and, in this top-flight guise, wields 402bhp

FERRARI SF90 STRADALE • Most extreme road-legal Ferrari yet arrives in the UK, but is 986bhp ever usable?

RAM 1500 TRX • Stellantis pick-up truck brand sees Ford’s wild F-150 Raptor and raises it 252bhp

FORD MUSTANG MACH 1 • Dearborn digs out famed 1970s badge for significantly uprated version of V8 coupé

SEAT LEON ESTATE • More practical version of Spanish Volkswagen Golf is tested in its best-selling guise

BMW 5 Series • A straight-six turbo petrol engine and electric motor promise much. Do they deliver?

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Track notes

Data log

A polished car with some sporting appeal, but it’s no landmark

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p80

LEADING FROM THE FRONT • The Mini is often presented as the genesis of the front-driven car, but much of the mechanical make-up used by manufacturers nowadays derives from an all but forgotten Fiat.

MILESTONES ON THE FWD JOURNEY

ARE THERE ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCES?

BUYING AND MAINTAINING A FIAT 128

START AS YOU MEAN TO GO ON • The JCB Academy in Staffordshire is a secondary school that focuses on engineering and business. Envious ex-flunker Colin Goodwin pays a visit

Q&A: LORD BAMFORD

SORRY, NO VETERANS • Who would want to embark on a London t0 Brighton rally at 7am on a Saturday to promote electric...