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RENAULT TO REINVENT MPV AS PART OF BIG SALES PUSH • C-segment targeted, with focus on new platform and rapid development

RENAULT’S MPV HERITAGE

RENAULT TO FAST-TRACK DEVELOPMENT

DACIA EYES RENAULT’S INDIAN-MARKET SUV

ALPINE SEES ‘OPPORTUNITY’ FOR ICE POWER IN NEW A110 • Only small modifications would be needed – but EV remains the priority

AMG REVEALS INSIDE LINE ON GT 4-DOOR COUPE EV

FIRST RIDE IN CRUCIAL NEW ELECTRIC MERCEDES C-CLASS

PORSCHE EYES SUPERCAR AS PART OF MAJOR REVAMP • Firm’s plan for financial stability includes cost-cutting and new flagships

HONDA AXES 0 SERIES EVs AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR

REVISED ID 3 TO GET NEW NAME

NEW MG 2 EV PART OF MAJOR TWO-YEAR EXPANSION PLAN • Brand plots 18 models for Europe by 2028, including new Renault 5 rival

LATEST BYD BATTERY CHARGES

NEW ITALIAN ATMO V12 GIVES 888BHP FROM 7.0 LITRES

LAWMAKERS SLAMMED BY SPEEDWATCH LOCALS

THE £150 DEVICE THAT CAN HELP RESIDENTS GATHER EVIDENCE

Unfinished business • NICK GIBBS

STELLANTIS THREATENS TO SHRINK UK BUSINESS • Car giant urges government to loosen ZEV thumbscrews

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KIA EV9 GT • Can it really convince as both a relaxed, comfortable family EV and a high-revving ICE performance SUV?

VOLKSWAGEN ID CROSS • Raised version of incoming ID Polo heralds the return of real buttons

DS N°8 • Is the brand’s latest attempt at a grand routier more Delage or désastre?

OMODA 5 • Qashqai rival updated after a year

DS N°4 E-TENSE • French fancy gains electric option

PEUGEOT 308 SW PHEV • Enhanced electric credentials for refreshed plug-in hybrid estate

BYD SEALION 5 • BYD aims to shake up the PHEV market with a bargain family SUV

ARIEL NOMAD 2 • Second-gen off-road entertainer finally gets the road test treatment

Testing, testing

A top-down approach • Mini makes one of the few affordable cabrios still on sale. Where else for STEPHEN DOBIE to celebrate its resilience than on a frozen Swedish lake?

AMERICAN-MADE, EUROPE-BOUND • Ford’s resurrected off-roader is a big deal across the pond, and the Bronco badge could soon be a common sight over here. JAMES ATTWOOD reports

Now arriving at platform 2 • Land Rovers are renowned for their go-anywhere versatility, but a British firm has been taking that one step further. JOHN EVANS visits them

DACIA BIGSTER • Bargain brand’s low-priced large SUV arrives dressed to impress

VOLKSWAGEN TAYRON • The best-laid plans fall apart in the face of a misbehaving key fob

POLESTAR 4 • Does a £4000 upgrade make the 536bhp AWD 4 a true super-saloon?

ALPINE A290 • How is the Alpine coping as ourroads go to pot?

A CLASS ACT – INSIDE AND OUT • Merc’s third-gen hatch hit the ground running as a premium Golf rival

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