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.

ALL WE WANT FOR XMAS IS SMARTER THINKING

UK-built Leaf successor to lead Nissan’s EV charge • Nissan will release 15 new bespoke electric cars by 2030, including innovative SUV

NEW CONCEPTS SUGGEST NISSAN’S FUTURE ISN’T ENTIRELY SUV-SHAPED

Toyota shows hydrogen GR Yaris • Engine mods bring zero emissions but “thrills similar to those we enjoy today”

MORE NEWS FROM TOYOTA’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Toyota to pull GR86 from Europe in 2024

CONFIDENTIAL

The future of on-street charging • We assess some new concepts enabling those without a driveway to run electric cars

Salvation for low-volume makers

Why Ferrari needs Icona • Tech boss on the importance of Icona series and its SP3 Daytona

Ferrari’s first SUV breaks cover

Porsche’s new EV game plan • Gran Turismo video-game concept hints at firm’s future electric sports cars

THIS IS NO MERE FLIGHT OF FANCY

WHY COOLING AND LUBRICATING FLUIDS ARE KEY TO IMPROVING EVs

Are e-fuels part of our future? • Experts discuss environmental and cost benefits of synthetically created liquid fuels

INSIDE INFORMATION

MY STARS OF 2021

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KIMERA EVO37 • Scintillating restomod recreates Lancia’s 037 rally icon for the modern era, with help from some of the original WRC cast

KEEPING IT LOCAL IS KEY FOR KIMERA

FORD MUSTANG MACH-E GT • Performance flagship shows what it can – and can’t – do on British roads

CATERHAM SEVEN 420R CHAMPIONSHIP • Track-only model aims to showcase the Seven in its purest form

JEEP COMPASS • Ford Kuga rival is comprehensively updated and gains a plug-in hybrid offering

McLAREN 765LT SPIDER • Woking’s track-focused ‘Long Tail’ flagship arrives in open-top form

VW ID 3 PURE PERFORMANCE LIFE • Range refresh gives rise to no-frills model with modest motor and smaller battery

MERCEDES-BENZ EQB 350 4MATIC • Electric version of seven-seat compact SUV arrives in Britain in its priciest form

My true love gave to me… • The Autocar road testers’ Christmas lunch/car of the year shootout returns with a twist: this year, it’s all about the giving. Mike Duff lays the festive table

PLENTY OF FUN IN 2021 • After the pandemic sent a wrecking ball through 2020, we vowed to make this year one to remember. Here are our highlights

When the chips are down • The semiconductor shortage means that for many of us, brand-new premium-badged cars are out of reach this Christmas. So why not choose from James Ruppert’s sackful of bargain used goodies instead?

PARTS AND CRAFTS • It takes hundreds of hours to build a Bentley, much of it by hand, using materials crafted by specialists from across the UK. Richard Webber hits the road in a Cupra Formentor, a distant cousin of Crewe’s finest, to meet some of them, and to visit some very special Bentleys

OUR ROUTE

MEET THE MAKERS • Mulliner turned to more British specialists to help build the Blower continuation cars.

THE EDINBURGH CONNECTION

BROAD BRAND

The life of Riley • Victor Riley’s lifetime ambition has been to preserve the history of the manufacturing firm his grandfather founded. John Evans...