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.

FINALLY, COMMON SENSE ON SMART MOTORWAYS

New Range Rover Sport to get 616bhp SVR plus hot EV • Next-generation Sport will receive BMW X6 M’s V8 and an equally potent EV set-up

HOW SPORT SHOOK UP THE SEGMENT

BMW M5 TIPPED FOR MEGA-POWER PHEV V8

HOW HOT SUVs BECAME THE MOST POPULAR SPORTS CARS

Every Rolls-Royce to go electric • CEO discusses Cullinan, Ghost and Phantom EVs that are due after Spectre coupé

PHANTOM GETS (NON-ELECTRIC) UPDATE FIRST

TORSTEN MULLER-OTVOS, CEO, ROLLS-ROYCE

SECOND BOAT TAIL TO BE SHOWN IN MAY

Toyota boosts Gazoo firepower • Performance division unwraps three motorsport-inspired concepts at Tokyo show

Subaru tees up eGT series entry with 1073bhp concept

Smart motorway roll-out halted – for now

STOPPING SOUND FROM GOING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

VW Camper on comeback trail • Retro ID Buzz van to arrive in March and bring new dynamic to firm’s EV line-up

ID BUZZ BEGINS VOLKSWAGEN’S ‘FUN EV’ ROLL-OUT

THE NOTEBOOK

TESTER’S NOTES

Are disabled people being left behind by electrification? • Purchase costs, charging accessibility and EVs themselves pose issues, says charity

Best-sellers in their classes in 2021

A DRIVER’S VIEW

THE CHALLENGES OF CONVERTING AN EV

Last year’s global car market winners and losers revealed

INSIDE INFORMATION • Jim Holder

MY WEEK IN CARS

THE RACE OF HIS LIFE • A new event is raising money for Sir Jackie Stewart’s biggest battle

The Per Ardua ad Infinitum regularity rally

MOTORSPORT GREATS

JANUARY SALE

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR HYBRID • Can a V6 and an electric motor create a better real-world limo than a V8 or W12?

FREE FRIED EGG WITH EVERY HYBRID

FORD E-TRANSIT • UK’s most powerful large van relies solely on an electric motor – and to good effect

GENESIS G70 SHOOTING BRAKE 2.0T • Executive estate from Hyundai’s premium brand arrives in the UK with petrol four

FORD RANGER RAPTOR SPECIAL EDITION • Pick-up truck goes out with a racing-stripes-adorned, off-road-honed bang

DACIA DUSTER 1.3 TCe 130 4x2 • Refreshed SUV for budget buyers is tested in its bread-and-butter configuration

BMW i4 • For the very first time, BMW targets its spiritual heartland with an all-electric model

Multimedia system

Track notes

Data log

VERDICT • Fast, refined and with lots of traditional appeal to convert sceptics

Autocar Archive

KONA N THE BARBARIAN • The hot compact SUV might strike you as a curious amalgam, but they’re becoming increasingly prevalent – and increasingly muscular. Can Hyundai’s new steroidal performance car put Cupra’s class leader to the sword? Illya Verpraet judges

THESE PERFORMANCE SUVs ARE NO JUKE

Our very own Ferrari • Just how difficult can it be to spec a supercar to perfection? Matt Saunders finds out by stepping into the loafers of a Ferrari buyer and bringing the ultimate SF90 Spider to life

FERRARI’S BESPOKE DESIGN PROGRAMME

Old nails under the hammer • The Market is a classic car auctioneer with a difference. Colin Goodwin pays a visit

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