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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

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Ferrari’s given its EV a name – and Jony Ive’s helped it make sense

Scared witless by a future champ

Geely enters the lion’s den: Defender territory

Meanwhile, from the past…

Must cars keep on getting heavier?

How supercar engine tech can turn a limo green

Hyundai’s success? ‘It’s not rocket science’

Quick quiz: which Bugatti is which? (And do you care?)

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Coming of age • VW’s special 50th anniversary Golf GTI isn’t merely a celebration of the icon’s first half-century – it also aims to be the best Golf GTI yet. Let’s drive

Petrol? That old thing? • This should be the best of the electric Macans, and maybe more

Aero apparent • Special edition gains a bodykit and keeps all the good stuff

Jurassic ark • The improved Grenadier remains a car you’d trust with your life

Awesome foursome • Rivian’s four-motor Range Rover rival is big, beautiful and ballistic

Welcome back, Jaguar • We’ve driven a prototype version of the electric GT that will start the new era beyond Jaguar’s self-imposed exile

Letter of the month • GOLF LOYALTY + BARGAIN BMWS + ROAD PRICING

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‘The UK car industry began by “adopting” foreign technology and by building under licence’

‘Old Lambos were never meant to fade politely into the background like a German saloon’

OLD HABITS DIE HARD • Even as Audi’s clean and simple new era gets a complex hybrid replacement that’s heavier and more powerful than the RS6 Performance. At least it won’t be dull

AUDI SPORT’S HIT-AND-MISS HEROES

VORSPRUNG DURCH DESIGN • He mastered the art of creating desirable cars at Jaguar Land Rover. Now Massimo Frascella’s making Audi design great again

CRUNCH TIME • The top tier. The big league. The ultimate prize. But what on Earth makes Audi think it can possibly win in the most competitive form of motorsport?

NEW RULES BRING NEW POSSIBILITIES

MORE TEAMS, LESS CERTAINTY

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THE SAME BUT BETTER • With a controversial name and equally controversial predecessor, Ferrari’s new 849 Testarossa has a long to-do list as it aims to improve on the SF90

THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS • Sébastien Loeb is one of the most gifted drivers who’s ever donned a race suit – and yet he can’t win the race that matters most to him, the Dakar Rally. Why not? The answer’s staring him in the face

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH SÉBASTIEN LOEB

THE DIFFERENCE A CO-DRIVER CAN MAKE

SEOUL HAS FALLEN • Kia’s been on an incredible run of form, but the new EV5 meets its match in the crowded field of established electric family SUVs

Glory hunting • Tracking down special stages used in Toyota’s 2019 Wales Rally GB win in our hot hatch hero.

Mixed messages • Is the M5 Touring one of the all-time M greats? Not quite.

A family EV on track? • When it’s the Junior Veloce, that’s a very good idea.

Just add wellies • Volvo returns to the world of soft-roaders.

‘Bloody hell, I love it!’ • Can three CAR readers resist our 5’s prodigious charm?

An S4 in all but name • Audi is as bad at names as it is good at hot estates.

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