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.

UK SHOULD FOLLOW EU’S LEAD AND DELAY ICE BAN

MERCEDES LITTLE G TO OFFER HYBRID AND ELECTRIC POWER •  New entry-level G-Class will arrive in 2027 as a compact premium 4x4

MERC’S BIG YEAR

KIA GUNS FOR RENAULT 4 WITH LONG-RANGE EV2 • Supermini-sized electric crossover will offer a class-leading 278 miles

KIA EV3, EV4 AND EV5 TURN HOT DUAL-MOTOR GTs

HYUNDAI TO BRING BIG ELECTRIC MPV TO UK • New Staria Electric can seat up to nine and is rated to tow two tonnes

MAZDA’S Q6 E-TRON RIVAL SIGNALS FUTURE LOOK

CLA WINS CAR OF THE YEAR

ALSO STARRING AT BRUSSELS

S-CLASS TO GET NEW V8 IN EXTENSIVE OVERHAUL • Wide-reaching facelift will also update the limo’s looks and cabin tech

WE RIDE IN THE NEW V8 S-CLASS

SIMULATED GEARSHIFTS FOR FOUR-MOTOR BMW M3 EV

Next big thing

GOVERNMENT SETS OUT ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY • Major new proposals are designed to reduce road deaths by 65%

Unfinished business

RENAULT PUSHES EV’S LIMITS IN THE FAST LANE • Concept tops 620 miles on a single charge in just 10 hours

MY WEEK IN CARS Steve Cropley

Matt Prior

Damien Smith

YOUR VIEWS

Next week’s issue • ON SALE 21 JANUARY

Autocar

JANUARY SALE

SUTTON CS800DH • Mustang modder gives Dark Horse vast supercharger

TESLA MODEL Y STANDARD • New variant makes world’s favourite electric car considerably cheaper

FIAT GRANDE PANDA HYBRID • We test petrol-engined version of new retro supermini on British roads

LEAPMOTOR C10 HYBRID EV • Addition of part-time petrol engine brings 700mpg and 600-mile range

TOYOTA AYGO X • Refreshed version adds a hybrid powertrain to its impressive roster of kit

KIA EV4 • Korean firm adds a lower-slung electric hatch to its SUV-rich EV line-up

AUTOCAR ARCHIVE

Testing, testing

AT HOME WITH THE WILSONS • British rallying heroes Malcolm and Matthew Wilson are Cumbria born and raised. So where would they go for a great Lakeland blast? MATT SAUNDERS finds out

Roger and flat out • Britain no longer hosts a WRC round, but the Roger Albert Clark Rally is a fabulous substitute, as SAM PHILLIPS discovers on service crew duty

Ready to erupt • A chilly venue couldn’t spoil the launch of the new Magma performance brand, which promises to take Genesis to the next level. JAMES ATTWOOD reports

A SALT WEAPON • Love ’em or hate ’em, council gritters do a vital job, says JOHN EVANS

POLESTAR 3 • Stylish EV signs off, but has it been a fulfilling time or a frustrating one?

FORD PUMA GEN-E •  How did Ford turn its popular combustion car into such a convincing EV?

VOLKSWAGEN TAYRON • Six adults overwhelm seven-seater’s anaemic engine

SNAPSHOTS

WHEN SIZE REALLY MATTERS • Nominative determinism on four wheels in the form of this exec marvel

How to get one in your garage

Healing old scars – and fresh wounds too

My boyhood dream was to own a Merc

Head to head

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Nissan introduces car industry to retro design

ROAD TEST RESULTS

Why I love… TYRES

What we did this...