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.

Subscribe today

PM NEEDS TO DELIVER FOR MOTORISTS AND INDUSTRY

Meanwhile, online…

NEW AUDI RS6 TO BE DRIVER-FOCUSED 700BHP V8 PHEV • BMW M5 rival will prioritise emotional appeal in saloon and estate guises

Q9 UNVEILED AS AUDI’S NEW FLAGSHIP TO RIVAL BMW X7

NEW A2 ADOPTS MK1 CUES

NEW FORD-GEELY VENTURE TO BUILD SUVs IN VALENCIA • Tie-up signals the start of “really special partnership” between the firms

DISCOVERY SPORT POISED TO RETIRE AFTER 11 YEARS

WHAT ABOUT THE EVOQUE?

CHINA’S ELECTRIC LOTUS ELISE COMES TO BRITAIN • SC-01 will offer “emotional connection and soul” for £50k from 2027

CAN THEY MAKE SMALL BIG?

FIRST LOOK AT SMART’S ALL-NEW, 186-MILE TWO-SEATER

CAN BURNHAM WIN VOTES OF MOTORISTS? • VAT cut on domestic electricity will benefit EV users who can charge at home – but drivers want more help

POLICY WATCH: IS BURNHAM PRO-CAR?

SUBMARINING AND HOW TO AVOID IT ON DRY LAND

AILING DS BACKS REFRESHED LINE-UP TO END SALES WOE • Nº3 supermini and Nº7 SUV will lead revival from all-time sales low

Unfinished business

BYD TO TAKE FIGHT TO EUROPE WITH NEW MILAN DESIGN HUB • Chinese giant will deploy “new designs and innovation” to beat established brands

Steve Cropley

Matt Prior

Damien Smith

YOUR VIEWS

Next week’s issue • ON SALE 5 AUGUST

Autocar

Escape with Autocar this summer • Get 13 issues for just £38.99, saving £26

MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS ELECTRIC • Emblematic saloon abandons combustion for its next generation but not its traditional strengths

MASERATI GRANCABRIO • Customer quibbles answered in evolution of luxurious V6 grand tourer

MASERATI GRECALE • Host of updates for overlooked 4.8m SUV – plus a new 385bhp V6 version

GEELY EX2 • China’s best-selling car arrives in the UK to challenge the Renault 5

ROLLS-ROYCE SPECTRE • Opulent EV coupé turns Series II with a bigger battery and more muscle

JEEP AVENGER • Beloved baby Jeep gets a fresh look and bins troublesome wet belt

LOTUS EMIRA 420 SPORT • Lighter and more powerful new variant promises a sharper edge

MAZDA 6e • Hiroshima looks to a Chinese joint venture to kick-start its EV fortunes

Testing, testing

Here’s one they didn’t make earlier • The ‘E46’ M3 Touring that never was now very much is, thanks to the meticulous work of Petroyle Restorations. MATT PRIOR drives it

THREE OTHERS WE’RE WISHING INTO EXISTENCE

Power to the people • Swindon Powertrain is the unlikely second home of the BTCC grid. STEPHEN DOBIE gets hands-on to find out why

MG IM5 • Sleek Tesla Model 3 rival from MG’s new premium offshoot joins our fleet

RENAULT 4 • Can our electric SUV survive outside its urban comfort zone?

VAUXHALL GRANDLAND •  Track excursion reveals an identity crisis: this SUV thinks it’s a sports car

LEAPMOTOR C10 • Must you drive like a saint to get heavenly economy?

SNAPSHOTS

A POSH FROCK AND WELLIES • The Mk2 Evoque is a stylish, capable premium SUV, but it isn’t fault-free

How to get one in your garage

Five years of relentless,...