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NEWS COMMENT
Kia EV9 Upmarket electric SUV to rival the BMW iX 6
New entry Ford Small MPV steps in for axed Fiesta 10
Lambo’s first PHEV V12, three motors and 1000bhp 12
Low-traffic neighbourhoods Good or bad? Or both? 14
CHEAP CARS ARE
Nissan’s hybrid pledge Price parity with ICE by 2026 16
Polestar ‘moonshot’ Carbon-neutral car due 2030 18
BRILLIANT, EVEN IN 2023
KIA’S NEW FACE: EV9 TAKES BRAND UPMARKET 6 PRESS RELEASES
TESTED
Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 Not too hot to handle 24 that crow about the
BYD Atto 3 British drive of promising VW ID 4 rival 28 spiralling cost of modern
Lexus RZ Electric SUV with innovative driving tech 30
motoring are typically
Mercedes-AMG SL 63 Roadster pumped to 577bhp 32
BMW 230i Coupé Who needs the GR86 anyway? 33 concerned with road tax, petrol prices
Subaru Solterra AWD Touring ROAD TEST 34 or fuel duty – seldom the actual cost
FEATURES of new cars. This week, then, a reality
Britain’s cheapest new cars Fun and less than £15k 44 check – and a very welcome and
City car bargains 12 second-hand gems from £2k 52 entertaining flick of the reset button
Guilty as charged? EV battery sourcing: the facts 54 for four of us lucky road testers. There
Massimo Fumarola Morgan boss on firm’s future 58
MORGAN’S NEXT MOVES, BY CEO FUMAROLA 58 are only eight new cars that remain on
OUR CARS sale in the UK for less than £15,000
Peugeot 308 SW Final reckoning for PHEV estate 64 and Messrs Cropley, Prior, Disdale and
Volkswagen Multivan A cracking time costs £740 66
Ford Mustang Mach-E Zero-emission? No EV is 67 I had the use of five of them one day in
Wiltshire last week (p44).
EVERY WEEK What a blast. Seldom have I driven
Jesse Crosse Why you can’t yet recycle old into new 15
Jim Holder Time to question where your car is made 17 a bunch of cars as hard on the road,
Matt Prior Road pricing seems a sensible new tax 19 or had as much fun so comfortably
Steve Cropley Wrangler; Ranger Raptor; Newey 21 within the national speed limit. And
Damien Smith What we learned from F1’s opener 23
Subscribe Save money and get exclusive benefits 42 seldom have I found such a varied and
Your Views Lunaz; VW ID 2; Porsche 944; Audis 60 appealing selection of cars within the
On this day 1983: MG Metro Turbo; Geneva show; F1 63 SUBARU SOLTERRA AWD TOURING: ROAD TEST 34 same comparison test, each one clearly
Slideshow World’s most exquisite shooting brakes 82
presenting a reason to argue its case.
DEALS ` INSIDE, IT FELT AS Are new cars expensive in 2023?
As good as new Latest and last Ford Fiesta: £6k up 68 You’d better believe it. (Our inflation-
James Ruppert Why Peugeots are unsung bargains 69
Cult hero Bugatti’s mighty Veyron: a snip at £850k 70
IF AIR FORCE ONE’S corrected prices of the cheapest cars
New cars A-Z Key car stats, from Abarth to Zenvo 72
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EV9 will be in the UK
in late 2023 at up to a
likely mid-£80k price

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Kia goes after BMW iX with

upmarket electric flagship
Korean brand’s second bespoke EV is its largest global car yet, as well as its most
expensive and technologically advanced – and it reveals clues to future Kia models
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The EV9 heralds a
new design era for
Kia as it moves
towards launching
another 13 bespoke
EVs by 2027
a

IT’S HIP TO BE SQUARE

F E L I X PA G E

Kia’s transformation into in our design department

one of the most fashionable there’s a lot of power to use
and socially conscious the culture.”
marques on the market The EV9, then, has
continues at a blistering been designed to appeal
pace – and with the EV9, it to those older buyers who
is applying that ethos to a have historically been loyal
car the likes of which it has to the German stalwart
never produced before. premium brands, at the

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he new EV9 is the second to launch another 13 bespoke offering three rows of seats. Bosses are keen to avoid same time as going after
of Kia’s fast-expanding EVs by 2027. Its role is Full pricing details will come using the words ‘premium’ the younger buyers whose
family of bespoke especially important in this closer to its launch in the third and ‘luxury’ when talking custom will be so crucial
electric cars, combining regard, according to Kia chief quarter of 2023, but a top-end about the car, and that ties to the success of Kia’s
compelling performance brand officer Artur Martins, list price in the mid-£80,000s in to an unwillingness to forward strategy.
specs with upmarket design who said the EV9 “will help is feasible and entry-level paint the EV9 as out of Whether a car this
and equipment to enter into us keep reshaping the image variants are likely to be priced reach for the young families large, family-focused
direct competition with new consumers have of our brand” closer to the £60,000 mark. for whom it has been so and expensive can truly
SUVs from the likes of BMW – an initiative supported by Although the car has been obviously conceived. capture a share of the
and Mercedes. wide-reaching dealer reform fully revealed inside and out, “We are in the midst of an youth vote remains to be
Joining the segment- measures and expansion Kia remains tight-lipped on inter-generational gap,” said seen, but as a halo product
bending EV6 crossover in into new segments. performance and technical Karim Habib, head of design the implications the EV9
dealerships from late 2023, The EV will be the most details, but given its targeted at Kia. “And I think you can has for the styling and
the EV9 heralds the beginning expensive Kia model yet, as maximum range of 337 miles – see that in Korea: there’s a technology of future A-
of a bold new design era for well as one of its largest – being and the fact that it has around population that’s ageing, but and B-segment models are
Kia as it progresses with its roughly the same size as the 200mm more space between at the same time we see that evident – and intriguing.
ambitious ‘Plan S’ strategy US-market Telluride SUV and its axles than the EV6 – the

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 EV9’s flat floor enables plenty of space in each of the three rows

Expansive digital display spans dash; two screens for rear-view cameras (not pictured) are optional Distinctive wheel design is set to be a feature on upcoming Kias

Tech, upmarket materials and daily practicalities sit side by side

EV9 has off-roader

cues but is primarily
Lights and upswept rear pillar are also destined for future Kias intended for road use

W H Y THE E V9 M AT TERS TO IT S M A K ERS

Jochen Paesen, Karim Habib, Artur Martins,
vice-president, head of design chief brand officer
interior design “The amount of “In the past, you would
“With the rebranding, the technology you get for have to have 100 years
expectation to actually the price: I don’t know if building cars in order
ask questions and there’s any brand that to be able to do good
challenge things is how does it as well as we do. cars. In the minds of
my time at Kia started. But – and this may be the consumers, that’s no
So of course, with that most important thing – longer true. You can be
comes challenges, but EVs have given us access a brand that has never
it really was a great to proportions that in launched a car in your
opportunity to sell Kia: the past were maybe life, and suddenly your
who do they want to be? Looking forward, rather not available to manufacturers like us. Look at the position is premium. So for a brand like ours –
than looking backwards: what do we actually want to wheel-to-body proportion, the long wheelbase, still a young brand and so on together with
do? So in that respect, as a designer, as a creative, the short overhang: this is something that was certification – with this kind of product, it’s a
that’s a challenge. But that was actually really nice.” not part of our domain in the past.” gigantic opportunity of position.”

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 NEWS
maximum battery capacity is
expected to be in the region
of 100kWh from launch.
IS A RUGGED
Because the EV9 shares
KIA 4x4 ON
its 800V-equipped E-GMP
T H E WAY ?
platform with the EV6 and its Beyond the cladding
Hyundai Ioniq 5 sibling, it will and the Defender-aping
be capable of rapid-charging silhouette, the EV9 is
at 350kW to give 62 miles very much a road-focused
of range in just six minutes proposition, sitting close
and will come as standard to the ground and wearing
with vehicle-to-load reverse- relatively low-profile
charging functionality. tyres. Designer Karim
Like its platform mate, Habib told Autocar the
the EV9 will be available priority here was not to
from launch with the choice promote off-road ability:
of rear- and four-wheel-drive “I hope it still looks
powertrains across a simple capable and solid and
selection of trim levels. The top able to do those things,
model at launch is expected to but without trying to be
be a twin-motor GT-Line S with too brawny and truck-like
a projected 0-60mph time of – that’s not what this car
5.0sec. A full-fat EV9 GT will is.” But he did also hint
follow close behind to rival the that a genuine off-road
BMW iX M60 and Mercedes- EV could be a possibility
AMG EQS SUV, potentially in the future: “It doesn’t
boosting power beyond the mean we’re not going to
hottest EV6’s 577bhp. do that in the future. But Middle-row occupants in the six-seat version can swivel their chairs to face the rearmost passengers
It is the first all-new Kia not on this one…”
designed entirely under
the stewardship of ex- mass-market models with car is becoming “more than an EV enables not just more
BMW stylist Karim Habib, similarly distinct characters just a vehicle to move people space but also new approaches
who said all future models while retaining popular from A to B”, according to Kia. to packaging and enhanced
will have clear visual appeal: “We want to be risk The new-look dashboard is modularity. The EV9’s
links between each other takers, and this is mainly topped by an expansive digital swivelling middle row (available
without the firm pursuing the challenge that we have, panel housing a trio of screens on six-seat cars only) allows
a ‘Russian doll’ approach. obviously, designing things for use by the driver and front the four rear passengers to
In its silhouette and that have to sell millions of passenger – complete with the face each other on the move – a
definitive design cues, millions of units. most comprehensive array of unique feature in this segment
the production-spec EV9 “We want our products, connectivity-enabled functions that lends the EV9 heightened
remains heavily faithful
US’s Telluride is a similar size to the EV9 even for us within the yet. These screens are flanked appeal outside the traditional
to the radical concept Kia process, to feel initially a by a pair of digital rear-view family car market. Bolstering
showed at Los Angeles in 2021. When you look at a Defender little bit unknown, a little bit mirror displays that will be its executive credentials are
However, it rides noticeably today – old or new – you know uncomfortable. And as we optionally available in the UK. tray tables on the backs of the
closer to the ground – courtesy that there’s still something get through it, we believe Interior design boss Jochen front seats, a digital climate
of a much thicker battery pack really quite cool about that.” that we feel more and more Paesen said that although Kia control panel for the rear
and 21in wheels in place of Habib also suggested he comfortable, and more and does not “want the screens and passengers and a dedicated
the concept’s 23s – and has had been inspired by the fact more enriched or inspired by the digital content to dominate, ‘Automode’, which enables the
softened out some of the that traditional rugged 4x4s those products, and we want it’s an integral part of what our highest level of assisted driving
show car’s sharpest edges. simply used bent, rather than that journey to be what our cars have today, especially available on any Kia so far.
Kia calls its design approach stamped, body panels, which customers feel as well.” with over-the-air updates, Details on what will follow
for this new EV family influenced the EV9’s minimalist But Kia is equally keen to especially with features on the EV9 remain under wraps,
‘opposites united’ and says the and straight-edged details. highlight the EV9’s interior, demand. This will grow and but of the 13 bespoke Kia EVs
EV9 embodies it with a “unique The car’s defining cues set to which breaks new ground for the amount of possibilities will arriving in the next three years,
blend of sleek, sculptural influence future models include the marque by introducing grow. But we feel that needs to eight will come to the UK and
design with confident and the distinctive trapezoidal a wealth of top-rung tech, be balanced. The screen should are expected to broadly serve
assertive geometry”. creases on its rear quarters, the an array of sustainable not take over. The screen as electric alternatives or
Ultimately, the EV9 is much visibly stretched glasshouse, upmarket materials and should not suddenly become successors to the combustion
more recognisably a dedicated the kinked rear window line, unique packaging solutions in the main part of the vehicle.” models Kia currently sells.
SUV than the rakish, low- a selection of striking new recognition of the fact that the Meanwhile, the flat floor of FELIX PAGE
slung EV6. “This is an SUV wheel designs and the ‘star
and we wanted that typology map’ LED light signatures EV-influenced version
to be very clear,” said Habib, at the front and rear. of Kia’s tiger face
pointing to its chunky black The latest version of Kia’s grille makes its debut
body cladding (available in tiger face ‘grille’ also makes its
gloss or matt) and clearly debut here. Although without a
defined, two-box silhouette, need for engine cooling, it now
while highlighting some of takes the form of an expansive
the more non-conventional smooth panel that can be
cues that nod to the EV9’s decorated with customisable
electric underpinnings. LED light patterns shining
“It’s very upright and it very through from behind – as was
much has what we think is an the case with the concept. The
authentic SUV typology,” he headlights and brake lights play
said. When asked by Autocar an important design role, too,
why the designers hadn’t been being oriented vertically and
tempted to pursue a more mounted right on the corners
unconventional silhouette, of the body to make the EV9
Habib said: “There’s something appear as wide as possible.
really nice about these sorts of Habib hinted at how Kia
authentic, honest, boxy SUVs. will look to imbue future

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 New Tourneo inherits Fiesta role
Van-like MPV will be cheapest Ford car, using platform and powertrains from Puma

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he upcoming second- Turkish firm Koç) taking over recently – is expected to previous version started from Puma will need enough
generation Tourneo ownership of the Romanian follow suit, given that it will around £5000 less than the battery capacity for about a
Courier will take on a plant, the Transit Courier and now be built alongside the Puma when revealed in 2019. 230-mile range and the ability
much more significant Tourneo Courier will fill the Puma. This also means it’s With the current Puma to charge at speeds north of
role for Ford following the space left on the production likely that it will share the line-up starting at about 100kW, and the technically
death of the Fiesta later this line following the exit of the crossover’s mild-hybrid petrol £25,000, it seems likely related electric Tourneo
year (and the subsequent Ecosport (previously Ford’s and soon-to-be-introduced that the ICE version of the Courier should broadly
exit of the Focus in 2025), cheapest SUV) late last year. electric powertrains. new baby Tourneo will hit the share its specifications.
effectively becoming its The first-generation A Dagenham-supplied market at nearer £20,000. The Tourneo Courier is
entry-level passenger car. Courier pair were based on diesel engine is also likely It will be well placed to one of seven new EVs that
Due to enter production the B2E car platform used by to be offered, given the do battle with the quartet Ford will launch in Europe
later this year alongside the the front-wheel-drive Fiesta continued relevance of diesel of technically and visually by 2024. The other six will
Puma crossover in Craiova, and Puma, rather than the in the light commercial identical small-van-derived be the electric versions of the
Romania, the Tourneo Courier rear-wheel-drive commercial vehicle sector. MPVs offered by Stellantis: Puma, Transit Courier, Transit
is a boxy small MPV derived vehicle architecture used Armed with these car- the Citroën Berlingo, Fiat Custom, Tourneo Custom and
from the panel-sided Transit by the larger models in derived underpinnings and Doblò, Peugeot Rifter and a pair of crossovers based
Courier that will be offered the Transit family. powertrains, the Tourneo Vauxhall Combo Life. on the Volkswagen Group’s
with both combustion and The Mk2 Tourneo Courier – Courier will in effect serve as For the best chance at MEB platform – the first of
electric powertrains. due a dramatic design the new entry point into Ford’s commercial success in the which will be shown for the
With Ford Otosan (a joint reinvention, as previewed by European passenger car line- quickly expanding compact first time on 21 March.
venture between Ford and a prototype spotted testing up, based on the fact that the EV segment, the electric FELIX PAGE

Courier van and

MPV are getting
SPY PICTURES design overhaul

BATTERY-SWAPPING ESTATE ON THE WAY UK NEW CAR SALES CONTINUE RECOVERY

A new estate variant of the UK-bound Nio ET5 New car registrations rose by 26.2% (to 74,441) in
electric saloon has been leaked. Expected to join February for a seventh straight month of growth.
the saloon in the UK later this year, the stretched Plug-in vehicles formed nearly a quarter (22.8%)
ET5 will, like its sibling, support battery swapping but petrol was the top seller (56.9%). Meanwhile,
and be offered via a subscription service. hybrids achieved the strongest growth (40%).

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Cheaper Puma ST lands with 167bhp 1.0-litre mild hybrid

FORD HAS REVEALED a integrated starter-generator the standard Puma ST.
new mild-hybrid version of and a 48V battery. With CO2 emissions of
its Puma ST hot crossover, The standard Puma is 144g/km and an average
TOO FRUGAL TO BE FURIOUS?
which will go on sale with already offered with a mild- fuel consumption of around F E L I X PA G E
the firm’s most powerful hybrid powertrain, but the 37mpg, the new engine will
1.0-litre engine yet. Puma ST Powershift produces help to boost economy levels In the end, it wasn’t Powershift variant
Named the Puma ST around 10% more power, and slash emissions, said Ford. particularly difficult to possibly hope to reach
Powershift, it swaps out the raising the output from 152bhp There is no option to drive on declare the hottest Puma the same lofty heights?
1.5-litre turbo petrol triple to 167bhp. Torque, meanwhile, electric power alone, though. worthy of the hallowed ST After all, it has only a very
of the existing Puma ST for increases to 182lb ft. The current Puma ST starts moniker, given its keenness small power hike over the
a smaller 1.0-litre version As such, 0-62mph is at £31,045 in the UK, and the for corners and the fizz of standard Puma MHEV.
paired with a seven-speed completed in 7.4sec – slower Powershift is expected to be its three-pot, but this could Reassuringly,
automatic gearbox, a belt- than the 6.7sec offered by priced just below that. be a step too far (or should that standard Puma is
that be not far enough?). comfortably among the
OFFICIAL PICTURES The standard Puma ST sweetest-steering and
has the requisite punch most frugal crossovers
and dynamic polish to on the market, so a small
offer roughly 80% of the power boost and tightened
engagement and credibility chassis will no doubt make
of its acclaimed Fiesta ST the Powershift an enticing
sibling but, deprived of its proposition in its own right.
snickety manual gearbox, But well-roundedness
half a litre of capacity and alone does not a proper
around 30bhp, can the fast Ford make.

Unlike the new Azure ST gets stiffer

Blue paint, its sporty chassis, slippy diff
styling cues are subtle and quicker steering

BMW spends £5.9bn

on R&D for EV future
BMW INCREASED ITS spending major on technology as BMW
on research and development aims to make connected
by 5.2% last year compared vehicles a key pillar of its
with 2021 (totalling £5.9bn) business, controversially
as it made significant steps locking some premium
towards launching its next- features (such as heated
generation EV line-up. seats) behind a subscription.
This will usher in a new The company confirmed in
era for BMW, including its 2023 financial statement
the electrification of the that it had also increased
long-running 3 Series with spending on the development i Vision Dee saloon
a model previewed by the of the “digitalisation of the concept previews
i Vision Dee concept car. vehicle fleet” as well as Neue Klasse EVs
The Neue Klasse EVs will autonomous driving.

BMW READIES ANDROID-BASED iDRIVE 9 FORD FIRST WITH ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS
BMW will introduce its ninth-generation iDrive Ford has created a Type A school bus package for
system in the X1 and 2 Series Active Tourer from the E-Transit, claiming it as the first EV of its type.
November. Newly running on Google’s Android It made its debut at the Work Truck Week show
software, it brings a revised home screen, altered in Indiana, US, where school buses are common.
graphical interfaces and a new menu structure. It is not yet known if it will be sold elsewhere too.

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 Lambo details first PHEV system
New V12 engine, three electric motors and more combine for 1000bhp supercar

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amborghini’s first than being killed off New-look flagship
plug-in hybrid will have by increasingly strict will be unveiled
a new V12 engine and emissions regulations. very soon IMAGE
three electric motors To be fully revealed later
producing a combined this month, the supercar is
1000bhp, making it the “completely new from the
company’s most potent ground up”, chief technical
supercar yet. officer Rouven Mohr has
The replacement for the previously told Autocar, with
Aventador, codenamed nothing carried over from its
LB744, begins the 12-year-old predecessor.
electrification of the Italian Here are some of the
marque’s core line-up while highlights of Lamborghini’s
also allowing its signature maiden PHEV powertrain.
V12 engine to “live on”, rather WILL RIMELL

Gearbox Engine
As the battery takes This new, lighter
up the gearbox’s usual 6.5-litre V12 is central to
home, a new, more compact the PHEV’s performance. It
one has been developed. The weighs 218kg – 17kg less than
compact eight-speed dual- the Aventador’s V12, while still
clutch automatic unit, which producing 813bhp at 9250rpm
measures just 56cm long and and 535lb ft at 6750rpm. Its
75cm wide, is transversely redline is at a staggering
mounted behind 9500rpm.
the V12.

Exhaust
A pair of chunky,
hexagonal exhausts – similar
in shape but squatter than the
SPY SHOT Aventador’s – sit high, alongside
Battery the tail-lights. Lamborghini Electric motors
To keep the car’s says they will help emit an A trio of EV motors –
centre of gravity as low as “unmistakable” sound two driving the front axle
possible, the 3.8kWh battery from the new V12. and one gearbox-mounted
is mounted in the transmission driving the rear – supplement
tunnel. It can be charged by the V12 for a combined output
an external current or by of 1000bhp. As well as reducing
regenerative braking and CO2 emissions (30% down on
the V12, and it can power the Aventador), they boost
the car alone at low-end torque by
low speeds. 258lb ft.

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Sport and Speedster will get new engine,

the latter also an electric powertrain

New-look Westfield and Chesil to return this year

NEWLY RELAUNCHED BRITISH and Westfield Sport 2000, An electric version of the of the Westfield Eleven – first Among the changes Trilk
company Westfield Chesil will along with two new versions Speedster, already in the works created in 1982 as a replica of has since made is a move
begin selling cars again this of the Chesil Speedster, a under the previous ownership the open-top Lotus Eleven – from Westfield’s long-term
year and has set its sights on Porsche 356 replica. – and which attracted a lot of will also arrive next year. home in Kingswinford to a new
launching its first EV in 2024. From 2024, the cars will interest in the brand during Speaking when he took headquarters in Bicester.
Bought by Nigel Trilk after be sold with a new engine, the sale process – will be over, Trilk promised to “work Nearby classic car specialist
going into administration in replacing the current Ford officially launched in the same with suppliers, customers, Project Shop will build non-kit
June 2022 after nearly 40 Focus ST-derived 2.0-litre year, it has been confirmed. A dealers and Westfield and orders, with its owner Simeon
years in business, the company petrol units – although the prototype was first shown at Chesil owners’ groups to Cattle also running Westfield’s
will return with the Caterham- firm remains tight-lipped the Silverstone Classic in 2019. understand the best way to day-to-day operations.
chasing Westfield Sport 250 on the supplier’s identity. A gently refreshed version revitalise the famous brand”. STEVE HOLE

Charger network growth slowed by grid bureaucracy

LEADING PUBLIC CHARGER and running. It’s fair to say
provider Fastned has called for the charging industry as a Fastned boss Hurst has
greater collaboration across whole hasn’t been organised cited delays connecting
the automotive industry enough to defend itself, his sites to the grid
to create a sustainable but the reality is that we’re
business around EVs. accelerating our roll-out and
The Society of Motor that some of the barriers to
Manufacturers and Traders us connecting to the grid are
highlighted recently that the biggest issue, not our
100 new chargers will be commitment or capability.”
needed per day to hit the Hurst said new charging
UK government’s minimum hubs are being delayed by
target of 300,000 by 2030, the slow process of getting
yet the current rate is only them connected to the grid by
around 23 per day. the UK’s various distribution
Tom Hurst, UK boss of network operators.
Fastned (which plans to install He explained: “Today we’ve
1000 fast chargers across got three sites ready to open,
Europe by 2030 and has bar their grid connection.
15 charging sites in the UK That’s frustrating. We’re doing
today), responded by saying: a dance with the lawyers who
“What we need if we want to are doing a dance with the grid
build long-term businesses is operators. It can make you
collaboration. Manufacturers bang your head against the
need to sell these cars, we wall, it’s so ludicrous.”
need to charge them, so The UK’s energy minister,
we need to work together. Graham Stuart, recently
“The SMMT has highlighted admitted that speeding up
an interesting line, but it grid connection is “possibly
doesn’t reflect the level of the biggest challenge facing
investment going in or the the [Energy Security and Net
issues we have in getting sites Zero] department”.
connected to the grid and up JIM HOLDER

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Jury out on low-traffic zones
Supporters and critics of LTNs lock horns amid differing findings of their effectiveness

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3.25 mil ion

Number of tickets issued
for moving traffic offences
in London in 2021-22,
largely as a result of LTNs

115 minutes
The increase in weekly
walking times by
residents living in
Waltham Forest’s LTNs*
*Imperial College report, 2021

28%
Proportion of LTNs
Non-local traffic created since 2020 that
is banned from have since been scrapped
using an LTN

A
feud is brewing over the traffic, pushing congestion fines of up to £160, they are a adopted. Cities such as Bristol, 1970s, but following the launch
roll-out of low-traffic elsewhere. Meanwhile, revenue-raising tool. Indeed, in Manchester, Birmingham and of a £225 million active travel
neighbourhoods (LTNs), supporters argue residential 2021, ‘moving traffic offences’ Sheffield are also creating the fund by the government in
created to provide safer quality of life has improved in London – the highest LTN traffic-free spaces. Others, 2020 – including a separate
and cleaner traffic-free spaces, drastically, with urban adopter with 100 – increased such as Oxford – which sparked £250m London-only fund
as more cities across the streets no longer used as by 55.4% compared with the one of the biggest reactions, – to be spent by councils on
country adopt the government- congestion-escaping rat runs. year before (from 2.1 million to with thousands of protestors creating more LTNs, they have
backed scheme. However, there is a suspicion 3.25 million), a rise due largely taking to the streets – have received far greater attention
Critics say LTNs generate that because many LTNs to the introduction of LTNs. announced upcoming plans. as, increasingly, motorists have
more problems than they solve are policed by numberplate- But it’s not just the capital Similar areas with the same found themselves barred from
– especially affecting local recognition cameras triggering where LTNs are being aims have existed since the previously accessible streets.

UK government says road pricing tax is not an option THE UK GOVERNMENT A decision on whether to amid the shift to zero-
has confirmed it has no approve a road pricing policy emissions vehicles, chancellor
plans to implement road was expected in the 2022 Jeremy Hunt acknowledged
pricing as a replacement autumn budget but wasn’t the importance of the issue
for vehicle excise duty. forthcoming. Now, in an but said: “The government
Road pricing, a telematics- exchange with the Transport does not currently have plans
based system that would Select Committee (TSC), to consider road pricing.”
charge motorists according to MPs have revealed there are Hunt also said: “As we
distance driven and the type no plans to implement – or transition to net zero, the
of vehicle they are driving, to consider implementing – a government will need to
has long been mooted as a road pricing system in the UK. ensure that the tax system
potential replacement source Responding to a letter from encourages the uptake
of revenue for the government TSC chair Iain Stewart, who of EVs, and revenue from
as EV uptake continues to highlighted the “potential motoring taxes will need to
climb in the UK and reduces future loss of £35 billion to keep pace with this change
Rise in EV use poses revenue challenges for the government the amount generated from the Exchequer from failure while remaining affordable
fuel and vehicle excise duties. to reform motoring taxation” for consumers.”

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Another cause of scepticism Its findings were echoed by a
among critics is the fact that more comprehensive survey of
last year, the Department for
Transport (DfT) admitted its
46 LTNs published last year by
the University of Westminster’s
UNDER HOW MUCH OF A RECYCLED OLD
data, used by London councils
to justify the creation of LTNs,
Active Travel Academy (ATA). It
found that while average traffic
THE SKIN CAR CAN BE USED IN A NEW CAR?
JESSE CROSSE
was incorrect in that it showed levels within LTNs had declined
a significant rise in traffic on by 46.9%, half of boundary
the capital’s residential streets roads had experienced a rise
between 2009 and 2019. In in traffic (on average by 0.7%,
fact, after a review of the data, or 82 vehicles per day), but the
no increase was recorded. rest a fall. Professor Rachel
Studies into the Aldred, director of the ATA
effectiveness of LTNs paint and co-author of the study,
an equally confusing picture. said: “The research indicates
One, also commissioned by there has been overall ‘traffic
the DfT, showed that in 2021, evaporation’ as a result of
within 10 inner-London LTNs, these schemes. Not only do
the number of miles driven had LTNs have substantial benefits
actually increased by 41 million inside their boundaries but
compared with the previous they can also contribute to
year. In contrast, two London wider traffic reduction goals.”
boroughs without LTNs Nevertheless, according
posted an increase of only to a study last year by online
29 million miles. Critics have newspaper i, 28% of LTNs
suggested the figures could created since March 2020
be interpreted as showing had since been scrapped by
that LTN schemes are simply councils that had faced fierce Audi is using
displacing vehicles onto and occasionally violent high-grade recycled
streets not covered by them. opposition to the schemes steel to make 15,000
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 Premium for e-Power
over mild hybrid on
Qashqai is £4345

Nissan hybrids to match ICE price

Pure-combustion cars and e-Power hybrids will cost the same by 2026, says the firm

N
issan aims for its hybrids There are two strains of this Commonality of EV and e-Power-badged hybrid
to cost the same as its new approach: the 3-in-1 model and e-Power parts versions of the Nissan Qashqai,
pure-combustion cars packages the motor, inverter will reduce cost Nissan X-Trail and Japan-only
in around three years’ and reducer components Note hatchback, in each of
time thanks to a cheaper and together in one system for use which a petrol engine serves
more efficient new approach in pure EVs, while the 5-in-1 as a generator for an electric
to electrified drivetrain prototype adds a generator motor that drives the wheels.
development. and increaser for use in By streamlining production
The car maker has revamped e-Power hybrids. for these electric drive units,
its powertrain development This new system allows core Nissan aims to achieve price
process, which will see EV and components of all electrified parity between e-Power cars
e-Power hybrid drivetrain parts drivetrains to run down the and their pure-ICE counterparts
shared and modularised. This, same production line. by “around” 2026.
it says, will slash production Nissan currently sells two Currently, the Nissan
costs by 30% compared with pure-electric cars globally (the Qashqai e-Power starts – in
2019 levels by 2026. Nissan Leaf and Nissan Ariya) Acenta Premium trim – from

Lynk&Co’s mid-sized 08 SUV targets Europe next year

LYNK&CO HAS RELEASED in selected export markets, OFFICIAL PICTURES Geely-owned brand’s
the first images of its upcoming including Europe, from 2024. new 08 will shed its
08 SUV ahead of an official A sibling model to the disguise on 30 March
unveiling on 30 March. next-generation Volvo XC60,
The seventh car from the the five-seat SUV features a
Geely-owned brand is set number of design cues first
for Chinese sales during the seen on Lynk&Co’s futuristic
second half of 2023. Plans The Next Day concept car,
also exist for the 08 to be sold revealed in June 2022,
although the 08 swaps
that show car’s low-slung,
two-door silhouette for a
more conventional upright
bodystyle. It does, however,
carry over the concept’s
flamboyant split LED
headlights.
It will be offered with both
Concept’s lights are retained mild- and plug-in hybrid
petrol powertrains.

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£33,875 in the UK, compared

Tata Tech boss: UK Jim Holder

with £29,530 for the mild-
hybrid petrol car in the
same grade. The premium
commanded by the Nissan
X-Trail e-Power is less stark,
at £35,865 compared with
£34,075 for the standard
mild-hybrid car.
needs incentives
THE UK ISN’T doing enough with the Inflation Reduction
I N S I D E I N F O R M AT I O N

The suggestion is that this to keep hold of its “world- Act, the amount of capital
price gap could be eradicated class” engineers, who are that’s being deployed to
over the next three years, being poached by overseas encourage businesses to
although Nissan has not said firms to the detriment of the invest in other parts of the
whether that will be a result, in country’s fading automotive world far exceeds what
part, of any increase in costs industry, the global head the UK has done.”
for non-e-Power cars. of Tata Technologies has He added: “I just don’t
It has also not detailed told Autocar. think it has been given the
what the implications of Warren Harris also importance that it deserves
cheaper production could lamented the difficulties the [by the government].”
be for the purchase price of “not very well-managed” Harris was speaking after
electric cars, although the Brexit has had within the 350 new jobs were created Many of our EVs
firm has been vocal about its sector, where car production at Tata Technologies’
come from China,
commitment to making EVs has fallen from nearly European HQ in the West
such as Polestar 2
both more affordable and 1.6 million in 2016 to Midlands, which, said the
functional, chiefly via the 775,000 last year. firm, reinforces the region’s
use of more power-dense Harris said workers are status as a global hub for =4>4?4-= +"  #&!
battery technology. now looking overseas as the automotive industry.  !$!$&$&!@    !!
Nissan has said the move firms choose to set up shop The Leamington Spa site   ! *!  & 8$  &
will result in smaller, lighter away from the UK. One of develops next-generation   ! " ! !!
drivetrains that emit less noise the main reasons for this is technology that is “expected #! #&!!2    " 
and reduce vibration. It added the lack of incentives here to shape the future” of  ! !   !  ! !
that it will introduce a new compared with what is being mobility, said the firm. &,!   # $
electric motor comprising just offered in other countries. As part of the undisclosed #!  &   " !%
1% rare-earth elements – which He said: “When you look investment, the firm will ! & !#   "%    ! 
has significant implications at incentives for things also develop a workforce >766"  !'&
for the sustainability of its like battery factories and for the future via a Centre   &    $  
supply chain as it ramps up to gigafactories, [what is being of Excellence ‘talent hub’  ! &!! ! !!2
introduce 27 new electrified offered in] mainland Europe, created through local ! A  &$ !  !
models by 2030. and what the US has done university partnerships. ! !!$&!%  !  !! 
Toshihiro Hirai, head of -!!@ !  !  5%F
powertrain and EV engineering %#     !  ! 
at Nissan, said: “We make   #!   *!#   
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know-how from our more-than- A !$2  !  !,
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technologies. !!& 1&   ! !
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development, we’ll continue to   !#   $&% $& !8  %
create new value for customers
Harris said UK must *!" !  4! !
and deliver 100% motor-driven
do more to retain its $ ! !,! 
vehicles – EVs and e-Power – as
world-class talent !8  A! ! !#& !&
widely as possible.”  $&/B  ! & !
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and new powertrains. Headline changes include a new-look grille, thinner headlights and fresh !  &!"   8 
tail-lights. A new dashboard gains higher-quality materials. As with the GLC SUV, petrol and #&   !   % "  
diesel engines will be offered – in pure and hybrid form – with between 195bhp and 329bhp. !   .$  &$
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 Polestar 6-previewing
02 concept showcased
sustainability goals

Polestar: ‘This is our moonshot’

EV firm plans to make a limited-run car without emitting greenhouse gas by 2030

P
olestar will create a The project – started in industry will use up its “carbon
“truly” carbon-neutral 2021 and still in its research budget” by 2035, and by 2050
production car by 2030 phase – was created because – the date set for most carbon-
to sell as a limited-run EV. production of an EV is neutral goals – the industry will
Under the guise of Polestar 0 currently much more harmful have overshot it by 75%.
Project, the aim is to eliminate, to the environment than that The project aims to turn
“not reduce”, all greenhouse of a combustion-powered car, this around, according to
gas emissions from every said Pehrson at the 0 Project’s Pehrson. He said: “Our focus
aspect of the car’s production Battersea Power Station is on eliminating greenhouse
without the need to offset launch event. He revealed that gas emissions. We are not
emissions through other a Polestar 2 creates 24 tonnes moving fast enough and we are
means, such as planting trees. of CO2 when it is produced, not doing enough. We [as an
“It’s our moonshot,” said compared with 16.1 tonnes for industry] are not taking urgent
the firm. “Many consider sibling brand Volvo’s ICE- action. We could do more.”
it impossible. We intend to powered XC40. To create what Polestar
make it happen.” This is mainly due to calls a “truly” carbon-neutral
0 Project head Hans Pehrson how materials required for car, the firm must work with all
said the brand will work with making batteries are mined members of the supply chain,
partners and develop new and the need to ship these said Pehrson, and that will be
production methods to achieve to production factories – one of the biggest challenges.
this. The car’s development compared with traditionally “It is action now that is
is scheduled to commence in having engine plants nearby. required,” he said. “I really
2027. It is not yet known which Hans Pehrson (left) said: “I really believe we can show the way” Unless changes are made, believe we can show the way.”
form this car will take. says Polestar, the automotive WILL RIMELL

BYD to chase Merc G-Class with rugged 671bhp 4x4

BYD IS TAKING aim at the Chinese firm’s new F model petrol-electric hybrid OFFICIAL PICTURES
Mercedes-Benz G-Class with a line, which is set to expand drivetrain with a Mercedes-
new hardcore off-roader set to to include other SUVs and AMG G63-beating 671bhp.
be launched in China this year pick-up trucks. The combined range is “more
and globally from 2024. Details of the off-roader, than 1200km [746 miles]”.
Depicted in prototype form which goes under the internal Drive is transferred via an
in a video released online, the codename SF, remain scarce automatic gearbox to all four
five-seat SUV is the first in the ahead of its expected unveiling wheels. The car will sit on a
at the 2023 Shanghai motor ladder-frame chassis.
show in April. However, BYD officials said the F
BYD officials have said it model line will be positioned
measures close to 5000mm between the Denza and
in length and rides on a Yangwang brands, with prices
2850mm wheelbase. ranging between ¥400,000
The firm also said the SF and ¥600,000 (£48,400 and BYD’s 4x4 is a 5.0m-long hybrid with a ladder-frame chassis
will be powered by a new £72,600) in China.

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INDUSTRY
FRONT LINE
BUSINESS
This week’s biggest TESTER’S NOTES
stories on autocar.co.uk/
autocar-business

CAR PRODUCTION
BACK ON THE UP
The threat of recession
is slowing demand for
new cars, preventing
manufacturers from
ramping up factory output.
Nonetheless, worldwide
production volumes are
forecast to grow by 5.3%
this year compared with
2022, with western Europe Car telematics could
leading the rise after three tell the government
years below 10 million units. where you’ve driven

WHAT’S THE POINT OF !    `

THE AGENCY MODEL? - ! -
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such as Ford and Mercedes-
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in adopting the agency sales
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model? And can they match   H$ ! I!*!& a
traditional dealers for the ! !!!"!  $! & !MDF$!!J9 3!!   &H!
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that murky waters may lie 0 "!  !&$!   & "!     !& "
ahead. Our team discusses  : &  !  &  !%   !'% -
all this in the latest episode # H & #  & &!!  "!"   !
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MY WEEK IN CARS

Cropley loved Wrangler

but still has his eyes
on Ranger Raptor

Newey’s book is
full of engineering
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R AC I N G L I N E S Indycar gave us
a thrilling battle
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…after F1 gave us
yet another show of
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POLESTAR 2 BST EDITION 270

Swedes seek to answer the burning question of whether it’s possible to
turn an everyday electric car into a high-performance handling hero
24 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 15 MARCH 2023
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 TESTER’S NOTE
I wouldn’t pay extra
for the decal stripe,
especially since it
partially covers the
glass roof, but I would
certainly like some
brighter colours.
Understatement is
all very well, but your
only options here are
snow white, thunder
grey or a battleship
grey wrap. MS

It doesn’t want to drive as quickly as you might, particularly in wintry conditions

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 FIRST DRIVES

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A likeable take on what an extra-
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offer, but it misses a few tricks

AAABC
Price £68,990
Engine Two permanent magnet
synchronous motors
Power 469bhp
Torque 502lb ft
Gearbox 1-spd reduction gear, 4WD
Kerb weight 2113kg
0-62mph 4.4sec
Top speed 127mph
Battery 78/75kWh (total/usable)
Range, 283-303 miles,
economy 3.1-3.2mpkWh
CO2, tax band 0g/km, 2%
Brembo four-piston brakes are highlighted in Swedish Gold RIVALS BMW i4 M50, Kia EV6 GT

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 27

 TESTER’S NOTE
The Atto 3 is already
a huge seller in China,
where it’s called
the Yuan Plus. It
has been renamed
for Europe after an
attosecond, which is
one quintillionth of a
second, a unit of time
so small that scientists
haven’t yet managed
to measure it. JA

TESTED 7.3.23, WILTSHIRE ON SALE NOW

BYD ATTO 3
Chinese battery giant enters British car market with family-focused crossover
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Eye-catching interior features swish materials and excellent tech

Bumpy British B-roads may be new to the Atto 3, but it smooths them out nicely

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 !#.!!  ,! % !! >= 1   !! RIVALS Kia Niro EV, VW ID 4
!&  &  !#! ! !%   !!#

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 29

 TESTER’S NOTE
I got used to the
steering by wire
surprisingly quickly.
The adjustment that
took the longest was
unlearning to move
my hands around the
wheel for sharp turns.
There’s no need. IV

TESTED 1.3.23, PROVENCE, FR ANCE ON SALE MAY

LEXUS RZ 450E
Lexus enters fast-filling premium electric SUV club with jazzed-up Toyota bZ4X
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 FIRST DRIVES

RZ provides unusually comfy ride and reassuring dynamic character

Interior quality generally impresses but is let down by infotainment

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!%=!$!'   ! &$ #! " !# BAQ6$" Engine Two synchronous motors
"! !# !!   $#!!  !     Power 309bhp
#&   *!8! !  !" ! !#&"      !% Torque 321lb ft
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& "$&"  $ ! !)""!!"& +W   !! Battery 71.4/64kWh
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 &   !  !  #! !%   &" !   !& CO2, tax band 0g/km, 2%
 $ !%$! #&# ! $ !$& ""! !;< 8F6 RIVALS BMW iX1, Genesis GV60
  !#$ !   F9!!"!" $ :  8E   B!BAS6%

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 TESTED 9.3.23, HERTFORDSHIRE ON SALE NOW

MERCEDES-AMG SL 63
New SL is a little lacking in 55 form. Chassis upgrades and extra 108bhp might help
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!! #&!%#& !      !# $%  911 Turbo Cabriolet
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TESTER’S NOTE
The steering wheel’s
swipey switches still
don’t work well for
me, but the rotary
dials and buttons for
swapping drive modes
are excellent. MP

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 FIRST DRIVES

TESTER’S NOTE
In theory, the M240i
should be the 2 Series
that lights our fire, but
this RWD alternative is
165kg lighter, and you
really do notice. SD

TESTED 27.2.23, BEDFORDSHIRE ON SALE NOW

BMW 230i COUPE

One of the many who missed out on Toyota’s brilliant GR86? Step right this way…
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the purest and most satisfying
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Price £41,005
Engine 4 cyls, 1998cc, turbo, petrol
Power 242bhp at 4500-6500rpm
Torque 295lb ft at 1600-4000rpm
Gearbox 8-spd automatic, RWD
Kerb weight 1600kg
0-62mph 5.9sec
Top speed 155mph
Economy 42.8mpg
CO2, tax band 151g/km, 35%
Really classy and has ideal driving position; equally good at a canter or a sprint RIVALS Audi TT, Toyota GR86

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 33

 ROAD TEST

No 5615

Subaru Solterra
PHOTOGRAPHY LUC LACEY

Japan’s quirky 4x4 brand gets a helping hand from Toyota for its first EV
M O D E L T E S T E D AW D T O U R I N G
Price £52,995 Power 215bhp Torque 248lb ft 0-60mph 6.7sec 30-70mph 6.2sec Economy 2.6mpkWh Max DC charging speed 147kW 70-0mph 48.8m

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 ROAD TEST
!2 !
Range at a glance
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&%!   ! & The Solterra is available only in
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"!  % some single-motor rivals, though
-"  "!$!   its more modest power output and z Unlike the Toyota bZ4X, the Solterra
 !"!!! battery capacity help make it more does have a radiator grille panel of sorts
  @4    affordable, in lower-level trim at – a focal point for the front end, at least.
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!    The two equipment levels are sensors, too.
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z Range is quite poor for a £50k EV  !&     (Subaru didn’t explain why our test car
z Slow rapid-charge performance  ! & *!# 8 didn’t have one), but if you’re only likely
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character  !;J 8; & bars, why bother with it?
7<6 !     Can Solterra stand out from bZ4X sibling?
15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 35
 Weights and measures
DIMENSIONS

max
0.28

m
920m
m
960m
441 litres

1650mm
800mm
m ax
0mm
108

Kerb weight: 2040kg

915mm 2850mm 925mm

4690mm
z Driving position is a little raised but accessible and comfortable. Low-set steering
column might annoy some drivers.
PA R K I N G
Typical parking space width (2400mm)
Typical garage height

2300mm

Typical leg room

800mm

2170mm (without mirrors) z Back seats get a USB-C port each and are heated. Leg room is quite generous,
3600mm head room only averagely so for adults.

W H E E L A N D P E DA L
ALI G N M E NT
Wide brake pedal is well
placed for your right foot
but reachable with your left 40mm
if you prefer. Roomy footwell
has a rest for your left foot. 180mm

Width 1050-1290mm

H E AD LI G HTS
Adaptive LED lights Height 435-760mm
Length 970-1860mm
(standard) are powerful on full
beam, although not especially
bright. Auto-dipping
functionality is fast enough
to detect oncoming traffic,
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z There are permanent switches for drive modes z Wireless charging pad has a cover that keeps your z Positioning of instrument pod brings a lot of grey
and traction control, which we like. Standard 360deg phone out of plain sight and from distracting the plastics to your eyeline, many of which have different
parking cameras help make up for patchy rear visibility. driver. Would be better if it weren’t semi-translucent. grains and finishes. The effect isn’t premium-feeling.

Multimedia system AAACC

All Solterras get a 12.3in touchscreen infotainment system as
standard with factory navigation and wireless Apple CarPlay
(Android Auto is wired). If you stump up for Touring trim, your
audio system is upgraded to a nine-speaker Harman Kardon
hi-fi, but the premium unit’s quality isn’t anything special.
The infotainment system has buttons for power and volume,
but otherwise it’s operated entirely via the screen. It’s Toyota’s
latest system, and it’s fairly easy to navigate thanks to a column
of menu shortcuts on the driver’s side of the screen, but a
cursor controller, either on the steering wheel or the centre
console, would certainly be welcome.
Some of the system’s menu screens look sparse, possibly
because Subaru doesn’t offer as much connected functionality
as an equivalent Toyota would. The navigation system is easy to
program and clearly displayed, though. It’s a little annoying that
the trip computer doesn’t give a long-term average of energy
consumption, instead dividing it into daily chunks.

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 37

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Off-road notes
Ground clearance and wading depth
are probably the Solterra’s greatest
off-road assets. They allow it to deal
with rutted tracks and slopes, and to
get in and out of fields easily. Those
sub-20deg approach and breakover
angles ultimately make really arduous
climbing and descending impossible,
but even with electronic traction aids,
the Solterra’s tyres aren’t suitable for
extreme off-roading anyway (though
these could be changed, of course).
The X-Mode off-road driving aids
come as standard. Grip Control
works like Land Rover’s all-surface
progress control system, allowing the
car to manage its own momentum
over rough terrain like a super-slow
cruise control. X-Mode offers Snow/
Dirt and Deep Snow/Mud modes, and
reappraises the motor calibration,
wheelslip tolerance and brake-based
torque vectoring for the different
25.4º
applications. We tested it on a graded
17.7º 18.2º
gravel track and found it created
surprisingly strong traction with
Wade depth: 500mm Ground clearance: 211mm
a little wheelspin in the mix.

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AC C E L E R AT I O N
Subaru Solterra AWD Touring (5deg C, icy patches)
Standing quarter mile 15.4sec at 91.3mph, standing km 28.3sec at 104.8mph, 30-70mph 6.2sec, 30-70mph in fourth na
30mph 40mph 50mph 60mph 70mph 80mph 90mph 100mph
2.6s 3.7s 5.0s 6.7s 8.8s 11.5s 14.9s 19.5s
0 10s
Toyota bZ4X AWD Vision (15deg C, dry)
Standing quarter mile 15.0sec at 93.6mph, standing km 28.0sec at 104.8mph, 30-70mph 5.9sec, 30-70mph in fourth na
30mph 40mph 50mph 60mph 70mph 80mph 90mph 100mph
2.4s 3.4s 4.8s 6.4s 8.3s 10.5s 13.8s 17.6s
0 10s

B R A K I N G 60-0mph: 2.93sec
Subaru Solterra AWD Touring (5deg C, icy patches)
30mph-0 50mph-0 70mph-0
9.1m 24.9m 48.8m
0 10m 20m 30m 40m
Toyota bZ4X AWD Vision (15deg C, dry)
30mph-0 50mph-0 70mph-0
8.9m 24.4m 48.1m
0 10m 20m 30m 40m

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 39

 Data log
S U B A R U S O LT E R R A
AW D T O U R I N G
On-the-road price £52,995
Price as tested £53,545
Value after 3yrs/36k miles £30,525
Contract hire pcm na
Cost per mile 68 pence
Insurance 47/£1136

TYPICAL PCP QUOTE 71.4kWh (total)

4 years/32,000 miles, 20% deposit £629
Subaru’s introductory finance offer on the upper-
trim Solterra is over 48 months, at an interest
rate of 9.5% APR and leaving a final balloon
payment of a little under £25,000. It doesn’t
include any manufacturer deposit contribution.

EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST
Mode 2 and 3 charging cables
12.3in touchscreen infotainment T E C H N I C A L L AYO U T
system with wireless Apple CarPlay The Solterra uses one transversely mounted permanent magnet synchronous
and wired Android Auto, DAB, factory motor per axle. Its 71.4kWh (total capacity) drive battery is carried below the cabin
navigation and four USB-C ports floor, spanning the full length and width of the available area within the wheelbase.
7.0in digital instrument cluster Suspension is all-independent. Weight distribution on our scales was 54:46
Harman Kardon premium audio system, front to rear, just as was the closely related Toyota bZ4X.
eight speakers plus subwoofer
20in alloy wheels MOTORS CHARGING PERFORMANCE
LED headlights with adaptive high beam Installation Front and rear, transverse, Claimed peak rates 7.0kW (AC), 150kW (DC)
Fixed panoramic roof four-wheel drive DC test peak/weighted average 147kW/78kW
Roof rails Type Permanent magnet Charger used for test Tritium TRI121-350 Ambient temperature 6deg C
Synthetic leather seats, heated front synchronous motor
and rear Power 215bhp (107bhp per motor) 150
60/40-split folding rear seats with Torque 248lb ft (125lb ft per motor) 147
recline function Battery type Lithium ion 120
DC charge rate (kW)

Power tailgate Battery capacity 71.4kWh (total), Weighted average

Metallic paint, Midnight Black £550 64kWh (usable, est) 90
100 92
charge rate – 78kW
Battery voltage 355V
Options in bold fitted to test car Power to weight 105bhp per tonne 60
= Standard na = not available Torque to weight 122lb ft per tonne
30
13 7
0
10% 30% State of charge 50% 70% 90%

C H A S S I S & B O DY TRANSMISSION BRAKES SAFET Y

Construction Steel monocoque Type 1-spd reduction gear (per motor) Front 328mm ventilated discs ABS, ESC, Subaru Safety Sense, LKA, BSM, RCTA
Weight/as tested 2040kg/2051kg Reduction ratio 13.8:1 Rear 317mm ventilated discs Euro NCAP crash rating 5 stars (2022)
Drag coefficient 0.28 mph/1000rpm 6.3 Anti-lock Standard Adult occupant 88% Child occupant 87%
Wheels 7.5Jx20in Motor rpm at 70/80mph 11,100/12,700 Handbrake type Electronic, switch Vulnerable road users 79% Safety assist 91%
Tyres 235/50 R20 104V, Handbrake location Right of centre console
Bridgestone Alenza
Enliten 001 SUSPENSION STEERING CABIN NOISE
Spare None (mobility foam) Front MacPherson struts, coil springs, Type Electromechanical, rack and pinion Idle na Max power at 90mph 73dBA
anti-roll bar Turns lock to lock 2.75 30mph 60dBA 50mph 64dBA 70mph 68dBA
Rear Double wishbones, coil springs, anti-roll bar Turning circle 11.2m

AC C E L E R AT I O N AC C E L E R AT I O N I N ECONOMY R E S I D UA L S
MPH TIME (sec) KICKDOWN TEST MPG Track 1.6mpkWh 70

0-30 2.6 mph TIME (sec) Touring 2.7mpkWh 60 Nissan Ariya Advance e-4orce
0-40 3.7 20-40 1.9 Average 2.6mpkWh
0-50 5.0 30-50 2.4 Range 169 miles 50 Subaru Solterra AWD Touring
0-60 6.7 40-60 3.1
Value (£1000s)

40
0-70 8.8 50-70 3.8 CLAIMED Combined 3.5mpkWh
0-80 11.5 60-80 4.8 Range 257 miles 30
0-90 14.9 70-90 6.1 20 Toyota bZ4X AWD Motion
0-100 19.5 80-100 8.0 E M I S S I O N S & TA X
0-110 – 90-110 – CO2 emissions 0g/km 10
0-120 – 100-120 – Tax at 20/40% pcm £18/£35 0
0-130 – 110-130 – New 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years
0-140 – 120-140 – z Shading both of its Japanese rivals
130-150 – signals the Subaru’s relative rarity
but is no bad advert for the car.
THE SMALL PRINT Power-to-weight and torque-to-weight figures are calculated using manufacturer’s claimed kerb weight. © 2023,
Haymarket Media Group Ltd. Test results may not be reproduced without editor’s written permission. For information on the Solterra,
contact Subaru UK Customer Services, The Gate, International Drive, Solihull, B90 4WA (01621 736799, subaru.co.uk). Cost-per-mile R OA D T E S T N o 5 615
figures calculated over three years/36,000 miles, including depreciation and maintenance but not insurance; Lex Autolease (0800
389 3690). Insurance quote covers 35-year-old professional male with clean licence and full no-claims bonus living in Swindon; quote
from Liverpool Victoria (0800 066 5161, lv.com). Contract hire figure based on a three-year lease/36,000-mile contract including
maintenance; Wessex Fleet Solutions (01722 322888). Read all of our road tests autocar.co.uk
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Testers’
notes
RICHARD
LANE
I’m glad Subaru
resisted the
urge to fit an electronic
imitation of a flat-four
burble to this car,
but there’s really no
mistaking what else it’s
missing: that alternative
character streak,
something to latch onto
and warm to.

MATT
SAUNDERS
I drove the
Solterra around
quite a lot with the
heater off, just because
turning it on, and seeing
the range estimation
tumble so far, was so
demoralising. It may be
VERDICT only a software glitch,

AAACC but Subaru needs

to address it quickly.

A hint of Subaru-typical capability doesn’t take this EV quite far enough Spec advice
Have the cheaper Limited
ven as electric car adoption rises, the state of maturity of the technology makes model with smaller
wheels and greater

E it hard to imagine a customer for a do-anything EV such as the Subaru Solterra.

Part of the problem is that while it does have an off-road capability advantage
range. You won’t miss
the ‘leather’ seats or the
premium audio system.

over its peers, it’s not a particularly big one, especially compared with combustion-
powered 4x4s. But the bigger problem is the millstones of both range and charging. Jobs for
A real-world 180-mile range isn’t much to consider a weekend in the wilderness with,
the facelift
z Extend the battery
and similarly priced rivals offer markedly more. Moreover, the Solterra doesn’t manage, range and ensure the true
extent of it is displayed
meter or display what range it has as well as it should, and it doesn’t rapid-charge as at all times.
z A ‘Sport’ driving mode
quickly as it might either. with more of a rearward
Driving the car in more typical daily use would be pleasant enough, but in this context bias to the torque
split might add some
the car’s four-wheel-drive credentials add little; it has a pretty unremarkable driving handling involvement.
z Make the interior more
experience; and there are plenty of rivals that offer greater performance, cabin appeal and colourful and lively, and
improve consistency of
range for similar outlay. And it’s a particular shame, of course, that the Solterra doesn’t material grain and finish.
z Put towing capability at
have more Subaru-typical left-field charm to make up for those shortcomings. least on a par with rivals’.

R OA D 1 2 3 4 5
TEST
R I VA L S

SKODA ENYAQ iV 80X HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 TESLA MODEL Y AWD GENESIS GV60 AWD SPORT NISSAN ARIYA ADVANCE
Verdicts SPORTLINE PLUS AWD PREMIUM LONG RANGE Gets expensive if you want a E-4ORCE
on every If you want a four-wheel-drive EV Doesn’t bring much SUV-light Tesla’s UK price slash brings this twin-motor version, but offers Beats the Subaru conclusively
new car, for occasional towing and mixed- capability but is spacious, close to Solterra territory. Has a compelling package even for for range, performance and
p72 surface driving, well armed for refined, good looking and fast. range, pace, space, 4WD. Easy to a top-dollar outlay. Customer cabin appeal, though not nearly
family life, this is the best. Plenty of real-world range too. charge but firm-riding and noisy. service should be first-rate. as useful off the Tarmac.
AAAAB AAAAC AAAAC AAABC AAABC
Price £50,805 £50,150 £52,990 £58,365 £54,595
Power, torque 261bhp, 313lb ft 321bhp, 446lb ft 434bhp, 424lb ft 314bhp, 446lb ft 302bhp, 443lb ft
0-62mph, top speed 6.9sec, 99mph 5.1sec, 114mph 5.0sec, 135mph 5.5sec, 124mph 5.7sec, 124mph
Economy, range 3.6mpkWh, 317 miles 3.5mpkWh, 298 miles 3.7mpkWh, 331 miles 3.3mpkWh, 292 miles 3.2mpkWh, 319 miles

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 41


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 M AT T P R I O R
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size and comes with
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Price £13,805 gumball 185s on the
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Power 90bhp at 4600-5000rpm drive up to and beyond
Torque 118lb ft at 2100-3750rpm its modest limits,
Gearbox 5-spd manual, FWD allowing you to have
Kerb weight 1072kg more fun for more
0-62mph 12.2sec of the time, and at
Top speed 109mph speeds that the long
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Insurance Group 14

15 MARCH 2023 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 47

MG 3
JAMES DISDALE

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The 3’s main assets
to me are space and
honesty. It feels
tough, it’s well backed
by the warranty and
there’s more space
in its cabin than most
of the others. But it’s
old and rather crude
against some of the
others, too. It’s quite
easy to drive, though,
even if the engine
is a bit ordinary.
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MG 3 1.5 VTi-TECH EXCLUSIVE NAV

Price £15,495
Engine 4 cyls, 1498cc, petrol
Power 105bhp at 6000rpm
Torque 101lb ft at 4500rpm
Gearbox 5-spd manual, FWD
Kerb weight 1195kg
0-62mph 10.4sec
Top speed 108mph
Economy 43.3mpg
CO2, tax band 147g/km, 34%
Insurance Group 7

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HYUNDAI i10
STEVE CROPLEY

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HYUNDAI i10 1.0 MPi SE CONNECT
has baked perceived
quality into the i10 –    &!, Price £14,995
and it’s surprising to !!'     Engine 3 cyls in line, 998cc, petrol
find in something so "!$!8! 8 #"! Power 66bhp at 5500rpm
small. Many of the   !   Torque 71lb ft at 3750rpm
primary touchpoints !# & $& QQ$ Gearbox 5-spd manual, FWD
feel quite tactile; the 7%6/E!-    Kerb weight 921kg
manual gearshift is  M7F666% #!!# "! 0-62mph 14.8sec
slick and smooth;  "  ! Top speed 97mph
and the door seals &    !$  ! Economy 56.5mpg
are pudgy and $! 1&!& CO2, tax band 119g/km, 28%
keep the body from    $& !% Insurance Group 4
reverberating when $  !$!!$#!(!
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CITROEN C3
MATT SAUNDERS

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The C3 might just be
my favourite Citroën
of the moment. It’s
charming to look at UK’S CHEAPEST CAR
and easy to sit in, D O W N T H E D E C A D E S
and although the
control weights and
initial roll response
are all too fluffy and
over-sensitive for my
liking, it’s quiet and
comfortable over
distance, too. March 1973
Easy to like.
FIAT 500
Price then £598 That’s now £5952
The miniature 500 enjoyed a 10%
price advantage over its nearest rival
(the Honda N600) 50 years ago. By
then it was the Rinnovata model with
594cc, a four-speed manual gearbox
and a heady 18bhp. It remained in
production until 1976.
 BRITAIN’S CHEAPEST CARS COMPARISON

THE VERDICT
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March 1983 March 1993 March 2003 March 2013

FIAT 126 L ADA SAMAR A 1.3 E 3D R PE RO D UA KE LI SA 1.0 E X DACIA SAN D E RO 1.2 ACCESS
Price then £2245 That’s now £6987 Price then £4295 That’s now £8461 Price then £4999 That’s now £8370 Price then £5995 That’s now £7694
The 500’s replacement succeeded it as Famously one of Lada parent company This Malaysian-made Daihatsu Mira was Romanian Renault had been in the
Britain’s cheapest buy and became one Avtovaz’s first front-wheel-drive cars the successor to the more endearingly UK for only two months at this point,
of the century’s longest-lived models and designed in-house rather than named Nippa (which had also been the its breakthrough Logan saloon never
TONY HARRISON

in its various versions. Mechanically it adapted from a pre-existing model, UK’s cheapest new car for a while) and having been offered here. The first
derived a lot from the 500, but it got the Samara was budget down to its corresponded with Britain’s discovery of Sandero hatch we got was actually
a bigger twin-cylinder engine that boots – but, perhaps ironically, also the Asian microcar. The 1.0-litre version the Mk2, and it took real-terms car
eventually produced some 26bhp. the priciest car here in real terms. made a useful 54bhp and 65lb ft. affordability back to 1980s levels.

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 HYUNDAI i10
1.0 SE, 2017, 29,000 miles, £7495
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 BUDGET CITY CARS BUYING USED
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Jesse Crosse investigates the fallout of the automotive industry’s race to electrification
 EV BATTERY PRODUCTION INVESTIGATION
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 EV BATTERY PRODUCTION INVESTIGATION
EV battery packs B AT T E RY R E CYC L I N G
are complex to
manufacture

Lithium ion battery recycling

is already established, and it’s
something all major car makers
are pursuing, along with industrial
firms and academic institutions like
the Warwick Manufacturing Group.
In the EU, the Battery Directive
already requires that at least 50%
of batteries must be recycled at the
end of their lives, but according to
the WMG’s David Greenwood, that
figure is being bettered, because
tougher rules are on the way.
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 WORCS IN PROGRESS
New Morgan boss Massimo Fumarola tells Steve Cropley how he will
enhance and expand the eccentric Malvern-based sports car maker
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 MASSIMO FUMAROLA INTERVIEW

H O W W I L L M O R GA N G O E L E C T R I C?
Morgan will choose one model to electrify “The Super 3 is a simple car,” Fumarola
before the rest but has yet to decide which, says, “so the idea of an EV version of that
as there’s currently no customer demand. is appealing. After all, we launched an [EV] 3
The obvious ones are the Super 3 (which Wheeler in 2016, so we know how to do it. But
has already been partially engineered to with no roof, no doors and no windscreen,
carry a battery) or the late-2020s flagship – it wouldn’t be very good in urban situations,
either an enhanced Plus Six or a new coupé. where EVs are meant to be most relevant.”
If Fumarola instead chooses to bring the
2018 coupé concept to production as an EV
flagship, it would be relatively pricey and
thereby more economic for the company
and an attractive car for early adopters.
“At present,” he says, “there’s no decision,
because a decision isn’t needed. It may be
that what we decide is affected by how things
go in the US. If we have a strong demand in
California, that may affect what we decide.”
A 2018 concept hinted at Morgan’s futur
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ON THIS83DAY
IN 19

Turbo never got the

extra work it needed;
very few survive today

Turbo upgrade for MG Metro

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Maestro, Uno, 205 and more make debuts at Geneva Exciting F1 season opener
Plenty of historically significant models made their debuts at the 1983 edition of The 1983 Formula 1 season began in
the Geneva motor show, alongside the usual array of curios and concept cars. exciting fashion at Jacarepaguá in
British Leyland’s next great hope, the Austin Maestro family hatch, “bathed Brazil. Nelson Piquet took a strong
in the universally warm reception it had won”. A French rival was present in the home victory, the turbo Brabham-
form of the new Renault 11, a liftback relation of the two-year-old 9 saloon, the BMW proving the fastest of the new-
range-topper intriguing with an LCD instrument display and a synthesised voice. rules cars. Behind him was the atmo
Meanwhile, the supermini class looked set to heat up as the Uno was unveiled Top Gear films Autocar Williams-Ford of Keke Rosberg – but
with Fiat making “no secret of its high hopes for the car to carry the marque Our road test of the MG Metro Turbo he was disqualified for a push in the
back into contention” and the “good-looking” Peugeot 205 represented the was filmed for a segment on the BBC pits after his car caught fire. This
“emerging of a new identity” as the PSA Group looked to climb out of trouble. television show Top Gear. Presenter also prompted one of the quotes of
Further upmarket, Audi launched the handsome Avant estate version of the Sue Baker joined our John Miles and the season. “Get back in the ****ing
100, while Chevrolet caused excitement for enthusiasts with the C4 Corvette. Michael Scarlett at the MIRA proving car!” barrelled chief engineer Patrick
Also of note were the world’s fastest cabrio, by Rinspeed using a Porsche 911 ground as they conducted their vital Head. “What do you want me to do,
Turbo; Opel’s precursor acceleration, handling, braking and burn off my bloody moustache?”
to the Vauxhall Astra GTE; fuel economy tests, including on the came the racing Viking’s retort.
a Cosworth version of banked circuit with an array of gear
the Mercedes 190; Ford’s attached – and a floodlight shining
extremely aerodynamic in Miles’ face! Rest assured, though,
Probe IV concept; and that all of the tests done twice, the
a Mercedes 500 SEC figures not to be prejudiced by the
modified by Sbarro for weight of the hidden camera and
JOHN PURVIS

the Arabian market and sound men and all their gear. The
“uncomfortably close to episode isn’t online, sadly. We hope
the borders of bad taste”. it survives somewhere at the BBC.

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 O U R CA RS F E AT U R E D T H I S W E E K

FORD MUSTANG MACH-E ORA FUNKY CAT PEUGEOT 308 SW RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH VAUXHALL ASTRA VOLKSWAGEN MULTIVAN

PEUGEOT
308 SW
Our PHEV estate provided a welcome
antidote to SUVs despite issues of its own Warrick wasn’t entirely
convinced by Peugeot’s
FINAL REPORT MILEAGE 11,904 2 P  ! & quirky i-Cockpit design
!! "! " #&
WHY WE R AN IT ! !!%  !   & "#!#! 
To see if an electrified estate has a place  &&" !! !  &  ! !#  " !  8 8!%
in a world of crossover competitors $ "!!=-J 8  8 ! !%  $   "  
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 Warrick charged 12.4kWh TEST DATA L OV E I T
battery mostly at home, as
rate limit was only 7.4kW PEUGEOT 308 SW HYBRID
180 ALLURE PREMIUM
MILEAGE
At start 4503
At end 11,904
PRICES
List price new £35,650
List price now £38,910
Price as tested £36,345
OPTIONS
Elixir Red pearlescent paint £695
FUEL CONSUMPTION AND RANGE
Claimed economy 213-281mpg
TRES A LA MODE
This is one of the best-looking
Fuel tank 40 litres
estates out there right now.
Test average 54.5mpg
Test best 93.2mpg
Test worst 41.1mpg
Real-world range 480 miles
TECH HIGHLIGHTS
Not sporty but 0-62mph 7.7sec
still nimbler than Top speed 139mph
your average SUV Engine 4 cyls, 1598cc, turbo,
petrol, plus electric motor
Max power 147bhp at 6000rpm
Max torque 236lb ft at 1750rpm
Gearbox 8-spd automatic
Boot 548 litres SUITED AND BOOTED
Wheels 17in, alloy There was plenty of space in the
Tyres 225/45 R17, back for my family and the boot
Michelin Primacy swallowed all our luggage.
Kerb weight 1659kg
SERVICE AND RUNNING COSTS
Contract hire rate £613 pcm
CO2 25g/km
Service costs None
Other costs None
Fuel costs £965.79 petrol,
Car’s low stance £86.30 electricity
brought practical Running costs inc fuel £1052.09
benefits as well Cost per mile 14 pence
Faults Radio blips, reversing

` camera failure, alarm

DEPRECIATION LIGHT ON FUEL
It confirmed my view that estates are still 60
My average of 54.5mpg over almost
7500 miles was quite impressive,

every bit as practical as more popular SUVs 40 £38,910 considering my long commute.
Value (£1000s)

30
a 20 £15,675
L OAT H E I T
SECOND OPINION # ! %  
10
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As a former 205 and 206   &"  #  !& 0
New 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years
owner, I can confirm there’s !8&  &
something very Peugeot "!! &1&"% PREVIOUS REPORTS
about a car with undeniable flaws D6< 2   &#!" 4 Jan, 11 Jan, 18 Jan, 1 Feb, 8 Feb, 15 Feb, 22 Feb,
that can win you over through   !$#&$! 1 Mar, 8 Mar
French style and pleasingly engaging  !    -?A%
driving. It will be intriguing to see if   ! !!#"!%
the upcoming e-308 will offer a more G! !" " &! &!  
convincing option for those seeking   & ! &  !   & !!
a stylish electrified estate. JA !$     ""! !!  HAYWIRE ELECTRONICS
 ##,  &" &%:$ ! !  Daily problems with the reversing
 ! !%    &   Q6! camera, alarm and radio were
    & ! ! !!  !  "  ! "  $ !&  a major blight on ownership.
 % $ &  #$" % !2 D6<%
!!&!    3!$!  &2  3 !   !$! 
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  A !  F5%7 "! E% " $-?A
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P"  "  && $2   "! JACK WARRICK Even in warmer days, I barely
$&% 8J68 !  M566   managed to get half of the
"  !E   8!&$!  5F[  PHEV’s official electric-
!!!!   E A$2  !!
OWN ONE? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE only range of 37 miles.
"  #$  & & 759$28!8!  ,$  % [email protected]

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 VOLKSWAGEN MULTIVAN
A cracked windscreen, a dinged door and a £740 bill have rather soured the mood
MILEAGE 16,150 N2,!M756%
  %!T&%
WHY WE ’ R E RU N N I N G IT  ##  " &  
To see if the latest VW ’bus has all      !!%/&3
of the charms of its predecessors   & #! 
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" % #!    !  Prior collected a new screen from the !  &!! !&
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!! & % /!$E#!B  -  / -$& !! ! ]  
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LOVE IT   ! %E $&    !  P$& MATT PRIOR
ALWAYS AT WO RK      P  % A"  ! #!
The ability to reverse the seats and  "! ! "%#!&   TEST DATA
use the ’bus as a studio or office is  !& !!$   "!  VO LKSWAG E N M U LTIVAN
coming in exceptionally handy. !! #" &  N " !      1. 4 e HYB R I D ST YLE 218 PS
 H !"!  &  !%H Price £59,545 Price as tested £66,169
LOATHE IT !  I$! ! "!     !I Faults None Expenses Windscreen £740
LOO KI N G D E FL ATE D  &!!" !%   % &" " &  Economy 37.8mpg Last seen 1.3.23
People keep asking if the tyres &" &"! " !  $    ! 
are underinflated. They’re not, 2  2,!%2  & &MQ56
it’s just that the 55-profile items  *!  $   $2!%H   &I ! 
have a bit of squish to them. )  !   H"1$%I  
OWN ONE? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE
&& $$  /! $     [email protected]

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 OUR CARS

Renault Mégane E-Tech

MILEAGE 2138 LAST SEEN 8.3.23
I was lucky enough to have a couple
of back-to-back days to compare
my old Cupra Born with the Mégane
E-Tech before the former left. They
are direct rivals but oh so different:
the Born feels far more spacious,
bright, frugal and fun to drive, the
Mégane more refined, stylish, nicely
finished and punchier (even if it isn’t
on paper). Horses for courses? AC

FORD MUSTANG MACH-E

How ‘emissions-free’ can a 2.2-tonne car really be?
MILEAGE 4306 #%-&
! "!
WHY WE ’ R E RU N N I N G IT "8!8
To see if an electric SUV is worthy of the ! & "!
Mustang name and, more importantly, 8'!
if it augurs well for Ford’s future "  !!@
$ !  
/ / 8   !$! Ora Funky Cat
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T 557<!8"8
!#!
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MILEAGE 1850 LAST SEEN 8.3.23
“Ah, a frosted windscreen. No
#$ !#!!   $&  ! matter, this will be gone in a jiffy,”
"   "  ! &"! I said to myself one particularly cold
 ,!! Our Iced Blue Silver car gets extra frosting & &!#!$ ! morning recently, before climbing in
 !   & %  ! &     and whacking up the screen heater.
-  ! $   ", $  $&  ?  %  A And then waiting, and waiting, and
 %    !$!P(  $ &$" $ #! "#"!  waiting… Ten minutes went by
$568J69   G   *, "! !!!!& !!   before I gave up and ran home for a
   !  %  ! $ &  % $  !#"" jug of tepid water. Serves me right
 &" &  !     !$   &!"!! 8 8 for not downloading Ora’s phone
 !    $( ?#   #   % app so I can pre-heat the car. FP
68Q5 ! F%7D%S  F59   !     "
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,!  !  JIM HOLDER
LOVE IT $ $   $  MILEAGE 7772 LAST SEEN 1.3.23
H I - H O, S I LVE R !!#! $!!&!# !! TEST DATA The Astra plug-in hybrid isn’t alone
After running a menacing  & %"   FO R D M USTAN G MACH - E in this, but it always worries me
all-black Mach E, this grey/    " "!!% PR E M I U M AWD that its on-board charging port
silver one is rather uplifting. 0!"!" !  Price £64,405 Price as tested £64,405 points more or less to the sky.
     ! !  Faults None Expenses None Range 183 miles Raindrops fall unimpeded onto
LOATHE IT  !  $!!! Economy 2.4mpkWh Last seen 1.3.23 the (happily watertight) connector
PARCE L S H E LF ! &!  and water gathers in the bottom
A flimsy cloth suspended above  !!%#     of a surrounding seal. I can’t help
the boot is one of the worst cost-  $ &$  thinking that a better-protected
cutting ideas I’ve encountered.    " 2 
OWN ONE? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE socket would make sense. SC
" & !   !   &! [email protected]

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 AS GOOD
AS NEW

FORD FIESTA
Production ends this summer but don’t worry: the smart
What to buy, where to buy it and how much to pay choice is a used one anyway, says Mark Pearson

OUR TOP SPEC

TITAN I U M
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this trim. One, it comes with
goodies such as ambient interior  !!
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BUYER BEWARE
D I E S E L F I LT E R RE LIAB I LIT Y
The 1.5-litre diesel engine is fitted In the most recent What Car?
with a diesel particulate filter, which Reliability Survey, the Fiesta finished
can clog up if the car is used mostly 28th out of 28 cars in the small car
for short journeys. class. The fault rate was relatively
high, at 31%, and many of the wide-
RECALL ISSUES ranging issues reported were serious.
Recalls have been issued for potential These put a third of the afflicted cars
problems relating to: the steering out of action for more than a week,
column on some 2019 Fiestas; the and 30% of them couldn’t be driven.
bolts on the rear seatbelt retractors On the bright side, 90% of the work
Soft-touch dash
of a small number of 2019 cars; the was completed for free and none of
has 8.0in screen
brake servo on some 2017 examples. the bills exceeded £300.
on Zetec trim up
 USED CARS

James Ruppert
KICKING TYRES
A 2013 208 for £2490
with 50k miles – not all
driven like this, we hope

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$7%6 $! % on 2018 cars, £9500-£12,000 on E     &  E 
&  2   $!! a 2019 example, £12,000-£15,000 !! %E$ $& "& &
! &!"% on one from 2020, £13,000- "!%  $ %-  
G" !!   £18,000 on one from 2021 and 56S8  56Q8   8" D6S 566Q"!
1& $    upwards of that for a 2022 Fiesta.   !  ! 7%Q!  -! "!
"!&8 % ! Both 1.1-litre petrols have  $  ! 1F6666 !%  !!
!!  ""! ! 48.7mpg combined WLTP. The $  !&&   !   $M5JRR"!   
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!% ! '! ! 42.8mpg to 50.4mpg. Of the 1.5 !! $& 566D, "! &"! %
$ !&1  $!" diesels, the 84bhp one averages  ! DD666 ! %
  " &#"! 60.1mpg and the 118bhp 57.6mpg. "  7%J- "! ! !!!
2 - 80!  %-! !  1  RUPPERT’S
!!" !#! #!"%4$#!& GARAGE
G!  ! !&   !" ! ! !!   I’ve been putting vinegar in a
$!8 2 % 1.0 100 ECOBOOST M7F66   $!% spray bottle and applying it to the
!   & OUR Our favourite is the E  " &   outdoor-parked Lexus and, oddly
*&  !&  PICK three-cylinder 999cc #    D6S-3 !   enough, it does keep the frost off
 G! P8 engine, and of the four   !&""! the screen. Or at the very least, it
!  ! $   versions on offer we would go for !$-?A$  %& makes a mush that is easy to get
# ! *! the 99bhp version because it’s fast  !  " !&"!$ off. Otherwise, a bit of cardboard
! &"   enough at motorway speeds and is $"   %!   under the wipers works wonders.
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 USED CARS
H OW TO G ET O N E
IN YOU R GARAG E
Above 137mph,
wing deploys and
suspension lowers

of tyres at a cost of around £52,000.

An expert’s view
C A R L H A R T L E Y,
The tyres themselves are bespoke
Michelin Pilot Sport PAXs, a set of
T O M H A R T L E Y LT D which costs around £30,000.
“The Veyron is an absolutely
incredible piece of engineering.
There’s no car in the world like it, even
now, but it needs the full and correct
Also worth knowing
The engine is sealed so accessible
Bugatti service history. Make sure only to Bugatti-registered dealers.
the car has no big gaps in its service This means you’re out of luck if you
history. If the service is every two want to conduct your own service
years, that’s fine. Just don’t let it or tinker with it at the weekend.
go over five years. Before buying a Servicing is hugely expensive and
Veyron, I would send it to Bugatti for must be carried out at Bugatti’s
a full inspection for peace of mind.” factory in Molsheim, France. An oil
change alone will cost upwards of
£16,500. Bugatti customers had
Buyer beware…
RECALLS
to pay a mandatory annual fee of
around £10,000 for detailing in order
You wouldn’t think this would fall to keep the bodywork in a suitable
victim to a recall, but fuel gauge condition. If you’re taking on a
issues meant some cars were sent used Veyron, we would suggest
back. The gauge would tell the driver abiding by that detailing regime.
they had a full tank even when they
didn’t, which is an issue in such a
thirsty car. Another recall affected
around 100 cars built between
How much to spend
£ 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 - £9 4 9, 9 9 9
2006 and 2010 whose aluminium Earlier cars from 2007 with
panels fitted underneath could have 15,000-20,000 miles, in typical
corroded and fallen off. Therefore specifications and actually driven.
ensure the underside is in good
condition. If not, have it rectified £9 5 0 , 0 0 0 - £9 9 9, 9 9 9
by a dealer as soon as possible. Newer cars from 2009 with mileages
below 10,000, plus one customised
J A C K P L AT E S example from 2006 with bespoke
On certain cars made between 2006 alloys and an aftermarket exhaust.
and 2010, the plates responsible
WHAT WE SAID THEN
for taking the car’s weight when £1,000,000 AN D ABOVE
2 MARCH 2011
Two-seat cabin is an it’s jacked up are too weak, so the Grand Sport and Grand Sport Vitesse
“The lack of drama you experience
analogue, aluminium jack can become embedded in the editions from 2013 and 2014 with
behind the wheel makes the sensation
and leather work of art chassis. Ensure this replacement mileages as low as 2000. Primarily
of endless acceleration even more surreal
has been carried out if necessary. these are investment opportunities.
than it sounds. Even in the dry, you can sense
the four-wheel drive system apportioning
torque if you use the throttle with some
! ! !!G REAR BUMPERS
enthusiasm. Yet it’s not especially
4! ! ! $ If you’re buying a car that originally
intimidating. Such is the accuracy of the
& $&0!$ % !8  came from the UAE or the US, it will
steering and suppleness of the ride
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that you can thread it down most
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roads like other sports cars.”
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!!# $!    " !!(  $ ! To prevent the risk of cracks forming This prime example has been well
! 8" !#  8   in the alloy wheels from underuse cared for with a full Bugatti service
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A L FA R O M E O A4 Avant 5dr estate £35,965–£87,795 AAAAC Q3 5dr SUV £32,225–£64,755 AAABC
Between the various figures produced on the Giulia 4dr saloon £43,199–£52,199 AAAAB Classy and demure estate lacks the dynamic sparkle of rivals. Typically refined and competent but feels more like an A3 than an
old-style NEDC, transitional NEDC Correlated Handsome and special dynamically but lacks finesse and comes LxWxH 4725x1842x1434 Kerb weight 1370kg Audi SUV. LxWxH 4388x1831x1608 Kerb weight 1385kg
and new-style WLTP laboratory emissions and as an auto only. LxWxH 4643x1860x1436 Kerb weight 1429kg 2.0 35 TFSI 148 137 9.2 39.8-44.8 143-162 1.5 35 TFSI 148 128-131 9.2-9.6 38.7-42.2 153-166
fuel economy tests, it has become tricky to 2.0 Turbo Petrol 200 197 146 6.6 2.0 40 TFSI 36.2
201 146 7.3 176-184
39.8-43.5 147-162 2.0 40 TFSI quattro 187 136 7.4 31.0-32.5 197-207
2.0 Turbo Petrol 280 276 149 5.7 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 33.6
242 155 6.0 195
33.6-34.4 187-191 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 243 147 5.8 31.0-31.7 195
compare manufacturers’ claimed efficiency 3.0 V6 TFSI RS4 Avant 448 155-180 4.1-3.9 28.1-28.2 220-226 2.0 45 TFSIe 243 130 7.3 141.2 44-45
on the latest new cars. When you see a fuel Tonale 5dr SUV £38,595–£48,495 AAABC 2.0 30 TDI 132 131 9.8 49.6-54.3 137-150 2.5 RS Q3 quattro 396 155 4.5 27.7-28.8 217-227
economy and CO2 figure reference elsewhere, Decent dynamically and reasonable value. However, lacks the appeal 2.0 35 TDI 148 132 9.2 49.6-54.3 137-150 2.0 35 TDI 148 128 9.3 47.9-49.6 150-154
it’s often without explanation. expected from the marque. LxWxH 4528x1841x1601 Kerb weight 1525kg 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 143-144 7.1 47.9-52.3 144-156 2.0 35 TDI quattro 148 131 9.3 39.2-40.9 133-139
So, to provide as fair and clear a basis for 1.5 MHEV Speciale 5dr Auto 160 132 8.8 49.6 130 3.0 50 TDI Allroad quattro 282 155 5.3 38.2 181 2.0 40 TDI quattro 197 139 7.3 37.7-40.4 173
comparison as possible, you’ll only ever read 1.5 MHEV Ti 5dr Auto 160 132 8.8 49.6 130 3.0 S4 TDI quattro 342 155 4.7 39.2-39.8 181-193
1.5 MHEV Veloce 5dr Auto 160 132 8.8 49.6 130 Q3 Sportback 5dr SUV £35,025–£65,905 AAABC
WLTP combined fuel economy and CO2 figures A5 2dr coupé £40,545–£91,750 AAAAC A more sporting take on the compact SUV, with similarly stable
in Autocar’s first drive reviews, features and Stelvio 5dr SUV £47,295–£58,595 AAAAB Refreshed coupé gets a sharper look and a refreshed interior. Still handling. LxWxH 4500x1856x1567 Kerb weight 1460kg
comparison tests – and on these data pages. Alfa’s second SUV is a solid effort. Choosing the petrol version mundane to drive. LxWxH 4673x1846x1371 Kerb weight 1390kg 1.5 35 TFSI 148 126 9.6 39.2-41.5 153-166
Those are the aggregated results of four lab gives it charisma. LxWxH 4687x1903x1671 Kerb weight 1604kg 2.0 35 TFSI 148 140 8.9 41.5-45.6 141-154 2.0 40 TFSI quattro 187 136 7.4 30.7-32.1 197-207
tests carried out across as many different 2.2 Turbo Diesel 190 187 130 7.6 45.6 156 2.0 40 TFSI 201 150 7.1 41.5-47.1 141-154 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 243 147 5.8 32.5-32.8 195
cruising speed ranges – although they’re 2.2 Turbo Diesel 210 Q4 AWD 207 134 6.6 42.8 162 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 4.8 34.9-38.8 180-184 2.0 45 TFSIe 243 130 7.3 141.2 44-45
2.0 Turbo 200 Q4 AWD 197 134 7.2 30.1 195 2.9 V6 TFSI RS5 quattro 448 174 3.9 29.1 220 2.5 RS Q3 quattro 396 155 4.5 27.7-28.5 223-231
sometimes expressed as a range rather than as 2.0 Turbo 280 Q4 AWD 276 143 5.7 30.4 195 2.0 35 TDI 163 162 8.2 51.4-55.4 133-144 2.0 35 TDI 148 126 9.3 48.7-51.4 14552
one specific figure to show the different results 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 146 6.9 50.4-54.3 135-146 2.0 35 TDI quattro 148 131 9.3 40.4-44.8 133-139
recorded by the heaviest and lightest available ALPINE 3.0 V6 S5 TDI quattro 339 155 4.6 39.2-40.4 184-188 2.0 40 TDI quattro 197 139 7.3 38.2-39.8 173
examples of the car in question (depending on A110 2dr coupé £49,990–£129,440 AAAAA
optional equipment). A much, much greater car and achievement than the sum of its A5 Sportback 5dr coupé £40,545–£91,750 AAAAC Q4 E-tron 5dr SUV £49,930–£62,505 AAABC
In road tests, you’ll also see our own parts suggests. LxWxH 4180x1980x1252 Kerb weight 1080kg Refined, good-looking four-door coupé is sadly short on charm and Practical, pleasant and efficient – if not quite a superior premium
1.8 Turbo 248 155 4.5 42.2 152 finesse. LxWxH 4733x1843x1386 Kerb weight 1425kg product. LxWxH 4588x2108x1632 Kerb weight 1890kg
independently produced real-world fuel 1.8 Turbo S 288 162 4.4
2.0 35 TFSI 148 41.5
139 9.1 153
40.9-44.8 144-158 35 125k 168 99 9.0 201 0
economy test results for comparison with the 1.8 Turbo R 288 177 3.9
2.0 40 TFSI 201 41.5
150 7.2 154
40.9-44.8 143-158 40 150kW 201 99 8.5 307 0
lab test claims. We produce an average, track 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.6 34.4-35.3 183-187 50 quattro 220kW 296 111 6.2 298 0
and touring figure for each car we test, as often ARIEL 2.9 V6 TFSI RS5 quattro 448 174 3.9 28.5-28.8 222-224
as possible on a brim-to-brim test basis. Atom 0dr open £40,669 AAAAB 2.0 35 TDI 148 135 8.4 50.4-54.3 135-147 Q4 E-tron Sportback 5dr SUV £51,430–£64,005 AAABC
While ‘average’ represents the overall Simple, purist concept remains but everything else has changed… 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 146 7.6 49.6-54.3 137-149 Fastback variant of Audi’s mainstream electric SUV is agile and
for the better. LxWxH 3520x1880x1122 Kerb weight 595kg 3.0 S5 TDI quattro 345 155 4.6 39.8-40.4 183-187 terrifically refined. LxWxH 4588x2108x1614 Kerb weight 1895kg
economy returned by a new car over a full road 2.0 turbo 320 162 2.8 na na 35 125kW 168 99 9.0 211 0
test and ‘track’ is relevant only to intensive A6 4dr saloon £40,905–£81,340 AAAAC 40 150kW 201 99 8.5 318 0
performance testing (the length and conditions Nomad 0dr open £37,549 AAAAA Supremely well constructed but a bit soulless to drive. A smart 50 quattro 220kW 296 111 6.2 302 0
of which can vary slightly), ‘touring’ gives Well inside the top 10 list of our favourite cars. A revelation and a office on wheels. LxWxH 4939x1886x1457 Kerb weight 1645kg
the best guide of the kind of economy you riot to drive. LxWxH 3215x1850x1425 Kerb weight 670kg 2.0 40 TFSI 201 152 7.3 37.7-39.2 163-171 Q5 5dr SUV £47,795–£75,395 AAAAC
might see from a car at a steady 70mph 2.4 K24 i-VTEC 235 125 3.4
2.0 45 TFSI quattro na
242 155 6.0 na
35.3-37.2 172-182 Appealing combination of Audi allure, affordable SUV practicality
2.0 50 TFSIe quattro 299 155 6.2 217.3 31 and attractiveness. LxWxH 4663x1893x1659 Kerb weight 1720kg
motorway cruise. ASTON MARTIN 3.0 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.1 32.8-34.9 184-196 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 147 6.4 31.0-33.6 191-206
We do real-world efficiency and range Vantage 2dr coupé/2dr open £133,920–£165,420 AAAAB 2.0 40 TDI 201 152 8.1 47.9-51.4 145-155 2.0 50 TFSIe quattro 249 148 6.1 128.4 49
testing on electric cars, too, expressing the The faster, cleverer, more hardcore entry-level Aston tops its 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 153 7.6 45.6-47.9 155-163 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 136 8.1 41.5-44.8 165-179
former in terms of miles per kilowatt hour, class. LxWxH 4465x1942x1273 Kerb weight 1630kg 3.0 50 TDI quattro 282 155 5.5 38.7-40.4 183-191 3.0 SQ5 TDI quattro 344 155 5.1 32.8-34.4 216-224
as manufacturers do increasingly widely 4.0 V8 510 190-195 3.6-3.8 25.7 264 3.0 S6 TDI quattro 344 155 5.0 36.2 203-205
by convention. 4.0 V8 F1 Edition 535 195 3.6 24.3 264 Q5 Sportback 5dr SUV £50,245–£77,845 AAABC
A6 Avant 5dr estate £43,055–£116,624 AAAAC Reduced accommodation and practicality, but still a refined and
DB11 2dr coupé/2dr open £166,070–£180,420 AAAAA A capable and high-tech throwback that’s a timely reminder of solid steer. LxWxH 4689x1893x1660 Kerb weight 2010-2150kg
S TA R R AT I N G S E X P L A I N E D
The stunning replacement for the already seductive DB9 is tyre- what Audi does best. LxWxH 4939x1886x1467 Kerb weight 1710kg 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 263 149 6.1 31.7-33.6 192-202
shreddingly good. LxWxH 4739x2060x1279 Kerb weight 1875kg 2.0 40 TFSI 201 149 7.5 36.2-38.2 168-178 2.0 50 TFSIe quattro 297 148 6.1 176.6-188.3 36-38
CCCCC Inherently dangerous/unsafe. Tragically, 4.0 V8 528 192 4.0 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 25.1
242 155 6.2 254
34-36.2 177-189 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 137 7.6 42.2-44.8 166-176
irredeemably flawed. 5.2 V12 AMR 630 208 3.7 2.0 50 TFSIe quattro 21.1
294 155 6.2 303
217.3 31 3.0 SQ5 TDI quattro 336 155 5.1 33.2-34.4 216-222
BCCCC Appalling. Massively significant failings. 4.0 RS6 quattro 596 155-174 3.6 21.9-22.6 283-294
ACCCC Very poor. Fails to meet any accepted DBS 2dr coupé/open £259,420–£279,920 AAAAA 2.0 40 TDI 201 149 8.3 45.6-49.6 150-162 Q7 5dr SUV £60,820–£100,840 AAAAC
Effortlessly fast, intoxicating to drive: the big Aston is better than 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 150 7.6 44.1-46.3 159-167 Unengaging to drive and light on feel, but the cabin is both huge
class boundaries. ever. LxWxH 4712x2146x1280 Kerb weight 1693kg 3.0 S6 TDI quattro 344 155 5.1 35.3 209 and classy. LxWxH 5052x1968x1740 Kerb weight 2060kg
ABCCC Poor. Within acceptable class 5.2 V12 715 211 3.4 20.9 306 3.0 V6 55 TFSI quattro 338 155 5.9 25.4-27.4 233-253
boundaries in a few areas. Still not A7 Sportback 5dr coupé £55,115–£133,705 AAABC 3.0 V6 55 TFSIe quattro 376 149 5.9 108.6-113 56-58
recommendable. DBX 5dr SUV £168,420–£192,420 AAAAB Easy on the eye and to live with, but let down by stolid dynamics. 4.0 SQ7 quattro 500 155 4.1 29.4-30.1 232
Doesn’t try to be the biggest, fastest SUV, and may be all the more LxWxH 4969x1908x1422 Kerb weight 1880kg 3.0 V6 45 TDI quattro 228 142 7.3 32.1-34.0 217-230
AACCC Off the pace. Below average in nearly appealing for it. LxWxH 5039x1998x1680 Kerb weight 2245kg 2.0 45 TFSI quattro
35.3-36.2 177-183 242 155 6.2 3.0 V6 50 TDI quattro 282 150 6.5 32.1-34.0 217-230
all areas. 4.0 V8 550 181 4.5 19.8 323
2.0 50 TFSIe quattro
134.5-141.2 46-47 294 155 6.3
AABCC Acceptable. About average in key areas, 4.0 V8 DBX 707 697 193 3.3 19.9 323 22.2-23.0 280-287 Q8 5dr SUV £71,635–£129,965
4.0 RS7 quattro 596 155-174 AAAAC3.6
but disappoints. 47.9-49.6 150-156 Striking and effective coupé-SUV range-topper leaves us wanting
2.0 40 TDI 201 152 8.3
AU D I 45.6-47.1 158-163 more. LxWxH 4986x1995x1705 Kerb weight 2145kg
2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 155 7.0
AAACC Competent. Above average in some A1 Sportback 5dr hatch £20,665–£28,900 AAABC 3.0 S7 TDI quattro
35.3-35.8 205-208 3.0 V6 55 TFSI quattro 344
335 155 155
5.9 5.1
25.9-26.4 243-248
areas, average in others. Outstanding Quite pricey, but a rounded car with plenty of rational appeal. 3.0 V6 55 TFSIe quattro 381 149 5.8 94.2 67-68
in none. LxWxH 4029x1746x1418 Kerb weight 1105kg A8 4dr saloon £76,135–£118,830 AAAAC 3.0 V6 60 TFSIe quattro 462 149 5.4 94.2-97.4 66-68
AAABC Good. Competitive in key areas. 1.0 25 TFSI 94 118 10.8 48.7-50.4 128-133 Technical tour de force benefits from Audi’s knack of making very 4.0 SQ8 quattro 503 155 4.1 31.0-31.7 234-239
1.0 30 TFSI 114 126 9.5 46.3-51.4 124-139 good limousines. LxWxH 5172x1945x1473 Kerb weight 1920kg 4.0 V8 RS Q8 quattro 592 155 3.8 20.2-20.5 314-318
AAAAC Very good. Very competitive in key 1.5 35 TFSI 148 137 7.7 44.1-44.8 142-145 3.0 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.6 28.2-29.4 206-212 3.0 V6 50 TDI quattro 282 150 6.1 32.8-33.2 222-226
areas, competitive in secondary 3.0 55 TFSI quattro LWB 335 155 5.7 28.2-29.1 219-228
respects. A3 Sportback 5dr hatch £26,045–£48,455 AAAAC 3.0 60 TFSIe quattro 449 155 4.9 100.9-113.0 57-64 Q8 E-tron 5dr SUV £67,800–£114,500 AAAAB
AAAAB Excellent. Near class-leading in key Bolder design and improved dynamics make the A3 stand out more 3.0 50 TDI quattro 282 155 5.9 38.7-40.9 180-192 A rounded, uber-luxurious addition to the premium EV niche.
than ever. LxWxH 4343x1816x1425 Kerb weight 1220kg 3.0 50 TDI quattro LWB 282 155 5.9 38.2-40.4 182-193 LxWxH 4901x1935x1629 Kerb weight 2490kg
areas and in some ways outstanding. 1.0 30 TFSI 108 127 10.6 48.7-51.4 125-132 50 quattro 95kWh 335 124 6.8 190 0
AAAAA Brilliant, unsurpassed. All but flawless. 1.5 35 TFSI 148 139 8.7 46.3-50.4 128-138 E-tron GT 4dr saloon £84,000–£137,390 AAAAB 55 quattro 114kWh 408 124 5.6 237 0
2.0 40 TFSI quattro 201 150 6.9 38.7-40.4 159-166 Combines striking looks with a high-class interior and never feels SQ8 quattro 114kWh 503 130 4.5 223 0
2.0 40 TFSIe 201 141 7.6 235.4 29 short of pace. LxWxH 4989x2158x1396 Kerb weight 2276kg
ABARTH 2.0 45 TFSIe 242 144 6.8 235.4 29 quattro 93kWh 528 152 4.1 296 0 Q8 E-tron Sportback 5dr SUV £70,300–£117,000 AAAAB
595 3dr hatch/2dr open £23,165–£27,315 AAABC 2.0 S3 quattro 308 155 4.8 34.4-34.9 183-186 RS quattro 93kWh 637 155 3.3 283 0 Quick and classy EV builds on the solid foundations of its more
The Fiat 500’s Abarth makeover makes it a true pocket rocket. 2.0 30 TDI 113 128 10.1 61.4-64.2 115-122 upright sibling. LxWxH 4901x1935x1616 Kerb weight 2480kg
LxWxH 3657x1627x1485 Kerb weight 1070kg 2.0 35 TDI 148 142 8.3 56.5-62.8 112-130 Q2 5dr SUV £25,580–£48,175 AAAAC 50 quattro 95kWH 335 118 6.0 192 0
1.4 T-jet 145 143 130 7.8 38.7-39.2 155 2.0 40 TDI quattro 198 151 6.8 47.9-50.4 148-155 Audi’s smallest SUV is a decent stepping stone from the A3 to the 55 quattro 114kWh 403 124 5.6 242 0
1.4 T-jet 165 162 135 7.3 37.7-38.2 155 Q range. LxWxH 4191x1794x1508 Kerb weight 1205kg SQ8 quattro 114kWh 503 130 4.5 224 0
1.4 T-jet 180 Competizione 177 140 6.9 36.7 156 A3 Saloon 4dr saloon £28,010–£49,020 AAAAC 1.0 30 TFSI 108 122 11.2 44.8-47.1 135-143
1.4 T-jet 180 Esseesse 177 140 6.7 36.7 160 Undercuts the case to own an A4. Upmarket interior and good to 1.5 35 TFSI 148 131 8.6 42.2-44.8 142-151 TT 2dr coupé £35,415–£87,650 AAAAC
drive. LxWxH 4495x1984x1425 Kerb weight 1225kg 2.0 SQ2 TFSI 298 155 4.9 32.8-33.2 192-195 Still serves up plenty of pace, style and usability for the money. It’s
695 3dr hatch/2dr open £25,665–£32,015 AAABC 1.0 30 TFSI 108 130 10.6 50.4-51.4 124-128 better to drive, too. LxWxH 4191x1966x1376 Kerb weight 1365kg
A convincing track-day 500 with decent dynamic ability, but overly 1.5 35 TFSI 148 144 8.7 47.9-50.4 127-134 2.0 40 TFSI 194 155 6.6 40.4-41.5 154-158
firm ride spoils it. LxWxH 3657x1627x1485 Kerb weight 1045kg 2.0 40 TFSI quattro 201 154 7.0 39.2-40.9 157-165 2.0 45 TFSI 242 155 5.8-5.9 38.7-39.2 162-167
1.4 T-jet 180 Esseesse 177 140 6.7 36.2-36.7 156 2.0 S3 quattro 308 155 4.8 35.3-36.2 178-181 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.2 34.9-35.8 180-184
2.0 30 TDI 116 130 10.1 62.8-64.2 114-119 2.0 50 TFSI quattro TTS 302 155 4.5 34.9-35.3 180-183
AC 2.0 35 TDI 148 142 8.3 58.9-67.3 111-127 2.5 TT RS quattro 395 155 3.7 30.7 208-210
Cobra 2dr open £89,500–£145,000 AAAAC 2.0 40 TDI quattro 198 155 6.8 48.7-51.4 145-152
Can’t match modern supercars but is pure driving indulgence. TT Roadster 2dr open £37,165–£72,050 AAAAC
LxWxH 3657x1627x1485 Kerb weight 1100kg A4 4dr saloon £34,565–£59,830 AAAAC Plenty of pace and driver reward, along with prestige and design-
140 Charter Edition 350 na 6.0 na na High quality and competent but leaves the dynamic finesse to its icon style. LxWxH 4191x1966x1355 Kerb weight 1455kg
378 Superblower 650 155 4.1 na na rivals. LxWxH 4726x1842x1427 Kerb weight 1320kg 2.0 40 TFSI 194 155 6.9 39.2-40.4 159-163
Series 1 Electric 650 308 6.7 150 0 2.0 35 TFSI 148 140 8.6 40.9-46.3 141-155 2.0 45 TFSI 242 155 6.0-6.1 37.2-38.2 168-172
2.0 40 TFSI 201 155 7.3 40.9-44.8 143-156 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.5 33.6-34.4 185-190
2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.6 34.9-35.3 181-184 2.0 50 TFSI quattro TTS 302 155 4.8 34.0-34.4 185-188
2.0 30 TDI 132 133 9.5 50.4-55.4 133-146 2.5 TT RS quattro 395 155 3.9 29.7-30.1 214-215
2.0 35 TDI 148 142 8.9 50.4-55.4 133-146
2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 146 7.4 50.4-54.3 137-148
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R8 2dr coupé £132,805–£168,910 AAAAC X3 5dr SUV £45,585–£89,070 AAAAC 2.0 Supercharged 620S 310 145 3.4 na na
Usable but no less involving or dramatic for it. V10 is deliciously Continues where the last one left off. Dynamically good and more 2.0 Supercharged 620R 310 155 2.8 na na
brutal. LxWxH 4426x1940x1240 Kerb weight 1590kg luxurious inside. LxWxH 4708x1891x1676 Kerb weight 1750kg
5.2 V10 RWD 538 201 3.7 22.2 288 xDrive20i 181 134 8.3 35.3-35.8 179-181 CHEVROLET
5.2 V10 quattro 567 201 3.4 21.9 294 xDrive30e 288 130 6.1 134.5 51-54 Corvette 2dr coupé/2dr open £77,320–£89,530 AAAAC
5.2 V10 Performance q’tro 610 205 3.1 21.7 295-296 xDrive M40i 355 155 4.8 31.4 204 Mid-engined chassis brings handling smarts the ’Vette has never
X3M Competition 503 155 4.1 24.8 261 known the likes of. LxWxH 4634x1935x1235 Kerb weight 1655kg
R8 Spyder 2dr open £141,495–£177,600 AAAAC xDrive20d 187 132 8.0 47.1-47.9 154-156 6.2 V8 475 185 3.5 23.3 277
Taking the roof off the R8 enhances the drama tenfold. xDrive30d 261 149 5.8 45.6 161-163
LxWxH 4426x1940x1245 Kerb weight 1680kg xDrive M40d 321 155 4.9 43.5 171 CITROEN
5.2 V10 RWD 538 200 3.8 20.9 307 Ami 2dr quadricycle £7695–£8895
5.2 V10 quattro 567 200 3.5 20.5 313 iX3 5dr SUV £62,865–£65,865 AAAAC Incredibly slow and basic but full of character and will perfectly
5.2 V10 Performance q’tro 610 204 3.2 20.3 315 All-electric SUV is brisk, agile, versatile and competitive with its suit some use cases. LxWxH 2410x1390x1520 Kerb weight 471kg
closest rivals. LxWxH 4584x1852x1640 Kerb weight 2185kg 6kW 5.5kWh 8 28 na 43 0
BAC M4 xDrive Competiton 503 155 3.5 28.2 227 80kWh 282 112 6.8 286 0
Mono 0dr open £165,125 AAAAB M4 CSL 543 191 3.7 28.5 224 C3 5dr hatchback £13,995–£22,210 AAABC
An F-22 Raptor for the road, only significantly better built. 420d 187 143 7.1 58.9-61.4 121-126 X4 5dr SUV £51,455–£90,830 AAABC Funky, fresh look gives a lease of life, shame that underneath isn’t
LxWxH 3952x1836x1110 Kerb weight 580kg 420d xDrive 187 148 7.4 55.4-57.6 129-135 Downsized X6 is respectable enough if not lovable, but the X3 is a the same. LxWxH 3996x1749x1474 Kerb weight 976kg
2.5 VVT 305 170 2.8 na na M440d xDrive 335 155 4.6 47.9 154 better option. LxWxH 4671x1881x1624 Kerb weight 1735kg 1.2 PureTech 82 79 107 12.8 51.3 130-131
xDrive M40i 336 155 4.9 31.7 203 1.2 PureTech 110 107 117 9.3 52.3 129-131
BENTLEY 4 Series Convertible 2dr open £47,155–£85,870 AAAAC X4M Competiton 503 155 4.1 24.8 259 1.5 BlueHDi 100 96 115 10.6 67.0 117-118
Continental GT 2dr coupé £178,820–£260,120 AAAAC Fabric-roofed grand tourer has just as much talent as its coupé xDrive20d 187 131 8.0 47.1-47.9 161-165
Refined and improved in every area, making the Conti a superb sibling. LxWxH 4768x2081x1384 Kerb weight 1715kg xDrive30d 254 145 5.8 45.6-46.3 159-163 C3 Aircross 5dr hatchback £20,635–£25,955 AAABC
grand tourer. LxWxH 4850x1966x1405 Kerb weight 2244kg 420i 181 147 8.2 40.4-41.5 154-159 xDrive M40d 322 155 4.9 43.5 169 Funky-looking C3 gets a jacked-up, rugged SUV look.
4.0 V8 542 198 4.0 23.9 268 430i 242 155 6.2 38.7-40.4 160-165 LxWxH 4155x1765x1637 Kerb weight 1088kg
6.0 W12 Speed 626 207 3.6 20.8 308 M440i xDrive 371 155 4.9 35.3 182 X5 5dr SUV £64,040–£118,920 AAAAC 1.2 PureTech 110 107 115 11.3 51.5 141-143
M4 xDrive Competition 503 155 3.7 27.7 231 More capable, convenient, refined and classy SUV that’s a more 1.2 PureTech 130 127 124 10.4 47.3 150
Continental GTC 2dr open £196,420–£285,920 AAAAB 420d 188 147 7.6 55.4-57.6 129-134 satisfying drive. LxWxH 4922x2004x1745 Kerb weight 2110kg 1.5 BlueHDi 100 96 109 12.8 62.7 126-128
Immensely capable and refined open-top cruiser with effortless 430d 282 155 5.8 50.4-52.3 141-146 xDrive40i 335 155 5.5 27.7-28.2 227-231
performance. LxWxH 4850x2187x1399 Kerb weight 2414kg M440d xDrive 335 155 4.6 47.9 154 xDrive45e 282 155 5.6 188.3-235.4 31 C4 5dr hatchback £22,060–£34,995 AAACC
4.0 V8 542 198 4.1 23.3 275 xDrive M50i 523 155 4.3 27.3 276 Interesting to look at but soft and unrewarding to drive. Electric
6.0 W12 Speed 626 207 3.7 20.2 336 4 Series Gran Coupé 4dr coupé £42,960–£57,365 AAAAC X5M Competition 623 155 3.8 22.1 304 ë-C4 is better. LxWxH 4355x1800x1525 Kerb weight 1247kg
The same impressive package we love from the 3 Series, with xDrive30d 261 130 6.8 41.5-42.2 175-179 1.2 PureTech 99 114 11.3 54.8 116
Flying Spur 4dr saloon £173,470–£244,520 AAAAB added style. LxWxH 4783x2073x1442 Kerb weight 1825kg xDrive40d 340 152 5.5 38.7-39.2 192-196 1.2 PureTech 130 128 130 8.9-9.4 50.2-54.7 117-127
New from the ground up, with the looks and technology of a class 420i 181 146 7.9 41.5 154 1.2 PureTech 155 153 129 8.5 48.8 131
winner. LxWxH 5316x1879x1483 Kerb weight 2437kg 430i 242 155 6.2 39.8 160-161 X6 5dr SUV £65,740–£121,620 AAABC 1.5 BlueHDi 108 120 10.9 68.7-69.1 114-115
3.0 V6 Hybrid 536 177 4.3 na na M440i xDrive 371 155 4.7 35.3 182 The world’s first off-road coupé, but appearances make it difficult 1.5 BlueHDi 130 129 128 9.5 64.5-64.9 114-115
4.0 V8 548 198 4.1 22.2 288 420d 188 146 7.3 56.5 130 to love. LxWxH 4909x1989x1702 Kerb weight 2065kg ë-C4 50kWh 134 93 9.7 227 0
6.0 W12 632 207 3.8 19.1 337 420d xDrive 188 145 7.6 53.3 138 xDrive40i 338 155 5.5 28.0-28.5 225-230
xDrive M50i 523 155 4.3 23.5 272 C5 Aircross 5dr SUV £26,930–£38,275 AAABC
Bentayga 5dr SUV £155,665–£197,420 AAAAB i4 4dr saloon £53,480–£65,795 AAAAC X6 M Competition 623 155 3.8 22.4 287 Smooth-riding SUV has an easy-going nature, but not the most
Crewe’s first attempt at an SUV remains ahead of most luxury Fast, refined and with lots of traditional appeal to convert xDrive30d 254 143 6.7 42.2-42.8 172-176 dynamic. LxWxH 4500x1859x1670 Kerb weight 1530kg
rivals. LxWxH 5140x1998x1742 Kerb weight 2505kg sceptics. LxWxH 4783x1852x1448 Kerb weight 2215kg xDrive40d 340 154 5.5 38.7-39.8 187-191 1.2 PureTech 130 128 117 10.5 44.2 149-151
3.0 V6 Hybrid 448 158 5.5 83.1 82 eDrive40 338 118 5.7 352-365 0 1.6 PureTech 225 PHEV 223 140 8.7 184.0 50
4.0 V8 542 171 4.5 21.7 302 M50 542 140 3.9 318 0 iX 5dr SUV £77,305–£107,305 AAAAC 1.5 BlueHDI 130 129 117 10.4 57.3 138-139
Comfort-conscious yet strong and athletic. A bold new flagship for
BMW 5 Series 4dr saloon £41,480–£107,520 AAAAB BMW’s EV family. LxWxH 4953x2230x1696 Kerb weight 2510kg C5 X 5dr SUV £27,790–£39,960 AAAAC
1 Series 5dr hatch £27,245–£39,825 AAAAB The perfect compromise between the comfy E-Class and dynamic xDrive40 326 124 6.1 256 0 An unconventional take on the conventional that brings comfort to
May not drive like a traditional BMW but delivers on upmarket hatch XF, and then some. LxWxH 4936x2126x1479 Kerb weight 1530kg xDrive50 523 124 4.6 375 0 the fore. LxWxH 4805x1865x1485 Kerb weight 1418kg
values. LxWxH 4319x1799x1434 Kerb weight 1365kg 520i 181 146 7.8 44.8-45.6 142-145 M60 623 155 3.8 346 0 1.2 PureTech 130 128 130 10.4 48.6 136
118i 138 132 8.5 46.3-47.1 130-134 530e 288 146 5.9 117.7-128.4 32-43 1.6 PureTech 180 181 143 8.1 43.9 147
128ti 261 155 6.1 40.9 157 530e xDrive 288 146 5.9 134-166 38-48 X7 5dr SUV £83,915–£106,870 AAAAC 1.6 PureTech 225 PHEV 223 145 7.8 186-236 30-34
M135i xDrive 302 155 4.8 36.2 177 545e xDrive 394 155 3.8 128-134 49-51 BMW’s largest SUV yet crowns the line-up, but faces strong
116d 114 124 10.1-10.3 60.1-62.8 119-123 M550i xDrive 528 155 3.8 25.9 247 competition. LxWxH 5151x2000x1805 Kerb weight 2395kg ë-Berlingo 5dr MPV £31,945–£34,495 AAACC
118d 148 134 8.4-8.5 58.9-60.1 123-127 M5 Competition 616 155 3.3 25.4 252 xDrive40i 338 155 6.1 28.7 249-250 New electric version of venerable people carrier is suddenly the
120d 187 144 7.3 55.4-57.6 129-133 520d 187 147 7.5 57.6-58.9 126-129 xDrive M50i 523 155 4.7 22.1 283-291 only one available. LxWxH 4403x1921x1849 Kerb weight 2440kg
120d xDrive 187 143 7.0 52.3-53.3 139-142 520d xDrive 187 144 7.6 54.3-55.4 132-135 xDrive40d 340 152 6.1 36.2 203-204 50kWh 136 84 9.0 182 0
530d xDrive 261 155 5.4 51.4-52.3 143-145
2 Series 2dr coupé £36,010–£47,515 AAAAB Z4 2dr coupé £40,745–£53,850 AAAAC CUPRA
Takes everything positive about its predecessor and refines it 5 Series Touring 5dr estate £44,085–£59,655 AAAAB Better to drive than ever but makes a better open-top cruiser than Born 5dr hatch £34,715–£41,975 AAABC
further. LxWxH 4537x2068x1390 Kerb weight 1490kg The excellent 5 Series made in more practical form. The 520d is a true sports car. LxWxH 4689x1942x1293 Kerb weight 1485kg Electric hot hatch shows promise and annoyance in equal
220i 184 147 7.5 44.1 145 still the best. LxWxH 4942x2126x1498 Kerb weight 1630kg sDrive20i 195 155 6.6 39.8-40.4 160-161 measure. LxWxH 4322x1809x1540 Kerb weight 1736kg
230i 242 155 5.9
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181 139 8.2151 40.4-42.2 152-160 sDrive30i 255 155 5.4 39.8 161-162 58kWh 201 99 7.3 262-263 0
M240i xDrive 374 155 4.3
530e 34.4
292 140 6.1186 156.9-176.6 35-40 sDrive M40i 338 155 4.6 35.8 181 77kWh 226 99 6.6–7 339 0
220d 188 147 6.9
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292 140 6.1122 134.5-156.9 42-47
540i xDrive 335 155 5.1 34.9-35.8 179-185 BMW ALPINA Leon 5dr hatch £33,100–£40,485 AAABC
2 Series Gran Coupé 4dr saloon £28,705–£40,730 AAACC 520d 187 147 7.8 52.3-55.4 134-142 B3/D3 4dr saloon/5dr estate £63,500–£79,000 AAAAA PHEV makes for a confused take on the hot hatch. ICE versions are
Blends 1 Series platform with rakish looks, but lacks the coupé’s 520d xDrive 187 144 7.9 49.6-52.3 140-148 Buchloe’s take on 3 Series makes a case for being all the car you more enjoyable. LxWxH 4398x1799x1467 Kerb weight 1596kg
driver appeal. LxWxH 4526x1800x1420 Kerb weight 1350kg 530d xDrive 261 155 5.6 46.3-47.9 160 could ever need. LxWxH 4620x1811x1430 Kerb weight 1865kg 1.4 eHybrid 241 140 6.7 217.3 30-32
218i 138 134 8.7 46.3-47.1 136-138 3.0 BiTurbo 488 187 3.7 25.9 229 2.0 TSI 242 155 6.4 39.2 162-163
220i 178 148 7.1 46.3-47.1 136-139 7 Series 4dr saloon £102,305–£116,655 AAAAC 3.0 D3S 355 168-170 4.6-4.8 37.2 182 2.0 TSI 300 298 155 5.7 37.2 171-172
M235i xDrive 302 155 4.9 37.2 172 New mild-hybrid flagship saloon is better in every way than its
218d 148 138 8.6 58.9-60.1 123-125 predecessor. LxWxH 5098x1902x1478 Kerb weight 1755kg B4/D4 4dr saloon/5dr estate £65,700–£79,890 Leon Estate 5dr estate £37,890–£43,290 AAAAC
220d 188 148 7.5 56.5-57.6 129-131 750e xDrive 482 155 4.8 53.4 na 4 series shell combines the B3’s engine to make a very compelling More practical version of the most potent Leon blows as hot and
M760e xDrive 563 155 4.3 na na package. LxWxH 4794x2068x1438 Kerb weight 1890kg cold as the hatch. LxWxH 4657x1799x1463 Kerb weight na
2 Series Active Tourer 5dr hatch £31,285–£43,205 AAAAC 3.0 BiTurbo 488 187 3.7 25.9 229 1.4 eHybrid 241 140 7 201.8 31-34
Proves there’s still a place for the MPV in this SUV-led world. i7 4dr saloon £108,305–£134,555 3.0 D4S 355 168-170 4.8 na 182 2.0 TSI 310 306 155 4.9 32.8-34.4 186
LxWxH 4354x1800x1555 Kerb weight 1545kg Tech-laden luxury saloon arrives as new flagship with class-
220i 154 137 8.1 47.1-47.9 135-137 leading comfort. LxWxH 5391x1950x1544 Kerb weight 2715kg B5/D5 4dr saloon/5dr estate £66,275–£99,900 AAAAC Ateca 5dr hatch £41,070–£46,585 AAABC
223i 201 150 7.0 45.6-46.3 138-140 xDrive60 526 149 4.7 na na Is it the best alternative to an M5? Yes, at least from a practicality First model from Seat’s stand-alone performance brand has decent
225e xDrive 241 121 6.7 na na viewpoint. LxWxH 4956x1868x1466 Kerb weight 2015kg pace and precision. LxWxH 4376x1841x1615 Kerb weight 1615kg
230e xDrive 321 127 5.5 na na 8 Series 2dr coupé/2dr open £79,475–£133,020 AAAAC 4.4 V8 BiTurbo 599 200-205 3.4-4.6 23.5 263 2.0 TSI 300 296 153 5.2 32.5 197
218d 148 137 8.8 57.6-58.9 127-129 Has dynamism to spare but not quite the breadth of ability of the 3.0 D5S 347 171 4.8 42.2 199
best sporting GTs. LxWxH 4843x1902x1341 Kerb weight 1830kg Formentor 5dr SUV £29,880–£45,885 AAAAC
3 Series 4dr saloon £37,805–£80,970 AAAAA 840i 335 155 5.0 33.2-33.6 193-194 B7 4dr saloon £126,000 AAAAC Bespoke-to-Cupra SUV delivers a well-rounded, sure-footed and
Latest 3 Series has a growth spurt, but size is no obstacle for an M850i xDrive 523 155 3.7 24.8-25.2 255-260 A 7 Series with a power boost gives BMW a worthy challenger to rewarding drive. LxWxH 4450x1839x1511 Kerb weight 1569kg
engaging drive. LxWxH 4709x1827x1442 Kerb weight 1450kg M8 Competition 623 155 3.2-3.3 25.2-25.4 252-254 the AMG S-Classes. LxWxH 5250x1902x1491 Kerb weight 2060kg 1.5 TSI 150 148 127 8.9 43.5-44.8 143-148
320i 181 146 7.1 44.1 144-146 4.4 V8 BiTurbo 599 205 3.6
2.0 TSI 190 24.4 264 188 137 7.1 36.2-37.7 171-176
320i xDrive 181 142 7.6 41.5-42.2 153-154 8 Series Gran Coupé 4dr saloon £76,975–£130,520 AAAAC 1.4 eHybrid 204 201 127 7.8 201.8-235 33-37
330i 254 155 5.8 40.9-42.8 150-156 Four-door grand tourer offers greater practicality than its two-door B8 Gran Coupé 4dr saloon £136,500 AAAAC 1.4 eHybrid 245 242 130 7.0 176.6-188 33-35
330e 288 143 5.9 188.3-201.8 37-38 siblings. LxWxH 5072x1932x1397 Kerb weight 1800kg Superbly rounded, but lacking some of the dynamism implied by its 2.0 TSI 310 310 155 4.9 32.8-33.2 193-194
330e xDrive 288 143 5.9 na na 840i 335 155 5.2 33.2 194 looks. LxWxH 5090x1930x1430 Kerb weight 2140kg
M340i xDrive 369 155 4.4 34.9 185 M850i xDrive 523 155 3.9 24.6 260 4.4 V8 BiTurbo 621 201 3.4 25.4 270 DACIA
M3 Competition 503 155 3.9 28.8 223 M8 Competition 623 155 3.2 25.4 254 Sandero 5dr hatch £12,595–£14,095 AAAAC
M3 xDrive Competition 503 155 3.5 28.2 228 XD3 5dr SUV £70,075 AAAAC Still as cheap, remarkably likeable and usable as most recent
318d 148 132 8.3-8.4 52.6-62.8 117-129 X1 5dr SUV £42,080–£47,785 AAAAC Pleasant BMW SUV impressively enhanced with the usual Alpina superminis. LxWxH 4088x1848x1499 Kerb weight 1130kg
320d 187 146 6.8-7.1 56.5-60.1 124-131 Pick of the premium bunch and very spacious, but expensive and toolkit. LxWxH 4732x1897x2015 Kerb weight 2015kg 1.0 TCe 90 111 11.7 53.3 120
320d xDrive 187 144 6.9 54.3-56.5 130-136 not that small LxWxH 4500x1845x1642 Kerb weight 1655kg 3.0 BiTurbo 330 158 4.9 31.4 173 1.0 TCe Bi-Fuel 99 114 11.6 52.3 123
330d 263 155 5.5 47.1-49.6 150-156 sDrive18i 138 127 9.7 42.8 149-150
330d xDrive 263 155 5.1 47.1 157-158 sDrive20i 189 138 7.4 40.9 156-157 XB7 5dr SUV £137,000 AAAAC Sandero Stepway 5dr hatch £13,795–£16,435 AAABC
M340d xDrive 338 155 4.6 46.3 160 xDrive20i 189 na 7.7 38.2-38.7 166-167 Huge power and impressive luxury credentials, but can’t justify the A more expensive and slightly more rugged cheap car – but still
xDrive23i 201 145 7.4 41.5 153 hefty price jump. LxWxH 5151x2218x1797 Kerb weight 2655kg limited. LxWxH 4099x1848x1535 Kerb weight 1040kg
3 Series Touring 5dr estate £39,810–£83,470 AAAAB sDrive18d 148 126 8.9 55.4 133-134 4.4 V8 BiTurbo 621 180 4.2 23.5 274 1.0 TCe 88 107 12 50.4 127
Towering everyday appeal. Arguably the best all-rounder sensible xDrive 23d 194 140 7.4 56.5 131 1.0 TCe 100 Bi-Fuel 99 109 11.9 48.7 130-131
money can buy. LxWxH 4620x1811x1430 Kerb weight 1565kg C AT E R H A M
320i 181 143 7.5 42.2 152-153 iX1 5dr SUV £52,255–£54,960 Seven 2dr open £24,490–£54,990 AAAAB Duster 5dr SUV £15,295–£22,145 AAAAC
330i 254 155 5.9 39.2-40.9 156-163 Not the most engaging to drive, but a seriously comprehensive The 360 is the sweet spot, giving the Seven just the right hit of A value champion. If cheap family transport is what you require,
330e 292 143 5.9 176.6-201.8 32-37 electric prospect. LxWxH 4500x1845x1642 Kerb weight 1655kg performance. LxWxH 3100x1575x1090 Kerb weight 490kg the Duster delivers. LxWxH 4341x2052x1633 Kerb weight 1189kg
330e xDrive 292 140 5.9 156.9-176.6 37-42 xDrive30 308 112 5.7 na na 660cc Suzuki 170 84 105 6.9 58.4 109 1.0 TCe 90 89 103 13.5 46.3 139
M340i xDrive 371 155 4.5 33.6 191 2.0 Duratec 360 180 130 4.8 na na 1.3 TCe 130 128 120 10.6 45.6 141
318d 148 133 8.8 57.6-58.9 126-127 X2 5dr SUV £33,540–£49,150 AAAAC 2.0 Duratec 420 210 136 3.8 na na 1.3 TCe 150 148 125 9.7 44.8 143
320d 188 142 7.1-7.9 54.3-57.6 115-121 Proves crossovers aren’t always worse than the hatchbacks on 1.0 TCe 100 Bi-Fuel 99 106 14.4 na 146
320d xDrive 188 142 7.4 51.4-54.3 136-143 which they’re based. LxWxH 4360x1824x1526 Kerb weight 1460kg 1.5 dCi 115 113 113 10.3 57.7 128
330d 263 140 5.6
sDrive18i 45.6-47.1 158-163 138 127 9.6 42.8-43.5 148-150 1.5 dCi 115 4x4 113 108 12.1 51.4 143
330d xDrive 261 155 5.4
sDrive20i 43.5-44.8 166-171 189 141 7.7 40.9-41.5 154-156
M340d xDrive 340 155 4.8
xDrive20i 44.8 165 189 na 7.6 38.7-39.2 164-166 Jogger 5dr MPV £16,645–£18,745 AAAAB
M3 xDrive Competition 503 155 3.6
xDrive25e na 235 220 121 6.8 156.9 40-41 A real reason for families to flock to Dacia dealers. Basic to drive
M35i 302 155 4.9 34.4 187 but very versatile. LxWxH 4547x1848x1632 Kerb weight 1205kg
4 Series 2dr coupé £41,800–£128,225 AAAAC sDrive18d 148 129 9.3-9.8 55.4 132-134 1.0 TCe 107 114 11.2 49.6 130-131
A rounded, engaging and potent coupé let down only by its looks. xDrive18d 148 128 9.2 50.4-51.4 144-146
LxWxH 4768x2081x1390 Kerb weight 1590kg xDrive20d 185 137 7.7 49.6-50.4 147-149 D AV I D B R O W N A U T O M O T I V E
420i 181 149 7.5 42.2-44.1 146-151 Speedback GT 3dr coupé £620,000 AAAAC
430i 254 155 5.8 40.4-42.2 153-159 Classic looks are matched with lovely drive thanks to modern
M440i xDrive 369 155 4.5 36.7 175 Jaguar hardware. LxWxH 4760x1860x1350 Kerb weight 1800kg
M4 Competition 503 155 3.9 28.8 228 5.0 V8 Auto 601 155 4.8 23.0 292

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Focus Estate 5dr estate £24,660–£36,360 AAABC Jazz 5dr hatch £20,860–£26,850 AAAAC INEOS
Almost as good to drive as the hatch, but a Skoda Octavia will Not the most compact or vivacious but has decent handling and is Grenadier 6dr SUV £54,900–£61,900
carry more. LxWxH 4669x1825x1481 Kerb weight 1485kg cleverly packaged. LxWxH 4044x1694x1526 Kerb weight 1300kg Has bags of charm on the road and is virtually unbeatable off it.
1.0 Ecoboost 125 123 120-123 10.3-10.6 55.4 98-116 1.5 i-MMD 109 108 9.4-9.9 62.8 102-110 LxWxH 4896x1930x2036 Kerb weight 2669kg
1.0 Ecoboost MHEV 155 152 127-130 9.4-9.7 55.4 116 3.0T 6dr Auto 282 99 8.6 21.4 299
2.3T Ecoboost 280 ST 276 155 5.8-6.0 35.3 183 Civic 5dr hatch £29,595–£40,220 AAAAC 3.0TD 6dr Auto 245 99 9.9 27.4 268
1.5 EcoBlue 120 118 120 10.6 61.4 120 A fresh look while remaining practical, refined and upmarket. Lacks
some dynamism. LxWxH 4518x1799x1434 Kerb weight 1275kg JAGUAR
Ecosport 5dr SUV £23,435–£24,635 AAACC 2.0 eHEV 181 112 7.8-8.1 156.5-60.1 108-114 XE 4dr saloon £32,205–£42,345 AAAAB
Facelifted version of the pumped-up Fiesta is okay, but developing- 2.0 VTEC Turbo Type R 315 169 5.8 33.2 191-193 Tops the pile thanks to outstanding driver appeal. Poised and
world roots show. LxWxH 4096x1765x1653 Kerb weight 1280kg engaging but refined. LxWxH 4678x1850x1416 Kerb weight 1450kg
1.0T Ecoboost 125 123 111 11.0 45.6 141 HR-V 5dr SUV £29,410–£34,850 AAABC 2.0 P300 AWD 296 155 5.9 30.8-32.4 197-207
1.0T Ecoboost 140 138 115 10.2 45.6 142 Fine ergonomics and big on superficial charm, but ultimately 2.0 P250 246 150 6.7 34.2 186
leaves us cold. LxWxH 4340x1790x1582 Kerb weight 1380kg 2.0 D200 198 146 7.3 54.0-57.7 128-137
DS Puma 5dr SUV £24,145–£33,615 AAAAC 1.5 eHEV 131 106 10.7 52.3 122
3 Crossback 5dr SUV £25,200–£42,470 AAABC Compact crossover finally has a class leader capable of appealing XF 4dr saloon £35,100–£47,730 AAAAB
First foray into compact SUVs comfortably competes with more to petrolheads. LxWxH 4186x1805x1554 Kerb weight 1280kg CR-V 5dr SUV £32,815–£40,910 AAAAC Outstandingly broad-batted dynamically, plus a pleasant cabin.
established rivals. LxWxH 4118x1802x1534 Kerb weight 1205kg 1.0T Ecoboost MHEV 125 123 119 9.8 50.4 127 Tardis-like SUV stalwart has lots of space for five and a big boot. LxWxH 4954x1880x1457 Kerb weight 1545kg
1.2 PureTech 100 98 112 10.9 80.4 127 1.0T Ecoboost MHEV 155 153 124 8.9 50.4 127 LxWxH 4605x1820x1685 Kerb weight 1515kg 2.0 P250 246 155 6.9 33.0-34.9 183-193
1.2 PureTech 130 128 124 9.2 47.1 141 1.5 Ecoboost ST 198 137 6.7 41.5 155 2.0 i-MMD hybrid 181 112 8.6-9.2 47.4 151-163 2.0 P300 AWD 296 155 6.1 31.2-32.8 194-204
1.2 PureTech 155 153 129 8.2 46.6-52.0 127-143 2.0 D200 198 146 7.6 52.8-56.5 131-140
1.5 BlueHDI 100 98 112 11.4 62.7 123 Kuga 5dr SUV £29,755–£40,155 AAAAC NSX 2dr coupé £150,195 AAAAB 2.0 D200 AWD 198 143 7.8 48.9-51.3 128-137
50kWh E-Tense 132 93 8.7 191-206 0 All-new version of popular SUV mixes dynamism with practicality Honda’s supercar given a modern reboot, and it’s some piece of
and refinement. LxWxH 4614x1883x1678 Kerb weight 1698kg engineering. LxWxH 4487x1939x1204 Kerb weight 1725kg XF Sportbrake 5dr estate £37,240–£49,005 AAAAB
4 5dr hatch £28,210–£43,550 AAAAC 1.5T Ecoboost 150 148 121 9.7 41.5-42.8 151 3.5 V6 hybrid 573 191 2.9 26.4 242 Superb XF is now available in the more practical Sportbrake form.
Lavish, high-riding hatchback gets serious about chasing premium 2.5 FHEV 198 122 9.1 51.4 125 It’s a win-win. LxWxH 4955x1880x1494 Kerb weight 1660kg
German rivals. LxWxH 4400x2061x1470 Kerb weight 1352kg 2.5 PHEV 223 125 9.2 HYU N DAI
201.8 32 2.0 P250 246 150 7.1 32-33.7 189-199
1.2 PureTech 130 128 130 9.3 41.4-48.6 132 i10 5dr hatch £13,430–£16,805 AAAAC 2.0 P300 AWD 296 155 6.2 29.9-31.2 204-213
1.6 PureTech 180 177 143 8.0 43.9 145 S-Max 5dr MPV £38,540–£43,800 AAAAC The smallest Hyundai matures and regains leadership of the city 2.0 D200 198 143 7.8 50.7-53.7 138-146
1.6 PureTech 225 223 146 7.9 43.7 146 Better to drive and better looking than most but not quite the car class. LxWxH 4035x1734x1474 Kerb weight 933kg 2.0 D200 AWD 198 143 8.0 47.0-49.1 151-157
1.6 E-Tense 225 223 145 7.7 176-232 27-35 class leader it was. LxWxH 4976x1916x1655 Kerb weight 1645kg 1.0 MPi 67 97 14.6 53.3 114-120
1.5 BlueHDI 130 128 129 10.9 51.4-61.2 121-144 2.5 FHEV 190 188 115 9.8 44.1 147 1.0 T-GDi 99 115 10.5 52.3 123 F-Type 2dr coupé £58,275–£102,300 AAAAB
1.2 MPi 84 106 12.6 51.4 124 A full-blooded assault on Porsche’s backyard, with noise, power
7 Crossback 5dr SUV £37,405–£55,640 AAABC Galaxy 5dr MPV £40,700 AAABC and beauty. LxWxH 4482x1923x1311 Kerb weight 1525kg
DS’s first premium SUV certainly has the right price tag, equipment Huge seven-seat MPV. Easy to place on the road but not cheap to i20 5dr hatch £19,035–£25,250 AAAAC 2.0 P300 296 155 5.7 29.9 215
and appeal. LxWxH 4570x1895x1620 Kerb weight 1420kg buy. LxWxH 4848x1916x1747 Kerb weight 1708kg Steady gains for a versatile runabout that, N version aside, still 5.0 P450 444 177 4.6 26.0-26.8 239-246
1.2 PureTech 130 129 122 10.2 42.2-46.0 143-152 2.5 FHEV 190 188 115 10.0 43.5 148 lacks personality. LxWxH 4035x1734x1474 Kerb weight 980kg 5.0 P575 518 186 3.7 26.4 243
1.6 PureTech 180 178 137 8.3 42.2 152 1.0 T-GDi 100 98 117 10.4 47.9-49.6 120
1.6 E-Tense 225 223 140 8.9 157-176 36-41 Mustang Mach-E 4dr crossover £50,030–£72,830 AAAAC 1.0 T-GDi 48V MHD 100 98 117 10.4 54.3-55.4 115-118 F-Type Convertible 2dr open £66,925–£107,495 AAAAB
1.6 E-Tense 4x4 300 295 149 5.9 176.6-201.8 32-40 Likeable, practical high-rise EV has only a badge in common with 1.0 T-GDi 48V MHD 120 118 115 10.2 53.3 120 Costs serious money, but you get a serious car with a likeable wild
1.5 BlueHDi 130 128 121 11.7 54.1-55.3 143 its coupé namesake. LxWxH 4712x1881x1597 Kerb weight 1993kg 1.6 T-GDi N 201 142 6.7 40.4 158 side. LxWxH 4482x1923x1308 Kerb weight 1545kg
70kWh Standard RWD 265 111 6.9 273 0 2.0 P300 296 155 5.7 29.6 217
9 5dr saloon £52,900–£63,000 AAAAC 91kWh Extended RWD 290 111 7.0 379 0 i30 5dr hatch £21,260–£34,095 AAABC 5.0 P450 444 177 4.6 26.0-26.6 241-247
New flagship is a refreshing alternative to the usual German 91kWh Extended AWD 346 111 5.8 335 0 As good as we’ve come to expect from Hyundai, but not one inch 5.0 P575 518 186 3.7 26.4 243
executives. LxWxH 4934x2079x1460 Kerb weight 1540kg 91kWh GT AWD 480 124 4.4 310 0 better. LxWxH 4340x1795x1455 Kerb weight 1194kg
1.6 PureTech 225 223 146 8.1 40.9 155 1.0 T-GDi 120 118 118 11.1 45.6 121-122 E-Pace 5dr SUV £38,220–£52,535 AAABC
1.6 E-Tense 225 223 149 8.3 176-256 33-35 Mustang 2dr coupé/open £50,075–£60,075 AAAAC 1.5 T-GDi 157 130 8.6 42.2-46.3 142 Misses the mark for keen drivers, but is still a desirable SUV
1.6 E-Tense 4x4 356 155 5.6 176-256 41-43 American muscle built for the UK, in coupé and convertible forms. 2.0 T-GDi 275 N Performance 272 155 6.1 34.0 188 nevertheless. LxWxH 4411x1984x1649 Kerb weight 1775kg
What’s not to like? LxWxH 4784x1916x1381 Kerb weight 1653kg 2.0 P250 245 142 7.5 31.1-31.3 203-205
FERRARI 5.0 V8 444 155 4.9 23.9 268 i30 Fastback 4dr saloon £25,960–£34,845 AAABC 2.0 P300 295 150 6.9 29.8 214
Portofino 2dr open £166,295 AAAAC 5.0 V8 Mach-1 453 166 4.8 22.8 284 Combines good looks with sensible practicalities and dynamic 1.5 P300e 305 134 6.5 143.1 44
The entry-level Ferrari has the power, the looks and the touring charm. LxWxH 4455x1795x1425 Kerb weight 1287kg 2.0 D165 160 128 10.0 43.4-45.4 163
ability. LxWxH 4586x1938x1318 Kerb weight 1664kg GT 2dr coupé £420,000 AAAAC 1.5 T-GDi 157 130 8.6 49.6-52.3 141-151 2.0 D165 AWD 160 124 9.8 42.9-43.4 171-172
3.9T V8 591 199 3.5 14.7-28.0 230-436 The GT is back as a race car for the road. Compelling if not perfect. 2.0 T-GDi 275 N Performance 272 155 6.1 34.0 188 2.0 D200 AWD 201 131 8.4 42.9-43.0 170-173
LxWxH 4808x1928x1692 Kerb weight 1912kg
Roma 2dr coupé £175,000 AAAAB 3.5 V6 Ecoboost 650 216 3.0 na na i30 Tourer 5dr estate £22,010–£24,960 AAABC F-Pace 5dr SUV £46,250–£101,550 AAAAC
Gorgeous coupé is a proper grand tourer with a focus on usability. Another solid car. Good value and practical but lacks excitement. Credible first SUV effort is as refined and dynamic as a Jaguar
LxWxH 4656x1974x1301 Kerb weight 1570kg AAAAC LxWxH 4585x1795x1465 Kerb weight 1245kg
Ranger 4dr pick-up £24,369–£47,889 should be. LxWxH 4731x2071x1666 Kerb weight 1690kg
3.9T V8 612 199 3.4 14.7-28.0 230-436 Capable pick-up becomes off-road monster in Raptor spec but 1.0 T-GDi 120 118 117 11.4 2.0 P250 AWD 246 135 7.3 30.4 214-220 47.9-49.6 130-139
loses VAT incentives. LxWxH 5277x1977x1703 Kerb weight 1866kg 3.0 P400 AWD 394 155 5.4 28.8 222-230
296 GTB 2dr coupé £241,550 AAAAA 2.0 EcoBlue 130 128 106 AAAAC 2.0 P400e AWD
13.5 42.8 398 149 173
5.3 112.5 Bayon 5dr SUV £20,530–£24,780
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Latest in a line of fabulous Ferraris gains EV ability but loses 2.0 EcoBlue 170 Much better at meeting your motoring needs than kindling your
158 109 11.8 5.0 V8 SVR 550 AWD 40.4-43.5
548 178 184-207
4.0 23.1 275
nothing in return. LxWxH 4656x1974x1301 Kerb weight 1470kg 2.0 EcoBlue 213 affections. LxWxH 4180x1775x1500 Kerb weight 1233kg
210 106 10.5 2.0 D165 AWD 30.7 160 121 201-233
9.9 45.4 165-171
3.0T V6 819 205 2.9 44.1 149 3.2 Duratorq TDCI 200 1.0 T-GDi 48V MHEV 197 98 113 109
10.7 53.3 10.6
120-121 2.0 D200 AWD 32.1-36.2
197 130 221-231
8.0 45.4 165-171
1.0 T-GDi 48V MHEV 120 118 115 10.4 53.3 121 3.0 D300 AWD 296 143 6.4 38.1 195-202
F8 Tributo 2dr coupé/open £203,476 AAAAA GENESIS 5.0 V8 SVR 542 178 4.0 23.1 275
The last hurrah for the pure internal combustion V8-powered G70 4dr saloon £33,450–£39,720 AAABC Kona 5dr SUV £21,625–£37,900 AAAAC
mid-engined Ferrari. LxWxH 4611x1979x1206 Kerb weight 1435kg Likeable left-field choice has style but struggles to threaten the Hyundai’s first crossover is the perfect blend of practicality, value I-Pace 5dr SUV £65,620–£76,920 AAAAB
3.9T V8 Tributo 710 211 2.9 21.9 292 establishment. LxWxH 4685x1850x1400 Kerb weight 1675kg and style. LxWxH 4165x1800x1550 Kerb weight 1233kg Fast, refined and the first of its kind from a European
2.0T 197 194 139 8.8 35.4 181 1.0 T-GDi 120 118 112 12.0 44.1-44.8 142-147 manufacturer. LxWxH 4682x1895x1558 Kerb weight 2133kg
812 Superfast 2dr coupé/open £263,098–£446,970 AAAAA 2.0T 245 241 149 6.1 35.4 181 1.6 GDi Hybrid 134 119 10.2 52.3 114-123 EV400 398 124 4.8 277-287 0
More powerful than the F12, but with better road manners making it 2.2D 200 197 143 7.4 43.5 170 2.0 T-GDi N 278 149 5.5 32.8 194
the star of the range. LxWxH 4657x1971x1276 Kerb weight 1630kg Electric 39kWh 134 96 9.6 180 0 JEEP
6.5 V12 777 211 2.9 11.2-20.0 320 G70 Shooting Brake 5dr estate £35,325–£41,480 AAAAC Electric 64kWh 201 104 7.6 280 0 Compass 5dr SUV £34,205–£42,995 AAACC
6.5 V12 Competizione 819 211 2.9 13.9 385 Best-looking Genesis yet is also the best to drive, despite slightly Wants to be a catch-all crossover but is beaten by more road-
flat four-pot engines. LxWxH 4685x1850x1400 Kerb weight 1717kg Ioniq 5 5dr SUV £45,150–£56,150 AAAAC focused rivals. LxWxH 4394x2033x1629 Kerb weight 1430kg
SF90 Stradale 2dr coupé/open £400,000 AAAAA 2.0T 197 197 135 9.3 32.5-34.0 193-204 Won’t upend the electric SUV segment, but a compelling option in a 1.5 48V MHEV 128 120 10.0 47.1-50.4 133-140
Plug-in hybrid doesn’t do things conventionally. A 986bhp technical 2.0T 245 245 146 6.4 32.5-34.0 193-204 developing class. LxWxH 4635x1890x1605 Kerb weight 1145kg 1.3 4xe PHEV 238 124 7.3 141-156 44-47
masterpiece. LxWxH 4710x1972x1186 Kerb weight 1570kg 2.2D 200 198 140 7.7 41.8 175 77kWh 224 115 7.4 238-315 0
4.0T V8 986 211 2.5 46.3 154 77kWh Premium 320 na 5.1 282 0 Renegade 5dr SUV £29,710–£37,350 AAABC
GV70 5dr SUV £39,450–£44,370 AAAAC Middling compact crossover with chunky looks but no obvious
F I AT Wilfully different from the posh SUV competition and none the Ioniq 6 4dr saloon £46,745–£54,995 AAAAB charm. LxWxH 4236x1805x1667 Kerb weight 1346kg
Panda 5dr hatch £14,310–£19,505 AAABC worse for it. LxWxH 4715x1910x1630 Kerb weight 2010kg Distinctive saloon with great practicality and road manners and a 1.3 GSE T4 150 148 122 9.4 38.2-39.8 151
Hasn’t kept pace with its rivals, but sells robust, practical charm 2.5T 301 149 6.1 29.7 216 well-equipped cabin. LxWxH 4855x1880x1495 Kerb weight na 1.3 Turbo 4xe 188 113 7.5 122.8-134.5 42-49
better than most. LxWxH 3653x1643x1551 Kerb weight 940kg 2.2D 207 133 7.9 40.0 185 77kWh 224 115 7.3 238-315 0 1.3 Turbo 4xe Trailhawk 238 124 7.1 117.7-128.4 51-53
0.9 Twinair 85 83 103-110 11.2-12.1 37.2 166-168 77kWh Premium 320 na 5.1 282 0
1.0 Mild Hybrid 69 96 14.7 50.4-52.3 126-132 G80 4dr saloon £41,650–£65,805 AAAAC Wrangler 2dr/4dr SUV £54,400–£59,400 AAAAC
A luxury car for those who’ve had their fill of the typical premium Tucson 5dr SUV £29,140–£42,380 AAAAC Heavy-duty off-roader goes anywhere but lacks on-road manners.
500 3dr hatch/2dr open £16,175–£20,325 AAABC options. LxWxH 4995x1925x1465 Kerb weight 1930kg Shows Hyundai can do both style and substance. A family SUV LxWxH 4223x1873x1840 Kerb weight 1827kg
Super-desirable, cute city car. Pleasant, if not involving to drive. 2.5T 301 155 6.0 31.0 205 that’s easy to like. LxWxH 4500x1865x1653 Kerb weight 1425kg 2.0 GME 265 97-110 7.3-7.6 25.4-26.4 248-254
LxWxH 3571x1627x1488 Kerb weight 865kg 87.2kWh 364 139 4.9 323 0 1.6 T-GDi 150 148 117 10.3 40.9 156
1.0 Mild Hybrid 69 104 13.8 53.3 119-121 1.6 T-GDi 48V MHEV 150 148 117 9.6 43.5 144-151 KIA
GV60 5dr SUV £47,005–£65,405 AAAAC 1.6 T-GDi 48V MHEV 180 178 125 9.0 39.8 162 Picanto 5dr hatch £12,250–£17,050 AAAAC
500 Electric 3dr hatch/2dr open £24,435–£34,435 AAAAC Nascent brand’s first EV arrives as a luxurious, efficient SUV 1.6 T-GDi Hybrid 228 120 8.0 50.4 127 A pleasingly well-rounded and charming value offering, but not in
Shows that small EVs can be viable and can also be fun – to look at, lacking sharpness. LxWxH 4515x1890x1470 Kerb weight 2095kg 1.6 T-GDi Plug-in hybrid 263 119 8.6 201.8 31 all of its guises. LxWxH 3595x1595x1485 Kerb weight 977kg
to sit in and to drive. LxWxH 3571x1627x1488 Kerb weight 865kg 77.4kWh Premium 225 115 7.8 323 0 1.0 65 100 14.1 56.5-60.1 119
Electric 24kWh 95 84 9.5 118 0 77.4kWh Sport 313 124 5.5 292 0 Santa Fe 5dr SUV £40,685–£49,910 AAABC 1.0 T-GDi 997 112 9.9 53.3 120
Electric 42kWh 118 93 9.0 199 0 77.4kWh Sport Plus 483 146 4.0 289 0 Superficial charm and an expansive cabin but not much polish to
the powertrain. LxWxH 4785x1900x1710 Kerb weight 2005kg Rio 5dr hatch £14,900–£21,400 AAABC
Tipo 5dr hatch £27,875–£28,175 AAABC GV80 5dr SUV £58,320–£64,020 AAABC 1.6 T-GDi Hybrid 228 116 8.9-9.1 42.2 145-168 More comfortable and more grown-up in fourth-gen form, but not
A ’90s reboot that has been on a diet. Decent to drive and ample Rich, spacious and comfortable but not a world-class luxury car 1.6 T-GDi Plug-in hybrid 262 116 8.8 173.7 37 any more fun. LxWxH 4065x1993x1450 Kerb weight 1143kg
interior space. LxWxH 4368x1792x1495 Kerb weight 1195kg just yet. LxWxH 4945x1975x1715 Kerb weight 2145kg 2.2 CRDi 199 127 9.2 na 177-178 1.2 DPi 83 103 12.7 52.3 120-122
1.5 Hybrid 124 128 9.3 54.3 119 2.5T 301 147 6.9 27.4-27.7 240 1.0 T-GDi 99 113 10.0 53.3 120
3.0D 268 143 6.9 32 231 Nexo 5dr SUV £69,495 AAABC 1.0 T-GDi 48V 118 116 9.8 51.4 118-125
500X 5dr hatch £20,895–£27,615 AAABC Impressive effort that heads in the right direction for fuel cell cars.
Familiar styling works rather well as a crossover. Drives okay, too. G O R D O N M U R R AY A U T O M O T I V E LxWxH 4670x2060x1640 Kerb weight 1814kg Ceed 5dr hatch £24,500–£25,350 AAAAC
LxWxH 4248x1796x1600 Kerb weight 1295kg T33 2dr coupé £1,400,000 95kW Fuel Cell 161 130 9.6 42.0mpkg 0 Third-generation hatchback can now compete for class honours.
1.5 Hybrid 124 121 9.4 49.5 129-134 Smaller, even more daily-usable sibling of the T50 with the same LxWxH 4310x1800x1447 Kerb weight 1315kg
glorious engine. LxWxH na Kerb weight 1090kg 1.5 T-GDi 156 130 8.4 43.5-46.3 129
FORD 4.0 V12 607 na na na na
Fiesta 3dr/5dr hatch £18,655–£26,645 AAAAB Ceed Sportswagon 5dr estate £25,200 AAAAC
Dynamically superb and continues the Fiesta legacy. No longer the T50 2dr coupé £2,800,000 All of the above, but with cavernous, more practical load space.
class leader, though. LxWxH 4040x1735x1476 Kerb weight 1113kg Ultra-lightweight, V12-powered spritual successor to legendary LxWxH 4600x1800x1465 Kerb weight 1389kg
1.1 75 73 103 14.5 53.3 120 McLaren F1. LxWxH 4352x1850x1164 Kerb weight 986kg 1.5 T-GDi 158 156 130 8.6 43.5-46.3 131
1.0 Ecoboost 100 98 112 10.8 53.3 125 4.0 V12 650 na na na na
1.0 Ecoboost MHEV 125 123 126 9.4 56.5 114 Proceed 5dr hatch £26,190 AAABC
1.5T Ecoboost 200 ST 197 144 6.5 42.8 151 H O N DA Alluring and interesting, but not quite as special to drive as it looks.
E 5dr hatch £36,920–£38,120 AAABC LxWxH 4605x1800x1422 Kerb weight 1405kg
Focus 5dr hatch £23,500–£34,960 AAAAB Eminently likeable, with good dynamics but a limited range and 1.5 T-GDi 158 156 130 8.6 43.5-46.3 129
Better to drive and look at than before, and impressively good ambitious price. LxWxH 3894x1752x1512 Kerb weight 1520kg
value. LxWxH 4378x1825x1471 Kerb weight 1369kg 36kWh 136 90 9.0 137 0 Xceed 5dr hatch £22,995–£32,595 AAABC
1.0 Ecoboost MHEV 125 123 124 10.2 52.3 121 36kWh Advance 154 90 8.3 136 0 Crossover-styled hatch that drives well, but lacks practicality and
1.0 Ecoboost MHEV 155 152 129-131 9.2-9.5 54.3 116 polish. LxWxH 4395x1826x1483 Kerb weight 1332kg
2.3T Ecoboost 280 ST 276 155 5.7 35.3 183 1.5 T-GDi 158 156 129 8.7 44.8 142-143
1.5 EcoBlue 120 118 117-122 10.0-10.8 62.8 119-127 1.6 GDi PHEV 137 99 10.6 217.3 38

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Stonic 5dr SUV £19,700–£23,750 AAABC MAZDA
Kia’s first crossover is striking and reasonably good considering 2 5dr hatch £17,205–£24,475 AAAAC
the value. LxWxH 4140x1760x1520 Kerb weight 1160kg Grown up, well made and drives with charm and vigour; engines
1.0 T-GDi 116 115 9.9 46.3-47.1 137 aren’t brilliant. LxWxH 4060x1695x1515 Kerb weight 1141kg
1.5 Skyactiv-G 75 74 106 11.3 49.6 121
Niro 5dr SUV £27,745–£39,025 AAABC 1.5 e-Skyactiv-G 88 114 9.8 60.1 107
Versatile and well-equipped family transport in a choice of hybrid 1.5 e-Skyactiv-G 115 113 124 9.1 56.5 113
and EV flavours. LxWxH 4355x1805x1545 Kerb weight 1500kg
1.6 GDi Hybrid 137 101 11.1 58.9 110-120 2 Hybrid 5dr hatch £21,820–£25,135
1.6 GDi Hybrid PHEV 137 107 10.4 201.8 29 We’ve yet to drive it, but it’s just a rebadged Toyota Yaris, which is
64kWh e-Niro 198 104 7.8 282 0 a decent supermini. LxWxH 3940x1745x1500 Kerb weight 1125kg
1.5 Hybrid 114 109 9.7 74.3 87
Soul EV 5dr hatch £32,845–£39,045 AAAAC
Electric-only hatch with looks that divide opinion but a competitive 3 5dr hatch £23,265–£30,465 AAAAC
range. LxWxH 4220x1825x1605 Kerb weight 1757kg 3.0 P400 398 150 5.8-6.1 28.5-29.3 218-225 Pleasing dynamism teamed with good practicality and punchy A-Class Saloon 4dr saloon £32,345–£49,035 AAABC
39kWh 132 97 9.9
3.0 P440e 171 0 438 140 6.0 321.9 20-21 diesel engines. LxWxH 4460x1795x1435 Kerb weight 1411kg Larger, more grown-up A-Class adds premium touch to smallest
64kWh 201 104 7.9
3.0 P510e 280 0 508 150 5.5 318.4 20-21 2.0 e-Skyactiv-G 120 122 10.4 50.4 124-127 Merc saloon. LxWxH 4549x1796x1446 Kerb weight 1465kg
4.4 P530 V8 527 155 4.6-4.8 24.0-24.2 264-267
1.3 A180 2.0 e-Skyactiv-X 186 183 134 8.1 53.3 118-121 134 134 8.9 42.8-48.7 133-137
Sportage 5dr SUV £27,250–£44,550 AAABC 3.0 D300 289 135 6.9 35.8-36.7 204-207
1.3 A200 161 143 8.1 48.7 133-137
Does refinement, handling precision, tech, space and alternative 3.0 D350 348 145 6.1-6.3 35.1-36.5 AAAAC 2.0 A250e
203-211 3 saloon 4dr saloon £26,265–£30,465 215 149 6.7 256.8 25
style well. LxWxH 4515x1865x1650 Kerb weight 1715kg Refined and dynamically satisfying in a saloon bodystyle. 2.0 AMG A35 4Matic 302 155 4.8 32.9-36.7 177-187
1.6T GDi 148 117 9.9 41.5 154 Discovery Sport 5dr SUV £34,480–£54,865 AAAAB LxWxH 4460x1795x1440 Kerb weight 1405kg 1.5 A180d 114 128 9.7 56.5-64.2 126-129
1.6T GDi 48V 148 117 9.3 41.5 146 Seven seats, at home on road and off road, plus new-found 2.0 e-Skyactiv-X 186 183 134 8.1 56.5 114-117 2.0 A200d 148 141 8.2 58.9 127-131
1.6T GDi 48V DCT AWD 148 117 9.4 40.4 158 desirability. LxWxH 4597x2069x1727 Kerb weight 1732kg
1.6T GDI PHEV 257 119 7.9 na na 2.0 P250 247 140 7.8 30.1 211 6 4dr saloon £26,340–£33,720 AAABC CLA 4dr saloon £35,220–£63,515 AAAAC
1.6T GDi HEV 226 120 7.7 49.6 129 2.0 P290 288 144 7.4 29.7 214 A compelling mix of size, economy and performance. Interior is a It may use A-Class underpinnings, but it’s engineered to be much
1.6T GDi HEV AWD 226 120 8.0 44.1 146 1.5 P300e 298 130 6.6 143.4-158.6 40-44 let-down. LxWxH 4870x1840x1450 Kerb weight 1465kg sportier to drive. LxWxH 4688x1830x1444 Kerb weight 1490kg
1.6 CRDi 113 108 11.7 53.3 138 2.0 D165 162 112 1.3 CLA 18010.2 133 134 41.5
9.0 179
47.9 138-140 2.0 Skyactiv-G 143 129 9.9 42.2 152
1.6 CRDi 48V 134 112 11.0 54.3 135 2.0 D200 201 117 1.3 CLA 2008.6 161 142 41.5
8.2 179
42.8-47.9 138-140 2.0 Skyactiv-G 163 134 9.4 42.2 152
1.3 CLA 250e 215 149 6.8 282.5 23 2.0 Skyactiv-G GT 191 142 8.1 38.2 167
EV6 5dr SUV £44,195–£61,595 AAAAC Discovery 5dr SUV £60,880–£76,085 AAAAB 2.0 AMG CLA 35 4Matic 302 155 4.9 34.9-37.2 177-187
Swish, spacious and swift enough to become the pick of the EV The country bumpkin given elocution lessons without losing its 6 Tourer 5dr estate £27,340–£35,080 AAABC 2.0 AMG CLA 45 S 4Matic+ 415 168 4.0 33.2 200-202
crossover bunch. LxWxH 4680x1880x1550 Kerb weight 2090kg rugged capabilities. LxWxH 4956x2073x1888 Kerb weight 2115kg Attractively styled and spacious inside, but only average to drive. 2.0 CLA 220d 185 152 7.1 53.3-57.7 132
77.4kWh 226 114 7.3 328 0 3.0 P360 355 130 6.5 26.0-26.4 241-245 LxWxH 4805x1840x1480 Kerb weight 1465kg
77.4kWh AWD 321 116 5.2 300 0 3.0 D250 246 120 8.1 33.4-33.7 220-222 2.0 Skyactiv-G 143 128 10.0 41.5 155 CLA Shooting Brake 5dr estate £36,220–£64,515 AAABC
3.0 D300 296 130 6.8 33.2-33.5 221-223 2.0 Skyactiv-G 163 133 9.4 41.5 155 The most practical of the A-Class range, but it suffers for its
Sorento 5dr SUV £50,995–£56,995 AAABC 2.0 Skyactiv-G GT 191 139 8.1 37.2 172 challenging styling. LxWxH 4688x1830x1447 Kerb weight 1430kg
Lacks polish, but its abundant utility appeal and value shine LEXUS 1.3 CLA 180 133 130 9.2 35.8-40.9 140-141
through. LxWxH 4810x1900x1695 Kerb weight 2006kg ES 4dr saloon £38,765–£54,625 AAABC CX-30 5dr SUV £24,645–£34,555 AAAAC 1.3 CLA 200 161 140 8.4 35.3-40.9 141-142
1.6 T-GDi HEV 226 119 8.7 40.9 158-166 Gatecrashes the German-controlled saloon market in a way the GS Dynamic qualities, a classy interior and a handsome look set it 1.3 CLA 250e 215 146 6.9 256.8 24
1.6 T-GDi PHEV 261 119 8.4 176.6 38 could never manage. LxWxH 4975x1865x1445 Kerb weight 1680kg apart from rivals. LxWxH 4395x1795x1540 Kerb weight 1334kg 2.0 AMG CLA 35 4Matic 302 155 4.9 36.2 183-191
2.5 VVT-i ES 300h 218 112 8.9 53.2 119 2.0 e-Skyactiv-G 120 116 10.6 47.9 134 2.0 AMG CLA 45 S 4Matic+ 415 168 4.0 32.8 203-205
KTM 2.0 e-Skyactiv-X 186 183 127 8.3-8.8 50.4 127 2.0 CLA 220d 185 147 7.2 43.5-48.7 135-136
X-Bow 0dr open £57,345–£70,717 AAAAC LS 4dr saloon £85,475–£111,980 AAABC
Eccentric looks and sharp handling but expensive. Luxury saloon gets more tech and opulence but is let down by its MX-30 5dr SUV £30,050–£37,950 AAAAC B-Class 5dr hatch £28,525–£40,970 AAABC
LxWxH 3738x1915x1202 Kerb weight 847kg hybrid powertrain. LxWxH 5235x1900x1460 Kerb weight 2270kg Classy and affordable all-electric crossover marred only by its A slightly odd prospect, but practical and classy nonetheless.
2.0 R 290 143 3.9 na na 3.5 V6 VVT-i LS 500h 348 155 5.4 30.7-36.6 175-208 limited range. LxWxH 4395x1795x1555 Kerb weight 1645kg LxWxH 4393x1786x1557 Kerb weight 1395kg
2.0 GT 280 143 4.1 na na 35.5kWh 143 87 9.7 124 0 1.3 B180 134 132 9.0 45.6 140-142
RC F 2dr coupé £68,620–£84,120 AAABC 17.8kWh R 167 na na na na 1.3 B200 159 139 8.2 46.3 140-142
LAMBORGHINI An also-ran, but the V8 RC F packs plenty of character and handles 1.3 B250e 215 146 6.8 235.4 27
Huracán 2dr coupé/open £170,598–£267,633 AAAAC well enough. LxWxH 4695x1840x1395 Kerb weight 1736kg CX-5 5dr SUV £29,245–£40,505 AAAAC 1.5 B180d 114 124 9.8 61.4 137-138
Junior Lambo mixes usability and drama skilfully, in both coupé 5.0 V8 470 168 4.5 23.9 268 Offers powerful diesel engines and strong performance, plus a 2.0 B200d 148 136 8.3 57.7 134-144
and Spyder forms. LxWxH 4459x1924x1165 Kerb weight 1389kg welcoming interior. LxWxH 4550x1840x1675 Kerb weight 1575kg 2.0 B220d 187 145 7.2 56.5 136-137
5.2 V10 Evo RWD 608 202 3.3 20.5 330-335 LC 2dr coupé/open £88,920–£104,920 AAAAC 2.0 165 162 125 10.3 38.7 152-154
5.2 V10 Evo 631 201 2.9 20.3 332-338 Superb-looking coupé shows flickers of what made the LFA great. 2.5 194 191 121 9.2 35.3 182 C-Class 4dr saloon £42,860–£71,110 AAAAC
5.2 V10 STO 631 202 3.0 20.3 331 LxWxH 4770x1920x1345 Kerb weight 1935kg 2.2d 150 148 127 9.9 50.4 151-154 Sumptuous interior and impressive tech, but let down by harsh
5.0 V8 LC 500 457 168 4.7 24.3 262 2.2d 184 181 129 9.3 42.8 175 suspension. LxWxH 4751x2033x1437 Kerb weight 1650kg
Aventador 2dr coupé/open £274,226–£439,921 AAAAC 3.5 V6 LC 500h 354 155 5.0 34.8 184 1.5 C200 221 153 7.3 44.1 146
Big, hairy V12 has astonishing visuals and performance. Handling CX-60 5dr SUV £43,950–£48,050 AAAAC 2.0 C300 278 155 6.0 42.2 152-159
could be sweeter. LxWxH 4797x2030x1136 Kerb weight 1575kg AAABC Feels upmarket inside and combines tidy handling with easy pace. 2.0 C300e
UX 5dr SUV £25,960–£46,850 331 152 6.1 256.8 14-24
6.5 V12 S 730 217 2.9 15.4 499 Refreshingly different premium SUV is a credible, if not class- LxWxH 4745x1890x1680 Kerb weight 1995kg 2.0 C220d 218 152 7.3 61.4 120-127
6.5 V12 SVJ 759 217 2.8 15.8 486 leading, alternative. LxWxH 4495x1840x1520 Kerb weight 1620kg 2.5 PHEV 4WD Auto 323 124 5.8 188.3 33 2.0 C300d 283 155 5.7 55.4 133-139
6.5 Ultimae 778 221 2.8 13.0 442 2.0 UX 250h 181 110 8.5 50.4 126 AMG C43 402 155 4.6 31.4 203
2.0 UX 250h E4 181 110 8.7 47.0 136 MX-5 2dr open £25,725–£31,860 AAAAA
Urus 5dr SUV £177,417–£197,270 AAAAC UX 300e 150kWh 201 100 7.5 195 0 Brilliantly packaged, priced and perfectly poised but more vibrant C-Class Estate 5dr estate £44,775–£72,670 AAABC
Lambo’s second SUV is more alluring and aims to use the V8’s than the original. LxWxH 3915x1735x1225 Kerb weight 1050kg Impressive and tech-filled inside, albeit in a curiously unsatisfying
power better. LxWxH 5112x2016x1638 Kerb weight 2200kg NX 5dr SUV £41,210–£60,950 AAAAC 1.5 Skyactiv-G 132 129 127 8.3 44.1 142 dynamic package. LxWxH 4755x2033x1494 Kerb weight 1710kg
4.0 V8 631 189 3.6 22.2 325 PHEV option and welcome cabin overhaul sustain the allure of the 2.0 Skyactiv-G 184 1.5 C200 181 136 6.5 40.4 153 221 149 7.5 38.1-43.4 149-168
firm’s best-seller. LxWxH 4660x1865x1640 Kerb weight 1990kg 2.0 C300 278 155 6.0 41.0 157
L AN D ROVE R 2.5 NX 350h 242 124 7.7-8.7 44.1 AAAAA 2.0 C300e
145 MX-5 RF 2dr open £27,625–£33,960 331 151 6.2 403.6 15
Defender 90 5dr SUV £60,705–£113,505 AAAAB 2.5 NX 450h+ PHEV 306 124 Remains perfectly poised and vibrant, even with a folding metal
6.3 256-313 20-26 2.0 C220d 218 151 7.4 57.7 129
Breadth of capability matches that of the five-door, with even roof. LxWxH 3915x1735x1230 Kerb weight 1090kg 2.0 C300d 283 155 5.8 54.4 136
more kerb appeal. LxWxH 4583x2008x1974 Kerb weight 2190kg RX 5dr SUV £57,505–£68,065 AAABC 1.5 Skyactiv-G 132 129 126 8.6 44.1 142 AMG C43 402 155 4.7 31 206
3.0 P400 398 119 6.0 25.6 256 Low flexibility, but hybrid powertrain makes a degree of economic 2.0 Skyactiv-G 184 181 124-126 7.9-8.7 37.7-40.4 155
5.0 P525 518 119 5.2 19.3-19.5 327-330 sense. LxWxH 4890x1895x1690 Kerb weight 2100kg C-Class Coupé 2dr coupé £42,880–£92,025 AAAAC
3.0 D250 246 117 8.0 32.8 226-227 3.5 V6 RX 450h 308 124 7.7 34.4 185 McLAREN Outgoing two-door keeps a nice balance of style, usability and
3.0 D300 296 119 6.7 32.7 226 Artura 2dr coupé £185,735 AAAAB driver reward. LxWxH 4696x1810x1405 Kerb weight 1505kg
LOTUS A technical marvel that wears its hybrid tech lightly. 1.5 C200 181 149 7.9 37.7-42.2 155-156
Defender 110 5dr SUV £62,405–£116,580 AAAAB Emira 2dr coupé £79,515–£80,285 LxWxH 4539x1976x1193 Kerb weight 1498kg 2.0 C300 258 155 6.1 35.8-39.8 161-175
Promises, and delivers, unrivalled off-road performance with Charged with replacing the entire outgoing Lotus range. We’ve yet 3.0 V6 PHEV 671 205 3.0 61.5 104 3.0 V6 AMG C43 4Matic 385 155 4.7 28.0-29.4 221-225
on-road niceties. LxWxH 5018x2008x1967 Kerb weight 2209kg to test it. LxWxH 4413x1895x1226 Kerb weight 1405kg 4.0 V8 AMG C63 S 503 180 3.9 25.0-25.5 250
3.0 P400 398 119 6.1 24.6-24.7 260-261 2.0 360 360 176 4.2 na 195 720S 2dr coupé/open £221,800–£250,290 AAAAA 2.0 C220d 192 149 7.0 46.3-52.3 133-145
2.0 P400e 398 119 5.6 85.6 77 3.0 400 400 180 4.3 29.1 243 The start of an era for McLaren and what a way to begin it is. 2.0 C300d 4Matic 241 155 6.0 42.8-48.7 151-164
5.0 P525 518 119 5.2 19.1 334 LxWxH 4543x2059x1196 Kerb weight 1419kg
3.0 D250 246 117 8.3 32.2 230 Eletre 5dr SUV £90,805–£121,305 4.0 V8 710 212 2.9 23.2 276 C-Class Cabriolet 2dr open £46,455–£90,985 AAAAC
3.0 D300 296 119 7.0 32.2 230 Urus-sized, tech-rich, high-performance SUV marks firm’s shift to Take all the good bits about the coupé and add the ability to take
high-tech EV maker. LxWxH na Kerb weight na AAAAB the roof off. Bingo. LxWxH 4686x1810x1409 Kerb weight 1645kg 765LT 2dr coupé £312,800
Defender 130 5dr SUV £73,895–£100,645 AAAAC 112kWh 603 na na 373 0 Longtail treatment puts a deliciously sharp edge on the 720S. 1.5 C200 181 146 7.9 36.2-40.4 167-168
Stretched version of cult off-roader packs greater practicality and 112kWh R 905 na na 304 0 LxWxH 4600x2161x1159 Kerb weight 1419kg 2.0 C300 258 155 6.3 34.0-37.7 173-184
retains polish. LxWxH 5358x2008x1970 Kerb weight 2589kg 4.0 V8 755 205 2.8 23.0 280 3.0 V6 AMG C43 4Matic 385 155 4.8 27.4-28.5 229-231
3.0 P300 295 119 8.0 24.8 258 M A S E R AT I 4.0 V8 AMG C63 S 503 174 4.1 24.4-24.8 258
3.0 P400 394 119 6.6 24.5 261 Ghibli 4dr saloon £70,700–£114,380 AAACC GT 2dr coupé £165,420 AAAAB 2.0 C220d 191 145 7.5 44.8-49.6 141-153
3.0 D300 296 119 7.5 32.1 232 Maser’s compact exec has the allure but lacks power and is poorly Woking’s most user-friendly car to date is still a McLaren first and 2.0 C300d 242 155 6.3 42.2-47.1 153-167
finished in places. LxWxH 4971x1945x1461 Kerb weight 1810kg foremost. LxWxH 4683x2095x1213 Kerb weight 1339kg
Range Rover Evoque 5dr SUV £34,010–£58,015 AAAAC 2.0 Hybrid 325 158 5.7 33.2 192 4.0 V8 612 204 3.2 23.7 270 E-Class 4dr saloon £48,775–£120,195 AAAAC
Refined, luxurious baby Range Rover has matured for its second 3.0 V6 345 166 5.5 25.2 254 A little pricey, and less sporting than its rivals, but still comfy and
generation. LxWxH 4371x1996x1649 Kerb weight 1891kg 3.0 V6 S 424 178 4.9 25.0 254 MERCEDES-BENZ luxurious. LxWxH 4923x1852x1468 Kerb weight 1680kg
2.0 P200 198 134 8.6 31.7 201 3.8 V8 572 203 4.3 23.0 279 A-Class 5dr hatch £32,250–£60,628 AAAAC 2.0 E200 194 149 7.4 38.2 165-166
2.0 P250 248 143 7.6 31.6 201 A little bit of luxury in a desirable, hatchback-sized package. 2.0 E300e 315 155 5.8 188.3 41
2.0 P300 298 150 6.4 31.3 203 Quattroporte 4dr saloon £108,065–£136,605 AAACC LxWxH 4419x1992x1440 Kerb weight 1445kg 3.0 E450 363 155 5.0 31.7 204
1.5 P300e 298 132 6.4 166.2-193.5 33-38 Now a full-sized executive limo, with some added flair. Off the pace 1.3 A180 134 134 8.9 47.9 134-138 3.0 AMG E53 4Matic+ 429 155 4.5 30.4 212-215
2.0 D165 163 120 9.8-10.1 43.4-45.9 160-171 in several key areas. LxWxH 5262x1948x1481 Kerb weight 1860kg 1.3 A200 161 140 8.1 47.9 135-145 4.0 V8 AMG E63 S 4Matic+ 603 155 3.4 22.8-23.7 277
2.0 D200 201 120 8.5 43.8 169 3.0 V6 S 424 179 5.0 24.8 257 2.0 A250e 215 146 6.7 256.8 25 2.0 E220d 191 146 7.4 53.3 139-157
3.8 V8 572 203 4.5 23.2 277 2.0 AMG A35 4Matic 302 155 4.7 33.6-35.8 184-193 2.0 E300d 261 155 6.3 47.9 153-167
Range Rover Velar 5dr SUV £46,565–£73,815 AAAAC 2.0 AMG A45 S 4Matic+ 415 168 3.9 33.6 204-207 2.0 E300de 302 149 5.9 217.3 39
The most car-like Landie ever doesn’t disappoint. Expensive, Grecale 5dr SUV £58,315–£95,405 AAABC 1.5 A180d 114 126 9.5 62.8 127-130 2.9 E400d 4Matic 325 155 5.1 42.2 176-188
though. LxWxH 4804x1930x1685 Kerb weight 1829kg For all its promise and character, it needs work if it’s to trouble the 2.0 A200d 148 137 8.1 58.9 129-139
2.0 P250 248 135 7.5 27.8-29.2 217-229 Porsche Macan. LxWxH 4847x1979x1667 Kerb weight na E-Class Estate 5dr estate £50,775–£122,195 AAAAC
3.0 P400 394 155 5.5 27.3-28.0 227-230 48V MHEV 300 Auto 296 149 5.6 32.5 198 Far more practical than its rivals, but pricier and less sporty than
2.0 P400e 398 149 5.4 na na 48V MHEV 330 Auto 325 149 5.3 32.1 199 those closest to it. LxWxH 4933x1852x1475 Kerb weight 1780kg
2.0 D200 201 130 8.2 41.6 168-178 V6 Trofeo Auto 523 177 3.8 25.2 254 2.0 E200 197 144 7.7 31.0-35.3 173-174
3.0 D300 MHEV 296 143 6.5 36.1-37.2 199-205 3.0 V6 AMG E53 4Matic+ 429 155 4.6 29.7 216-219
Levante 5dr SUV £73,900–£135,140 AAACC 4.0 V8 AMG E63 S 4Matic+ 603 180 3.5 22.6-23.3 282
Range Rover Sport 5dr SUV £80,325–£116,190 AAAAB Italian flair and good looks in abundance, but diesel not as 2.0 E220d 191 142 7.8 50.4 148-161
Bigger and better; a cut-price Range Rover rather than a jumped-up sonorous as petrols. LxWxH 5003x1968x1679 Kerb weight 2109kg 2.0 E300d 242 155 6.6 40.4-46.3 156-159
Discovery. LxWxH 4850x2073x1780 Kerb weight 2111kg 3.0 V6 339 156 6.0 22.6 283 2.0 E300de 302 146 6.0 188.3 41
3.0 P400 398 140 6.2 27.4 234 3.0 V6 S 424 164 5.2 22.4 286 2.9 E400d 4Matic 325 155 5.3 40.9 181-192
3.0 P440e 438 140 5.8 na na 3.8 V8 Trofeo 572 186 4.1 17.8 359
5.0 V8 P575 SVR 572 176 4.5 19.6 331 E-Class Coupé 2dr coupé £51,345–£76,825 AAAAC
3.0 D300 298 130 7.3 34.1 220-247 MC20 2dr coupé £206,700–£231,700 AAAAB Big, laid-back four-seat tourer. Borrows looks from the ravishing
3.0 D350 348 140 6.9 29.8 249 A triumphant return to the supercar ranks: fast and thriling, yet S-Class Coupé. LxWxH 4846x1860x1431 Kerb weight 1685kg
approachable. LxWxH 4669x1981x1693 Kerb weight 1475kg 2.0 E300 237 155 6.4 31.0 180-182
Range Rover 5dr SUV £99,375–£171,575 AAAAB 3.0 V6 621 203 2.9 24.6 262 3.0 E450 4Matic 362 155 5.0 29.1-31.4 201
Seminal luxury SUV’s new generation covers even more bases 3.0 AMG E53 4Matic+ 429 155 4.4 30.1-31.4 212-215
than before. LxWxH 5052x2047x1870 Kerb weight 2379kg 2.0 E220d 189 145 7.6 43.5-50.4 154-155

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May not be your idea of a desirable luxury car, but it’s certainly an Ticks the important family car boxes, but ICE powertrain lacks 4.0 Spyder 414 189 4.4 25.4 251
effective one. LxWxH 4946x2014x1716 Kerb weight 2295kg refinement. LxWxH 4425x2084x1625 Kerb weight 1435kg
3.0 AMG GLE 53 4Matic 432 155 5.3 25.7 244 1.3 DiG-T 140 138 122 10.2 44.3 143-144 718 Cayman 2dr coupé £48,475–£114,420 AAAAA
4.0 AMG GLE 63 S 4Matic 603 174 3.8 na 280 1.3 DiG-T 158 156 123 9.9 41.5-44.4 145 Scalpel-blade incisiveness, supreme balance and outstanding
2.0 GLE 350de 4Matic 320 130 6.9 313.9 23-24 driver involvement. LxWxH 4379x1801x1295 Kerb weight 1335kg
2.9 GLE 400d 4Matic 327 149 5.7 33.6 219 X-Trail 5dr SUV £30,955 AAABC 2.0 290 170 4.9-5.1 32.8 197
Shortfalls on refinement and drivability, plus a slight lack of the
2.0 T 296 170 4.9-5.3 35.5 198
GLS 5dr SUV £85,800–£176,505 AAABC original’s character. LxWxH 4640x1820x1710 Kerb weight 1505kg 2.5 S 339 177 4.4-4.6 29.1 228
The replacement for the massive GL can still seat seven in 1.3 DiG-T 160 158 123 11.5 37.8-38.5 166-173 4.0 GTS 396 182 4.5 25.9 247
comfort. LxWxH 5216x2030x1823 Kerb weight 2415kg 4.0 GT4 414 188 4.4 25.7 251
3.0 GLS 400d 4Matic 327 148 6.3 32.8 227 NOBLE 4.0 GT4 RS 493 196 3.4 21.4 299
4.0 GLS 600 Maybach 549 155 4.9 21.4 304 M600 2dr coupé £248,000–£287,600 AAABC
4.0 AMG GLS63 625 174 4.2 23.7 273 Deliciously natural and involving; a bit ergonomically flawed. 911 2dr coupé £89,400–£211,960 AAAAB
3.0 E300d 4Matic 242 155 6.4 42.2-47.9 166-167 LxWxH 4360x1910x1120 Kerb weight 1198kg Wider, eighth-generation 911 is still eminently fast, and capable at
2.9 E400d 4Matic 325 155 5.3 na 189 G-Class 5dr SUV £123,500–£182,200 AAABC 4.4 V8 662 225 3.0 16.8 333 all speeds. LxWxH 4519x1852x1300 Kerb weight 1565kg
Massively expensive and compromised, but with character in 3.0 Carrera 380 182 4.0 27.4 233
E-Class Cabriolet 2dr open £57,095–£80,735 AAAAC abundance. LxWxH 4866x1984x1969 Kerb weight 2550kg 3.0 Carrera 4 380 180 4.0 ORA
26.9 238
Refined and sophisticated four-seater in the same mould as the 3.0 400d 4Matic 325 130 6.4 25.7 281-282 AAAAC 3.0 Carrera S Funky Cat 5dr hatch £31,995
444 191 3.7 27.4 234
S-Class Cabriolet. LxWxH 4846x1860x1429 Kerb weight 1780kg 4.0 V8 AMG G63 4Matic 578 137 4.5 18.6-18.8 373 A charismatic and good-value electric hatchback from China’s 3.0 Carrera 4S 444 190 3.4 26.9 239
2.0 E300 237 155 6.6 30.0 189-190 Great Wall Motor. LxWxH 4235x1825x1603 Kerb weight 1540kg 3.0 Carrera GTS 473 193 3.4 24.8-26.4 244-258
3.0 E450 4Matic 362 155 5.8 28.8-30.7 208 AMG GT 2dr coupé/open £108,390–£377,120 AAAAC 126kW 48kWh 169 99 8.3 193 0 3.0 Carrera 4 GTS 473 193 3.3 24.8-26.6 240-259
3.0 AMG E53 4Matic 429 155 4.5 29.7-30.7 217-219 Million-dollar looks and a railgun V8, but extremely firm chassis 3.0 Targa 4 380 179 4.4 26.9 239
2.0 E220d 189 147 7.8 42.8-48.7 162-163 affects its usability. LxWxH 4544x1939x1287 Kerb weight 1615kg PEUGEOT 3.0 Targa 4S 444 189 3.8 26.4 244
2.0 E300d 242 155 6.6 40.9-46.3 172 4.0 V8 GT 522 193-194 3.7-3.8 21.9-22.1 289-290 208 3dr/5dr hatch £18,655–£33,910 AAABC 3.0 Targa 4 GTS 473 193 3.4 24.8-27.1 236-258
2.9 E400d 4Matic 325 155 5.4 na 193 4.0 V8 GT R 577 198 3.6 22.1 289 A big improvement for Peugeot, if not for the supermini class. 4.0 GT3 503 199 3.4 21.7-21.9 283-304
4.0 V8 GT Black Series 718 202 3.2 22.1 292 LxWxH 3475x1615x1460 Kerb weight 1065kg 3.7 Turbo 572 199 2.8 23.5 271
CLS 4dr saloon £71,345–£82,445 AAAAC 1.2 PureTech 75 72 106 14.9 58.9 124 3.7 Turbo S 641 205 2.7 23.5 271
Retains the sleek coupé style and has more tech – without losing MG 1.2 PureTech 100 98 117 9.9 53.0 124-126 Sport Classic 542 205 4.1 22.4 285
its allure. LxWxH 4996x1896x1436 Kerb weight 1935kg 3 5dr hatch £12,845–£14,345 AAABC 1.2 PureTech 130 128 129 8.7 51.9 128
3.0 V6 AMG CLS 53 4Matic+ 429 155 4.5 29.7 216 Neatly tuned and nice sporty styling. Breaks the mould for budget 50kWh e-208 136 93 8.1 194-217 0 911 Cabriolet 2dr open £99,200–£176,870 AAAAC
3.0 CLS 400d 4Matic 325 155 5.0 38.7 191 superminis. LxWxH 4018x1729x1507 Kerb weight 1125kg 1.5 BlueHDi 100 99 117 10.2 70 109-110 Fewer compromises than ever, if rewarding only at full attack.
1.5 VTi-Tech 104 108 10.9 42.3 152 LxWxH 4519x1852x1297 Kerb weight 1585kg
S-Class 4dr saloon £82,965–£211,460 AAAAB 308 5dr hatch £25,270–£39,460 AAAAC 3.0 Carrera 380 180 4.4 27.2 236
Bristling with technology, luxury and performance. Sets new class 5 SW EV 5dr estate £29,695–£31,945 AAABC Brings electrification and design flair but retains the old model’s 3.0 Carrera 4 380 180 4.4 26.9 238
standards. LxWxH 5125x1899x1493 Kerb weight 1990kg Segment-first electric estate could be all the real-world EV you dynamic character. LxWxH 4365x1850x1441 Kerb weight 1288kg 3.0 Carrera S 444 190 4.4 27.4 233
3.0 S500 440 155 4.9 29.7-35.3 181-201 need. LxWxH 4544x1729x1509 Kerb weight 1532kg 1.2 PureTech 130 131 130 9.7 52.1 122 3.0 Carrera 4S 444 188 3.6 26.6 241
3.0 S580e 510 155 5.2 353.1 19 61kWh 154 115 7.7 250 0 1.6 Hybrid 180 140 7.6 213-281 23-30 3.0 Carrera GTS 473 192 3.6 26.9 239
3.0 S580 Maybach 503 144 4.8 26.2 253-265 1.6 Hybrid 225 225 146 8.0 213-266 24-30 3.0 Carrera 4 GTS 473 191 3.5 25.0 244
6.0 V12 S680 Maybach 612 155 4.5 19.8 325 ZS 5dr SUV £16,995–£34,495 AAACC 1.5 BlueHDi 131 129 10.6 65.4 113-114 3.7 Turbo 572 199 2.9 23.3 275
2.9 S350d 286 155 6.4 39.8-42.8 173-190 Much improved on previous MGs, but still lacks the sophistication 3.7 Turbo S 641 205 2.8 23.3 275
2.9 S400d 328 155 5.4 38.2-38.7 192-196 of its closest rivals. LxWxH 4314x1809x1611 Kerb weight 1190kg 308 SW 5dr estate £26,470–£40,670 AAAAC
1.5 VTi-Tech 104 109 10.9 41.5 155 Blends character and practicality, without compromising on the Panamera 4dr saloon £73,530–£143,190 AAAAA
EQS 5dr saloon £102,160–£166,155 AAAAB 1.0T GDi 109 112 12.4 38.6 166 hatchback’s style. LxWxH 4635x2062x1442 Kerb weight 1345kg Revamped big saloon is an absolute belter, making it almost the
Luxurious in every respect and a tantalising showcase for the 45kWh EV 143 87 8.5 163 0 1.2 PureTech 130 131 130 9.9 52.1 122 perfect grand tourer. LxWxH 5049x1937x1423 Kerb weight 1815kg
future. LxWxH 5032x1899x1411 Kerb weight 2480kg 73kWh EV 156 108 8.4 273 0 1.6 Hybrid 180 139 7.7 213-281 25-30 2.9 V6 325 168 5.6 27.7 232
108kW 450+ 4Matic 325 130 6.2 412-453 0 1.6 Hybrid 225 225 146 7.6 213-266 26-30 2.9 V6 4 325 167 5.3 27.2 235
AMG EQS 53 4Matic+ 649 155 3.8 377 0 HS 5dr SUV £22,625–£33,595 AAACC 1.5 BlueHDi 131 129 10.9 65.0 113-114 2.9 V6 4S 434 183 4.3 27.4 234
Goes big on metal for the money but covers its budget roots with 2.9 V6 4 E-Hybrid 456 174 4.4 78.5-85.6 60
AMG GT 4-Door Coupé 4dr saloon £141,855–£173,640 AAAAB mixed success. LxWxH 4574x1876x1664 Kerb weight 1489kg 508 4dr saloon £29,635–£54,665 AAAAC 2.9 V6 4S E-Hybrid 552 185 3.7 78.5-85.6 60
Four-door, four-wheel-drive GT is confusing to contemplate but 1.5 T-GDi 162 118 9.9 36.2-37.2 168 Stylish and likeable but lacking the polish of more premium rivals. 4.0 V8 GTS 473 186 3.9 23.3 275
impressive to drive. LxWxH 5054x1953x1447 Kerb weight 2100kg 1.5 T-GDi PHEV 254 118 7.1 155.8 43 LxWxH 4750x1859x1430 Kerb weight 1535kg 4.0 V8 Turbo S 621 196 3.1 22.1 289
4.0 V8 GT63 S 4Matic+ 630 196 3.2 21.4-22.1 294-298 1.2 PureTech 130 131 127 8.1 49.1 129 4.0 V8 Turbo S E-Hybrid 690 196 3.2 97.4-104.6 62-66
MINI 1.6 Hybrid 223 155 8.3 166.0-235.0 27-38
GLA 5dr SUV £36,090–£67,305 AAABC 3dr Hatch 3dr hatch £22,565–£35,545 AAAAB 1.6 Hybrid PSE 355 155 5.2 141.2 42 Panamera Sport Turismo 5dr estate £78,710–£146,410 AAAAB
Not the most practical crossover but good looking and very decent Three-pot engines and cleverly designed interior make the Mini a 1.5 BlueHDi 130 126 126 10.0 62.0 124 The Panamera in a more practical form, and now it’s a good-looking
to drive. LxWxH 4417x1804x1494 Kerb weight 1395kg superb choice. LxWxH 3821x1727x1414 Kerb weight 1190kg beast. LxWxH 5049x1937x1428 Kerb weight 1880kg
1.6 GLA 180 120 124 8.7-9.0 35.3-40.4 151-155 1.5 One 101 121 10.1-10.2 49.6 130 508 SW 5dr estate £31,235–£56,465 AAACC 2.9 V6 4 325 163 5.3 26.4 242
1.6 GLA 200 152 134 8.1-8.4 34.9-39.8 151-155 1.5 Cooper 134 130 7.8-7.9 48.7-49.6 130-132 Bodystyle takes the edge off the 508’s style yet doesn’t fully 2.9 V6 4S 434 180 4.3 26.4 242
1.3 GLA 250e 135 137 7.1 201.8 31 2.0 Cooper S 189 145-146 6.7-6.8 44.1 145 address practicality. LxWxH 4778x1859x1420 Kerb weight 1430kg 2.9 V6 4 E-Hybrid 456 174 4.4 78.5-85.6 60
2.0 GLA 250 4Matic 204 143 6.6 32.5-35.8 172-174 2.0 John Cooper Works 227 152 6.1-6.3 1.2 PureTech 130 39.8 160 131 127 8.3 49.1 129 2.9 V6 4S E-Hybrid 552 182 3.7 78.5-85.6 60
2.0 AMG GLA 35 4Matic 302 155 5.2 32.5 186-198 1.6 Hybrid 223 155 8.3 166.0-235.0 27-38 4.0 V8 GTS 473 181 3.9 22.8 280
2.0 AMG GLA 45 S 4Matic+ 415 155 4.3 28.8 215-224 Electric 3dr hatch £31,000–£35,050 AAAAC 1.6 Hybrid PSE 355 155 5.2 141.2 42 4.0 V8 Turbo S 621 196 3.1 21.7 295
2.0 GLA 200d 150 127 8.6-8.9 52.3 121 Won’t break records on range or usability, but has plenty of zip and 1.5 BlueHDi 130 126 129 10.1 62.0 127 4.0 V8 Turbo S E-Hybrid 690 196 3.2 94.2-97.4 65-69
2.0 GLA 220d 188 136 7.3 49.6 141-149 driver appeal. LxWxH 3850x1727x1414 Kerb weight 1440kg
33kWh 180 93 7.3 144 0 2008 5dr SUV £22,735–£38,850 AAAAC Taycan 4dr saloon £72,905–£139,335 AAAAB
EQA 5dr SUV £47,510–£56,010 AAACC Compact crossover has most rivals licked, but class is still waiting First all-electric Porsche shows the rest of the world how it should
A competent but entirely average electric SUV. For the money, we Convertible 2dr open £25,465–£38,145 AAABC for a game-changer. LxWxH 4300x1770x1550 Kerb weight 1205kg be done. LxWxH 4963x1966x1381 Kerb weight 2305kg
expect better. LxWxH 4463x1834x1624 Kerb weight 1965kg A fun open-top car but compromised on practicality and dynamics. 1.2 PureTech 100 98 115 10.9 52.0 125-127 79kWh 405 143 5.4 220-268 0
67kWh 250 188 99 8.5 255-264 0 LxWxH 3821x1727x1415 Kerb weight 1280kg 1.2 PureTech 130 128 122 8.9 50.6 132 79kWh 4S 527 155 4.0 252 0
67kWh 300 4Matic 228 99 7.7 260-268 0 1.5 Cooper 134 128 8.8 46.3 138-139 1.2 PureTech 155 153 129 8.2 46.6 141 93kWh 472 143 5.4 253-301 0
67kWh 350 4Matic 292 99 6.0 268 0 2.0 Cooper S 175 143 7.2 42.2 151 50kWh e-2008 136 93 8.5 191-206 0 93kWh 4S 563 155 4.0 287 0
2.0 John Cooper Works 227 150 6.6 39.2 165 1.5 BlueHDi 98 115 11.4 62.7 118-120 93kWh GTS 590 155 3.7 273 0
GLB 5dr SUV £40,565–£51,595 AAABC 93kWh Turbo 670 161 3.2 280 0
Boxy SUV mixes rough-and-tumble styling cues and seven-seat 5dr Hatch 5dr hatch £23,225–£31,760 AAAAB 3008 5dr SUV £29,325–£47,380 AAAAC 93kWh Turbo S 751 161 2.8 256 0
versatility. LxWxH 4634x1834x1659 Kerb weight 1555kg Mini charm in a more usable package, but still not as practical as Cleverly packaged Peugeot offers just enough SUV DNA to make
1.3 GLB 200 160 129 9.1 40.4 160-165 rivals. LxWxH 3982x1727x1425 Kerb weight 1240kg the difference. LxWxH 4447x2098x1624 Kerb weight 1250kg Taycan Sport Turismo 5dr estate £73,650–£141,259 AAAAB
2.0 AMG GLB 35 302 155 5.2 32.5 198 1.5 One 101 119 10.6 49.6 130 1.2 PureTech 130 126 117 10.5-10.8 37.2 146-149 Less rugged than the Cross Turismo, but no less capable.
2.0 GLB 200d 148 127 9.0 47.9 149-156 1.5 Cooper 134 129 8.4 48.7-49.6 131-132 1.6 Hybrid 223 146 5.9 157-222 29 LxWxH 4963x2144x1390 Kerb weight 2250kg
2.0 GLB 220d 188 135 7.6 47.9 156-158 2.0 Cooper S 175 146 79kWh 6.9 405 143 44.1-45.6 141-146
5.4 222-269 0 1.6 Hybrid4 298 149 5.9 166-235 36
79kWh 4S 527 155 4.0 222-274 0 1.5 BlueHDi 130 126 119 9.5 55.1 137-139
EQB 5dr SUV £53,610–£62,710 AAACC Clubman 5dr hatch £27,015–£39,945 93kWh 472 143 5.4 AAAAC
259-306 0
Part-time third row still a rarity in premium electric cars. Otherwise Cheery and alternative Mini ‘six-door’ takes the brand into new 5008 5dr SUV £35,790–£41,150 AAAAC 93kWh 4S 563 155 4.0 259-306 0
unremarkable. LxWxH 4463x1834x1624 Kerb weight 2030kg territory. LxWxH 4253x1800x1441 Kerb weight 1375kg Less MPV, more SUV, and shares its siblings’ good looks. Competent 93kWh GTS 590 155 3.7 263-304 0
67kWh 300 228 99 7.7 257 0 1.5 Cooper 134 128 9.2 47.1 136-137 to drive, too. LxWxH 4641x1844x1640 Kerb weight 1511kg 93kWh Turbo 670 155 3.2 263-305 0
67kWh 350 292 99 6.0 257 0 2.0 Cooper S 175 142 7.3 42.2 152-153 1.2 PureTech 130 126 117 10.4-10.9 46.0 150-153 93kWh Turbo S 751 155 2.8 267-285 0
2.0 John Cooper Works All4 302 155 4.9 38.2 169 1.6 PureTech 180 178 135 8.3 39.6 168-170
GLC 5dr SUV £45,240–£94,785 AAAAC 1.5 BlueHDi 130 129 119 10.7 57.3 139-142 Taycan Cross Turismo 5dr estate £83,055–£140,055 AAAAB
Not exactly exciting to drive, but does luxury and refinement Countryman 5dr hatch £28,815–£42,675 AAABC 2.0 BlueHDi 180 175 131 9.1 47.3 164-166 Melds together two vehicle types, and somehow hangs together,
better than most. LxWxH 4656x1890x1639 Kerb weight 1735kg Bigger than before, but still more funky than useful. Still not all that brilliantly. LxWxH 4974x2144x1409 Kerb weight 2320kg
2.0 GLC 300 4Matic 255 149 6.2 34.4 187-198 pretty, either. LxWxH 4299x2005x1557 Kerb weight 1440kg P I N I N FA R I N A 93kWh 4 472 137 5.1 242-283 0
2.0 GLC 300e 4Matic 320 143 5.7 122.8 53 1.5 Cooper 136 124 9.7 44.8 143 Battista 2dr coupé £2,000,000 AAAAC 93kWh 4S 563 149 4.1 241-281 0
3.0 V6 AMG GLC 43 4Matic 388 155 4.9 27.4 233-245 1.5 Cooper All4 136 122 10.3 40.9 157-158 Considering its ridiculous power, that it’s such a joy to drive is a 93kWh GTS 590 155 3.7 273 0
4.0 V8 AMG GLC 63 S 4Matic+ 502 155 3.8 22.7 294-296 1.5 Cooper S E All4 PHEV 217 122 6.8 156.9 41 marvel in itself. LxWxH na Kerb weight 2200kg 93kWh Turbo 670 155 3.3 245-281 0
2.0 GLC 220d 4Matic 191 134 7.9 47.9 154-167 2.0 Cooper S 192 140 7.5-7.6 42.2-42.8 151-152 1417kW 120kWh 1900 217 2.0 311 0 93kWh Turbo S 751 155 2.9 241-260 0
2.0 GLC 300d 4Matic 242 144 6.5 42.8 178-179 2.0 Cooper S All4 192 138 7.6 40.4 158-159
2.0 GLC 300de 4Matic 302 143 6.2 148.7 50 2.0 John Cooper Works All4 302 155 5.1 37.2 174 P O L E S TA R Macan 5dr SUV £51,040–£68,170 AAAAB
2 5dr hatch £41,900–£47,900 AAAAC Spookily good handling makes this a sports utility vehicle in the
GLC Coupé 5dr SUV £51,590–£97,960 AAAAC High-rise saloon takes the EV off in a development direction all of
MORGAN purest sense. LxWxH 4696x1923x1624 Kerb weight 1770kg
A coupé-shaped SUV destined to be outrun by the X4 – unless Plus Four 2dr open £63,635 AAABC its own. LxWxH 4607x1859x1478 Kerb weight 2048kg 2.0 263 144 6.4 26.4 228
you’re in an AMG. LxWxH 4732x1890x1602 Kerb weight 1785kg Morgan’s four-cylinder lifeblood model gets 21st-century 63kWh Standard Range 221 99 7.4 273 0 2.0 T 263 144 6.4 26.4 224-239
2.0 GLC 300 4Matic 255 149 6.3 32.8 195-202 underpinnings. LxWxH 3830x1500x1250 Kerb weight 1013kg 78kWh Long Range 228 99 7.4 317 0 3.0 V6 S 377 161 4.8 25.4 251
2.0 GLC 300e 4Matic 320 143 5.7 104.6 52-54 2.0 255 149 5.1 38.8 165 78kWh Long Range AWD 402 127 4.2 298 0 3.0 GTS 438 169 4.5 25.0 255
3.0 V6 AMG GLC 43 4Matic 388 155 4.9 27.7 232-242
4.0 V8 AMG GLC 63 S 4Matic+ 502 155 3.8 22.1 290-291 Plus Six 2dr open £82,995 AAABC PORSCHE Cayenne 5dr SUV £64,870–£132,065 AAAAB
2.0 GLC 220d 4Matic 191 135 7.9 44.1 167-173 Feels like progress in lots of ways, but not yet the driver’s car it 718 Boxster 2dr open £50,475–£81,070 AAAAB Refreshed look, improved engines and interior, and a better SUV
2.0 GLC 300d 4Matic 242 145 6.6 40.9 182-184 might be. LxWxH 3890x1756x1220 Kerb weight 1075kg Our idea of drop-top heaven. Exceptional to drive, whether cruising overall. LxWxH 4926x2194x1673 Kerb weight 2175kg
2.0 GLC 300de 4Matic 302 143 6.2 134.5 55 3.0 335 166 4.2 38.2 180 or hurrying. LxWxH 4379x1801x1280 Kerb weight 1335kg 3.0 V6 335 152 6.2 22.6-24.6 259-283
2.0 290 170 4.9-5.1 32.5 198 3.0 V6 E-Hybrid 456 157 5.0 76.3-91.1 71-83
EQC 5dr SUV £70,035–£78,925 AAAAB NISSAN 2.0 T 296 170 4.7-5.3 32.5 199 2.9 V6 S 340 152 6.2 21.9-23.9 268-292
Brisk, tidy-handling electric SUV has everything needed to do well Micra 5dr hatch £16,685–£19,765 AAAAC 2.5 S 339 177 4.4-4.6 29.1 229 4.0 V8 GTS 453 168 4.8 20.0-21.2 301-219
on UK roads. LxWxH 4762x1884x1624 Kerb weight 2495kg Refreshed look and better handling makes it an enticing choice. 4.0 V8 Turbo 542 178 4.1 20.0-20.9 305-319
80kWh 400 4Matic 408 112 5.1 244-255 0 Has its flaws, though. LxWxH 3991x1743x1455 Kerb weight 1490kg 4.0 V8 S E-Hybrid 671 183 3.8 68.9-74.3 86-92
1.0 IG-T 92 91 111 11.8 50.4 123-129
GLE 5dr SUV £70,055–£119,930 AAAAC Cayenne Coupé 5dr SUV £69,520–£149,930 AAAAC
The ML replacement isn’t inspiring to drive but does come with a Leaf 5dr hatch £28,495–£34,945 AAAAC Little different to drive from the standard car but certainly has an
classy interior. LxWxH 4819x2141x1796 Kerb weight 2165kg Better looks, better value and better range from this second-gen appeal all of its own. LxWxH 4931x1983x1676 Kerb weight 2030kg
2.9 GLE 450 4Matic 362 155 5.7 32.5 229 electric hatch. LxWxH 4387x1768x1520 Kerb weight 1245kg 3.0 V6 335 150 6.0 22.6-24.4 263-283
2.0 GLE 300d 4Matic 242 140 7.2 39.2 198-207 40kWh 147 90 7.9 168 0 3.0 V6 E-Hybrid 456 157 5.1 76.3-88.3 73-85
2.9 GLE 350d 4Matic 268 143 6.6 36.2 206-214 62kWh 214 98 6.9-7.3 239 0 2.9 V6 S 428 163 5.0 21.9-23.5 271-292
2.0 GLE 350de 4Matic 317 130 6.8 256.8 29 4.0 V8 GTS 453 168 4.5 20.2-21.2 302-318
2.9 GLE 400d 4Matic 328 152 5.7 35.3 220 Juke 5dr hatch £20,420–£26,920 AAABC 4.0 V8 Turbo 533 178 3.9 20..0-20.9 307-319
3.0 V6 AMG GLE 53 4Matic+ 432 155 5.3 26.7 246-248 Second-generation crossover is impressive in some respects, but 4.0 V8 S E-Hybrid 671 183 3.8 68.9-74.3 87-92
4.0 V8 AMG GLE 63 S 4Matic+ 603 155 3.8 na 281 outstanding in few. LxWxH 4135x1765x1565 Kerb weight 1605kg 4.0 V8 GT 632 186 3.1 20.0 319
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RADICAL Enyaq Coupé iV 5dr SUV £54,370 AAABC
Rapture 0dr open £110,000 AAABC More style-led EV is the first to wear Skoda’s performance badge.
Not as well mannered as some lightweights but spectacular in its LxWxH 4653x1882x1660 Kerb weight 2204kg
track-day element. LxWxH 4100x1790x1130 Kerb weight 765kg 82kWh vRS 299 111 6.4 312 0
2.2 Turbo 360 165 3.1 na na
Kodiaq 5dr SUV £33,485–£48,075 AAAAC
RXC GT 2dr open £145,000 AAABC Skoda’s first seven-seat SUV is a viable alternative to a traditional
Designed for pounding around a track; out of its element on the MPV. LxWxH 4697x1882x1676 Kerb weight 1430kg
road. LxWxH 4300x1960x1127 Kerb weight 1125kg 1.5 TSI 150 148 123 9.3 37.2-39.2 164-172
3.5 V6 400 400 179 2.8 na na 2.0 TSI 190 4x4 188 132 7.8 32.1-32.5 196-200
3.5 V6 650 650 180 2.7 na na 2.0 vRS 242 144 6.6 32.5 198
2.0 TDI 150 148 123 9.8 46.3-47.9 154-161
R E N A U LT 2.0 TDI 150 4x4 148 120 9.6 44.8-47.9 155-165
Clio 5dr hatch £18,895–£23,995 AAAAC 2.0 TDI 200 4x4 197 131 7.8 41.5-42.5 175-178
Plusher, smoother and much more mature. A car of substance as Tarraco 5dr SUV £32,255–£44,170 AAAAC Model X 5dr SUV £98,980–£110,980 AAAAB
well as style. LxWxH 4047x1728x1440 Kerb weight 1148kg Seat’s largest SUV brings a hint of youthful exuberance to a SMART A genuine luxury seven-seat electric SUV that also has a large
1.0 TCe 90 88 112 12.2 54.4 117 practical category. LxWxH 4735x1839x1674 Kerb weight 1845kg EQ Fortwo 3dr hatch/open £22,225–£23,375 AABCC range. LxWxH 5036x2070x1684 Kerb weight 2459kg
1.6 E-Tech Hybrid 138 112 9.3
1.5 TSI Evo 150 65.7 96 148 124 9.9 38.7-41.5 155-166 Pricey, EV-only two-seater has urban appeal but is short on AWD 670 155 3.8 348 0
2.0 TSI 4Drive 190 188 130 7.8 31.0-31.7 201-207 performance. LxWxH 2695x1663x1555 Kerb weight 1085kg Plaid 1020 163 2.5 340 0
Zoe 5dr hatch £29,995–£31,995 AAABC 2.0 TSI 245 242 142 6.3 32.1-32.8 195-200 17kWh 79 81 11.6-11.9 81-84 0
A far more practical zero-emission solution. Attractive price, too. 2.0 TDI 150 148 124 10.2 49.6-52.3 144-150 T OYO TA
LxWxH 4084x1730x1562 Kerb weight 1470kg 2.0 TDI 200 4Drive 197 130 7.8 41.5-42.8 172-178 EQ Forfour 5dr hatch £22,295–£23,445 AABCC Aygo X 3dr hatch £15,095–£16,280 AAABC
50kWh R135 132 87 9.5 232 0 Four doors bring more mainstream practicality, but still hobbled by City car returns from SUV boot camp ready for the ultimate series
S KO DA low range. LxWxH 3495x1665x1554 Kerb weight 1200kg of speed bumps. LxWxH 3700x1740x1525 Kerb weight 1360kg
Captur 5dr SUV £22,295–£33,895 AAAAC Fabia 5dr hatch £17,990–£21,125 AAAAC 17kWh 79 81 12.7 84 0 1.0 VVT-i 71 98 14.9 57.6 110
Jacked-up Clio is among the better downsized options. Stylish and Strong ergonomics and fine road manners – if you buy one of the
fluent-riding. LxWxH 4122x1778x1566 Kerb weight 1184kg more powerful models. LxWxH 4108x1780x1459 Kerb weight 1119kg S S A N G YO N G Yaris 5dr hatch £21,110–£25,070 AAABC
1.0 TCe 90 89 104 14 47.9 133-134 1.0 MPI 80 78 111 15.6 55.4 116 Tivoli 5dr SUV £19,645–£23,395 AAABC Stylish interior but ultimately a scaled-down version of bigger
1.6 E-Tech Hybrid 140 106 10.6 56.5 113-114 1.0 TSI 93 121 10.7 55.4 115-116 Trails the Duster as the best-value small crossover – but not by Toyotas. LxWxH 3495x1695x1510 Kerb weight 1310kg
1.6 E-Tech PHEV 156 107 10.1 217.3 30-33 1.0 TSI 110 109 127 9.9 57.6 113-127 much. LxWxH 4195x1795x1590 Kerb weight 1270kg 1.5 VVT-i Hybrid 114 109 9.7 65.7-68.9 92-98
1.2P 128 126 112 10.6 47.9 158
Kadjar 5dr SUV £26,295–£27,895 AAABC Scala 5dr hatch £20,120–£26,430 AAAAC 1.5P 163 160 112 na 42.8 161-164 GR Yaris 5dr hatch £31,070–£34,670 AAAAA
Fine value, practical, decent to drive and good-looking, but the Undercuts rivals on price and ushers in a sharp new design 1.6D 136 130 108 na 50.4 145 Focused, exhilarating all-wheel-drive hot hatch is the most exciting
Qashqai is classier. LxWxH 4449x1836x1607 Kerb weight 1306kg language for Skoda. LxWxH 4362x1793x1471 Kerb weight 1381kg Toyota in ages. LxWxH 3995x1805x1455 Kerb weight 975kg
1.3 TCe 140 138 124 9.8 45.6 143-147 1.0 TSI 95 94 118 10.9 53.3 119-120 Korando 5dr SUV £21,795–£32,215 AAACC 1.6 AWD 253 143 5.5 na 186
1.0 TSI 110 108 123 10.1 51.4-53.3 120-124 Competitive towing capabilities and generous kit, but still lacks
Arkana 5dr SUV £26,795–£32,295 AAABC 1.5 TSI 150 148 137 8.1 50.4-51.4 125-128 dynamics. LxWxH 4450x1870x1629 Kerb weight 1610kg Corolla 5dr hatch £30,210–£35,145 AAAAC
Showy styling clothes an eminently sensible but unspectacular 1.5 GDi-Turbo 160 119 12.0 37.2 172 Rebranded hatch has rolling refinement, interior ambience and
car. LxWxH 4568x1820x1576 Kerb weight 1435kg Octavia 5dr hatch £23,650–£37,055 AAAAC 1.6 D 2WD 133 112 12.0 45.2 159-164 affable handling. LxWxH 4370x1790x1435 Kerb weight 1340kg
1.3 TCe Mild Hybrid 140 138 127 9.8 48.7 132 Does comfort and practicality like no other. Good, frugal engines 1.6 D 4WD 133 112 12.0 41.5 178 1.8 VVT-i Hybrid 122 111 9.2 57.6-62.8 102-112
1.6 E-Tech Hybrid 145 143 107 10.8 58.9 108 too. LxWxH 4689x1829x1470 Kerb weight 1225kg e-Motion 140kW 61.5kWh 187 97 9.0 294 0 2.0 VVT-i Hybrid 180 111 7.5 53.3-57.6 111-120
1.0 TSI 110 113 129 10.8 54.3-56.5 115-117
Mégane E-Tech Electric 5dr SUV £36,995–£40,995 AAAAC 1.5 TSI 150 148 143 8.5 52.3-53.3 121-123 Rexton 5dr SUV £38,600–£45,745 AAABC Corolla Touring Sports 5dr estate £31,545–£36,860 AAAAC
More fun than most EVs while also efficient, comfortable and 2.0 TSI vRS 242 155 6.8 40.9 157 A vast improvement. Better on the road but without ditching its More practical estate bodystyle proves just as capable with hybrid
tech-savvy. LxWxH 4200x1860x1505 Kerb weight 1708kg 2.0 TDI 116 114 131 10.2 68.9 109 argicultural roots. LxWxH 4850x1960x1825 Kerb weight 2102kg power. LxWxH 4650x1790x1435 Kerb weight 1440kg
EV60 160kW 60kWh 215 99 7.5 280 0 2.0 TDI 150 148 143 8.7 64.2-67.3 109-115 2.2d 181 178 115 11.3-11.9 32.9 205-227 1.8 VVT-i Hybrid 122 111 9.2 56.5-62.8 103-113
2.0 TDI 200 vRS 197 154 7.4 56.5 130 2.0 VVT-i Hybrid 180 111 7.5 53.3-56.5 112-121
RI MAC 2.0 TDI 200 vRS 4x4 197 150 6.8 51.4 145 SUBARU
Nevera 2dr coupé £2,000,000 AAAAC Outback 5dr estate £36,845–£42,345 AABCC Prius 5dr hatch £24,890–£35,400 AAAAC
Electric hypercar from Croatian specialist is sibling of fantastic Octavia Estate 5dr estate £24,630–£38,295 AAAAC Acceptable in isolation, but no class leader. Better all round compared with its predecessors. Challenging
Pininfarina Battista. LxWxH 4750x1986x1208 Kerb weight 2150kg Class-leading amount of space and practicality. Comfortable, too. LxWxH 4815x1840x1605 Kerb weight 1612kg looks, though. LxWxH 4540x1760x1470 Kerb weight 1375kg
1427kW 120kWh 1914 256 2.0 340 0 LxWxH 4667x1814x1465 Kerb weight 1247kg 2.5i 172 130 10.2 33.0 193 1.8 VVT-i Hybrid 120 112 10.6 58.9-67.3 94-109
1.0 TSI 110 113 125 11 53.3-54.3 118-119
R O L L S - R OYC E 1.5 TSI 150 148 139 8.6 50.4-52.3 123-126 Forester 5dr SUV £37,885–£40,885 AAACC Prius Plug-in Hybrid 5dr hatch £32,645–£34,745 AAAAC
Wraith 2dr coupé £282,220–£324,220 AAAAB 2.0 TSI vRS 242 155 6.8 40.4 159 Solid, spacious and wilfully unsexy. A capable 4x4 nonetheless. Plug-in version is clever and appealing. Seems more comfortable in
An intimate and involving Rolls. Not as grand as some, but other 2.0 TDI 116 114 128 10.3 67.3 111 LxWxH 4610x1795x1735 Kerb weight 1488kg its skin. LxWxH 4645x1760x1470 Kerb weight 1530kg
traits make it great. LxWxH 5285x1947x1507 Kerb weight 2360kg 2.0 TDI 150 148 139 8.6 62.8-65.7 112-118 2.0i e-Boxer 148 117 11.8 34.7 185 1.8 VVT-i Hybrid 120 101 11.1 188.3-217.3 29-35
6.6 V12 624 155 4.6 18.5-18.6 347-348 2.0 TDI 200 vRS 197 152 7.5 55.4 132
2.0 TDI 200 vRS 4x4 197 147 7.1 50.4 147 XV 5dr SUV £33,195–£35,195 AAACC Yaris Cross 5dr SUV £24,840–£31,465 AAABC
Dawn 2dr open £305,620–£347,620 AAAAB No-nonsense crossover doesn’t quite make enough sense. A credible compact SUV, buoyed by good driving dynamics and
Essentially as Wraith, except with a detuned engine and in elegant Superb 5dr hatch £30,255–£44,140 AAAAC LxWxH 4450x1780x1615 Kerb weight 1355kg efficiency. LxWxH 4180x1765x1595 Kerb weight 1175kg
convertible form. LxWxH 5295x1947x1502 Kerb weight 2560kg Another great Czech value option that’s big on quality and space if 2.0i e-Boxer 148 120 10.7 35.7 180 1.5 Hybrid 114 106 11.2 56.5-64.2 100-112
6.6 V12 563 155 16.8-17.4 367-380 not on price. LxWxH 4869x1864x1469 Kerb weight 1340kg
5.0 1.5 Hybrid AWD 114 106 11.8 55.4 115
1.5 TSI 150 148 137 9.2 40.4-44.8 142-157 Solterra 5dr SUV £49,995–£52,995 AAAAC
Ghost 4dr saloon £275,020–£320,020 AAAAC 2.0 TSI 190 188 148 7.7 38.2-39.2 162-168 The classic Subaru traits are all carried over into the firm’s first EV. C-HR 5dr SUV £29,920–£36,050 AAAAC
‘A ffordable’ Rolls is a more driver-focused car than the Phantom. 2.0 TSI 280 4x4 276 155 5.3 32.2-34.0 188-193 LxWxH 4690x1860x1650 Kerb weight 2015kg Coupé-shaped crossover certainly turns heads and impresses on
Still hugely special. LxWxH 5399x1948x1550 Kerb weight 2360kg 1.4 iV PHEV 215 138 7.4 148.7-188.3 33-42 150kW 71.4kWh 215 99 6.9 289 0 the road. LxWxH 4360x1795x1565 Kerb weight 1320kg
6.6 V12 563 155 4.9-5.0 18.5-18.6 347-348 2.0 TDI 150 148 138 9.1 54.3-58.9 125-136 1.8 Hybrid 119 105 11.0 57.7-58.9 109-110
2.0 TDI 200 197 151 7.9 51.4-53.3 140-145 SUZUKI 2.0 Hybrid 181 112 8.2 53.3-54.3 119
Phantom 4dr saloon £378,820–£450,820 AAAAA 2.0 TDI 200 4x4 197 148 7.3 47.9 154 Ignis 5dr hatch £14,749–£18,249 AAAAC
Phantom takes opulent luxury to a whole new level. Cute and rugged-looking 4x4 city car capable of tackling roads RAV4 5dr SUV £35,350–£45,755 AAACC
LxWxH 5762x2018x1646 Kerb weight 2560kg Superb Estate 5dr estate £31,505–£42,985 AAAAC bereft of asphalt. LxWxH 3700x1660x1595 Kerb weight 855kg A solid option but ultimately outgunned by Korean competition.
6.75 V12 563 155 5.1-5.2 18.6-18.8 341-344 Even more commendable than above, primarily thanks to its 1.2 Dualjet 12V 83 103 12.7 52.3 110-112 LxWxH 4605x1845x1675 Kerb weight 1605kg
enormous boot. LxWxH 4856x1864x1477 Kerb weight 1365kg 1.2 Dualjet 12V Allgrip 83 103 12.8 48.6 121 2.5 Hybrid 194 112 8.4 50.4-51.3 126-131
Cullinan 4dr SUV £303,220–£347,020 AAAAC 1.5 TSI 150 148 132 9.3 40.9-45.6 141-157 2.5 Hybrid AWD 194 112 8.1 47.9-48.7 131-134
Big, bold new 4x4 begins the next era for the brand, with a model 2.0 TSI 190 188 143 7.8 39.8-40.9 162-168 Swift 5dr hatch £15,999–£23,070 AAABC 2.5 PHEV 302 112 6.0 na na
that convinces. LxWxH 5341x2164x1835 Kerb weight 2730kg 2.0 TSI 280 4x4 276 155 5.3 33.2-34.0 188-194 Given mature looks, more equipment and a hybrid powertrain, but
6.75 V12 563 155 5.2 17.3-18.1 355-370 1.4 iV PHEV 215 140 7.5 148.7-188.3 33-42 it’s no class leader. LxWxH 3840x1735x1495 Kerb weight 890kg Land Cruiser 3dr 3dr SUV £46,235 AAABC
2.0 TDI 150 148 133 9.2 53.3-57.7 129-140 1.2 Dualjet 83 12V 82 112 13.1 59.7 106 A proper countryside workhorse that will never let you down.
S E AT 2.0 TDI 200 197 145 8 49.6-51.4 140-144 1.2 Dualjet 83 12V Allgrip 82 106 13.8 52.3 121 LxWxH 4335x1885x1875 Kerb weight 2010kg
Ibiza 5dr hatch £17,955–£22,100 AAAAB 2.0 TDI 200 4x4 197 142 7.4 47.9 157 1.4 Boosterjet 48V Sport 129 130 9.1 50.4 125 2.8 D-4D 201 109 12.7 27.7-30.1 239-267
Reinvigorated Ibiza is more mature and takes the class honours
from the Fiesta. LxWxH 4059x1780x1444 Kerb weight 1091kg Kamiq 5dr SUV £22,040–£27,625 AAABC Swace 5dr estate £27,499–£29,299 AAABC Land Cruiser 5dr 5dr SUV £47,580–£63,580 AAABC
1.0 MPI 80 79 106 15.3 50.4-52.3 122-128 Skoda’s supermini platform has birthed a practical but predictable Rebadged Toyota Corolla Touring Sports serves as a useful addition Likeably simple, functional and worth considering if you need a
1.0 TSI 95 93 113 10.9 52.3 124-125 compact crossover. LxWxH 4241x1793x1553 Kerb weight 1251kg to Suzuki’s line-up. LxWxH 4655x1790x1460 Kerb weight 1420kg dual-purpose SUV. LxWxH 4840x1885x1845 Kerb weight 2135kg
1.0 TSI 110 109 121 10.3 51.4 123-1241.0 TSI 95 93 112 11.2 49.6 129 1.8 Hybrid 120 112 11.1 64.2 99 2.8 D-4D 201 109 12.7 27.7-30.4 245-267
1.0 TSI 115 112 120 10.3 47.1-49.6 130-136
Leon 5dr hatch £22,515–£32,790 AAAAC 1.5 TSI 148 132 11.2 46.3-47.9 133-139 Vitara 5dr SUV £23,749–£29,299 AAABC Highlander 5dr SUV £55,210 AAABC
A creditable effort and a notable improvement in form, with plenty Utterly worthy addition to the class drives better than most. Seven-seater bucks the trend of large hybrid SUVs being of the
of niche appeal. LxWxH 4282x1816x1459 Kerb weight 1202kg Karoq 5dr SUV £26,545–£38,805 AAAAC LxWxH 4175x1775x1610 Kerb weight 1075kg plug-in variety. LxWxH 4966x1930x1755 Kerb weight 2050kg
1.0 TSI 110 108 122 10.8 51.4-52.3 123-126 Yeti replacement may not have its forebear’s quirkiness, but it’s 1.4 Boosterjet 48V 127 118 9.5 52.7 128 2.5 Hybrid 244 112 8.3 39.8 159-160
1.0 eTSI 108 119 10.6 50.4-51.4 124-129 brilliant otherwise. LxWxH 4382x1841x1603 Kerb weight 1265kg 1.4 Boosterjet 48V Allgrip 127 118 10.2 45.2 140
1.5 TSI Evo 130 128 129 9.4 49.6-51.4 124-128 1.0 TSI 110 108 117 11.3 44.8-47.9 133-143 Mirai 4dr saloon £49,995–£64,995 AAAAC
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 135 8.7 48.7 133 1.5 TSI 148 126 9 42.8-44.8 143-149 SX4 S-Cross 5dr SUV £25,499–£32,049 AAACC A courageous endeavour, and one with the trappings of future
2.0 TSI Evo 190 188 144 7.2 42.2 131-154 20 TSI 190 4x4 188 132 7 33.2 191 Latest round of updates help keep it a decent budget offering. acceptability. LxWxH 4975x1885x1470 Kerb weight 1905kg
1.4 eHybrid PHEV 201 137 7.5 235.4 26-28 2.0 TDI 116 114 118 10.7 58.9 126 LxWxH 4300x1785x1593 Kerb weight 1305kg Hydrogen FCV 174 109 9.0 69.4mpkg 0
2.0 TDI 150 113 124 8.9 64.2-65.7 113-115 2.0 TDI 150 148 127 9.0 50.4-52.3 142-148 1.4 Boosterjet 48V 127 121 10.2 53.2 120
2.0 TDI 150 4x4 148 121 8.8 42.8 172-174 1.4 Boosterjet 48V Allgrip 127 118 10.2 46.3 139 GR86 2dr coupé £29,995 AAAAB
Leon Estate 5dr estate £23,500–£35,445 AAAAC The car that proves fun doesn’t always have to mean fast, a true
Good-looking and responsive hatchback-turned-estate. Enyaq iV 5dr SUV £38,970–£51,765 AAAAC AAABC GT86 replacement. LxWxH 4265x1775x1310 Kerb weight 1276kg
Across 5dr SUV £48,129
LxWxH 4549x1816x1454 Kerb weight 1236kg Practical, rangy and well priced. Hits a sweet spot in the EV market. Rebadged Toyota PHEV plunges Suzuki convincingly into several 2.4 D-4S 231 140 6.3 na 200
1.0 TSI 100 108 124 11.2 49.6-51.4 126-129 LxWxH 4649x1879x1621 Kerb weight 1917kg new segments. LxWxH 4635x1855x1690 Kerb weight 1915kg
1.0 eTSI 108 124 11 49.6 130 62kWh 60 177 99 8.7 256 0 2.5 PHEV 182 112 6.0 282.4 22 GR Supra 2dr coupé £54,485–£56,985 AAAAC
1.5 TSI Evo 130 128 130 9.7 49.6-51.4 125-128 82kWh 80 201 99 8.5 331 0 Brings welcome muscle, fun and variety to the affordable sports
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 135 9 47.9-48.7 132-133 82kWh 80x Sportline 263 99 6.9 303 0 TESLA car class. LxWxH 4379x1292x1854 Kerb weight 1541kg
2.0 TSI Evo 188 145 7.4 42.2 151-152 Model S 5dr hatch £91,980–£118,980 AAAAB 2.0i 250 155 5.2 38.7 167
1.4 eHybrid PHEV 201 137 7.5 235.4 26-28 Large range makes it not only a standout EV but also the future of 3.0i 335 155 4.3 34.5 188
2.0 TDI 150 113 124 9.2 64.2-65.7 114-116 luxury motoring. LxWxH 4978x1963x1445 Kerb weight 2108kg
AWD 670 155 3.1 405 0
Arona 5dr SUV £20,960–£26,870 AAAAC Plaid 1020 200 2.0 396 0
Seat’s second SUV doesn’t disappoint, with it taking charge of the
class dynamically. LxWxH 4138x1780x1543 Kerb weight 1165kg Model 3 4dr saloon £42,990–£59,990 AAAAC
1.0 TSI 95 93 107 11.2 51.4 124 Lowest-price, biggest-volume Tesla yet arrives in the UK after
1.0 TSI 115 113 113 9.8-10.0 47.9-53.3 121-134 wooing the US. LxWxH 4694x1849x1443 Kerb weight 1726kg
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 127 8.3 44.8-45.6 140-143 RWD 320 140 5.3 267 0
Long Range 434 145 4.2 360 0
Ateca 5dr SUV £26,395–£38,270 AAAAB Performance 522 162 3.1 352 0
Seat’s first SUV is very good. So good, in fact, it’s a Qashqai beater.
LxWxH 4363x1841x1601 Kerb weight 1280kg Model Y 5dr SUV £44,990–£59,990 AAAAC
1.0 TSI 110 108 112 11.3 44.1-46.3 139-146 A compelling proposition, with respectable dynamics and a long
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 124 9 42.2-43.5 149-152 range. LxWxH 4751x2129x1624 Kerb weight 2072kg
2.0 TSI 190 188 133 7.1 34.9-35.3 181-183 Long Range 434 133 5.0 315 0
2.0 TDI 116 114 115 10.9 54.3-55.4 135-137 Performance 563 155 3.5 303 0
2.0 TDI 150 148 126 9.3 55.4-58.9 141-166
2.0 TDI 150 4Drive 148 122 8.7 47.1-48.7 141-166

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Passat 4dr saloon £28,205–£40,820 AAAAC
Lands blows on rivals with its smart looks, civilised refinement,
quality and usability. LxWxH 4767x2083x1476 Kerb weight 1367kg
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 137 8.9 46.3-47.9 139-146
2.0 TDI 150 148 139 9.1 58.9-60.1 124-127

Passat Estate 5dr estate £32,760–£40,515 AAAAC

All the Passat’s redeeming features in spacious, practical estate
form. LxWxH 4767x2083x1516 Kerb weight 1395kg
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 133 8.9 44.8-45.6 144-151
2.0 TDI 150 148 130-132 9.1 56.5-57.6 128-132

Arteon 4dr saloon £38,820–£55,875 AAABC

VW’s flagship saloon is well made and luxurious but rather bland to
VA U X H A L L drive. LxWxH 4862x1871x1450 Kerb weight 1505kg V90 5dr estate £50,255–£70,780 AAAAC
Peugeot 508 and 508 SW Corsa 5dr hatch £18,065–£34,535 AAABC 1.5 TSI 150 148 137 8.9 42.8-44.8 144-151 Luxury estate takes on the 5 Series and the E-Class. Comfy and a
On sale June, price £35,000 (est) Improved in many ways but lacks the appeal to match its price. EV 2.0 TSI 190 187 149 7.9 36.2-38.2 168-178 good cruiser. LxWxH 4936x2019x1475 Kerb weight 1679kg
is more likeable. LxWxH 4060x1765x1433 Kerb weight 1141kg 2.0 TSI R 4Motion 316 155 4.9 31.0 207 2.0 B4P 197 112 7.9 40.9 158
Peugeot has updated its big fastback and 1.2 75 72 108 12.4 53.3 125 2.0 TDI 150 148 137 9.3 55.4-58.9 126-134 2.0 B5P 246 112 6.9 36.6-40.4 159-175
estate pairing, making the 508s even more 1.2 100 97 121 9.3 48.7-52.3 126-134 2.0 TDI 200 197 147 7.9 51.4-54.3 137-145 2.0 B6P 297 112 6.4 34.4-36.2 178-184
50kWh Electric 132 93 7.6 209 0 2.0 TDI 200 4Motion 197 145 7.4 46.3 159 2.0 T6 Recharge PHEV 335 112 5.5 na na
stylish and technologically advanced. The 2.0 B4D 197 112 8.8 44.8-49.5 149-164
new 10in touchscreen infotainment system Astra 5dr hatch £25,290–£40,400 AAABC Arteon Shooting Brake 5dr estate £40,060–£56,760 AAABC
brings greater connectivity and supports Eye-catching, refined and polished to drive, but less practical than Hybrid option and estate bodystyle’s extra versatility enhance the XC40 5dr SUV £35,835–£61,855 AAAAC
over-the-air software updates, plus a new its predecessors. LxWxH 4373x1860x1441 Kerb weight 1341kg Arteon’s appeal. LxWxH 4866x1871x1450 Kerb weight 1529kg Volvo’s take on the crossover aims to rival BMW, Mercedes and
1.2 Turbo 110 108 124 10.2 54.3 119 1.5 TSI 150 148 135 8.9 42.2-43.5 145-153 Audi. LxWxH 4425x1910x1658 Kerb weight 1626kg
range of active safety systems have been 1.2 Turbo 130 128 134 9.9 54.3 119 2.0 TSI 190 187 145 7.9 35.8-37.2 171-179 1.5 T4 Recharge 208 112 8.5 113-135 47-57
fitted and various detail changes made to 1.6 Hybrid 178 140 9.3 201-256 24-26 1.4 TSI eHybrid 218 138 7.8 217.3 31-32 1.5 T5 Recharge PHEV 258 112 7.3 117.7-141.1 45-55
1.5 Turbo D 130 128 130 10.6 64.2 115 2.0 TSI R 4Motion 316 155 4.9 31.0 207 2.0 B3P 160 112 8.6 42.7 152
the interior specification. The turbo triple 2.0 TDI 150 148 135 9.4 54.3-57.6 128-136 2.0 B4P 197 112 7.6 36.7-39.2 162-176
petrol and four-cylinder diesel continue Astra Sports Tourer 5dr estate £26,490–£38,485 2.0 TDI 200 197 145 7.9 50.4-53.3 139-147 69kWh Recharge 228 99 7.4 261 0
unchanged, while the 355bhp and 222bhp More spacious Astra wagon is as attractive as the hatchback. We 2.0 TDI 200 4Motion 197 143 7.4 46.3 161 78kWh Recharge 402 112 4.9 249 0
plug-in hybrid systems are joined by a new have yet to drive it. LxWxH 4642x1860x1480 Kerb weight 1346kg
1.2 Turbo 110 108 124 10.8 52.3-53.3 125-127 Touran 5dr MPV £33,980–£36,535 AAAAC C40 Recharge 5dr SUV £48,355–£62,805 AAABC
178bhp one, each with a 12.4kWh battery. 1.2 Turbo 130 128 130 9.9 49.6-51.4 127-133 Dull overall, but it’s a capable MPV, well made and hugely refined. Kit will appeal to many but twin-motor potency isn’t a natural fit for
1.6 Hybrid 178 140 9.3 201-256 24-31 LxWxH 4527x1829x1659 Kerb weight 1436kg relaxed dynamics. LxWxH 4431x1910x1582 Kerb weight 2185kg
MARCH 1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 118 11.4 39.8-40.9 154-162 69kWh Recharge 231 99 7.4 269 0
Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV, Audi Q8 E-tron, Q8 E-tron Sportback, Crossland 5dr SUV £20,295–£28,355 AAABC 78kWh Recharge 402 112 4.9 273 0
SQ8 E-tron, SQ8 E-tron Sportback, BMW Z4 update, BYD Still only a mid-pack player in a busy crossover market, but simple T-Cross 5dr SUV £22,535–£30,625 AAAAB
and easy to operate. LxWxH 4212x1765x1605 Kerb weight 1245kg Compact crossover delivers a classy, substantial feel on UK roads. XC60 5dr SUV £47,465–£68,385 AAABC
Atto 3, Citroën ë-C4 X, DS 3, 3 E-Tense, Ferrari SP3 Daytona, 1.2i 83 81 105 14.0 47.1 142 LxWxH 4108x1760x1584 Kerb weight 1270kg Looks like a small XC90 and carries on where the old one left off. A
Hyundai Ioniq 6, Ineos Grenadier, Jaguar F-Type 75, 1.2i Turbo 110 108 117 10.6 47.1 140 1.0 TSI 95 93 112 11.5 47.9 132-133 good, capable cruiser. LxWxH 4688x1999x1658 Kerb weight 1781kg
Kia Soul EV Urban, Land Rover Range Rover Velar update, 1.2i Turbo 130 128 128 9.1 44.1-48.0 136-146 1.0 TSI 110 108 117 9.9-10.4 42.8-48.7 132-149 2.0 B5P 246 112 6.9 36.7-38.1 168-176
Lexus RX, Maxus Mifa 9, Mazda CX-5 MHEV, CX-60 diesel, 1.5 TSI Evo 150 147 124 8.5 46.3-47.1 136-138 2.0 T6 Recharge PHEV 335 112 5.9 282.1 23-64
Mercedes-AMG C63, S63, Mercedes-Benz A-Class update, Mokka 5dr SUV £23,490–£38,645 AAABC 2.0 T8 Recharge PHEV 384 112 5.5 282.1 25-64
B-Class update, EQE SUV, EQS SUV, Peugeot e-208 update, Radically overhauled crossover now comes with the option of Taigo 5dr SUV £23,540–£30,990 AAABC 2.0 B4D 194 112 8.3 44.8-45.5 161-166
408, Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 battery-electric power. LxWxH 4151x1791x1531 Kerb weight 1750kg Crossover-coupé-SUV-type thing fills a niche. Likeable enough.
1.2 100 99 115 10.6 51.4 124 LxWxH 4266x1757x1518 Kerb weight 1407kg XC90 5dr SUV £61,995–£83,130 AAAAC
APRIL 1.2 130 128 125 9.1 47.1-50.4 126-137 1.0 TSI 95 95 114 11.1 51.4 124 Clever packaging, smart styling, good to drive: Volvo’s closest thing
Alfa Romeo Giulia update, Stelvio update, Audi R8 GT RWD, 50kWh Electric 134 93 8.7 201 0 1.0 TSI 110 110 119 10.4 51.4-52.3 124-125 to a class leader. LxWxH 4950x2008x1776 Kerb weight 1961kg
TT Final Edition, TT RS Iconic Edition, TTS Final Edition, 1.5 TSI 150 150 132 8.3 47.9 138 2.0 B5P 246 112 7.7 32.4 198
BMW X5 update, X6 update, XM, Honda CR-V, Mercedes-Benz Grandland 5dr SUV £29,905–£42,360 AAACC 2.0 B6P 296 112 6.7 90.7 210
CLA update, Mini Electric Cooper S E Convertible, Peugeot Does well to disguise its 3008 roots but too bland to stand out in a T-Roc 5dr SUV/open £26,210–£42,285 AAAAC 2.0 T8 Recharge PHEV 384 112 5.4 217 28-76
3008 PHEV update, Porsche 911 Dakar, Cayenne update, congested segment. LxWxH 4477x2098x1609 Kerb weight 1350kg VW’s junior SUV is beguiling and sophisticated. It drives rather well, 2.0 B5D 232 112 7.6 41.5 178
Cayenne Coupé update, Skoda Enyaq iV vRS 1.2 Turbo 130 128 117 10.4 45.6 141-147 too. LxWxH 4234x1992x1573 Kerb weight 1270kg
1.6 Hybrid 223 140 8.9
1.0 TSI 110 108 192.0-210.0 34
115 10.8 43.5-46.3 133-146 EX90 5dr SUV £96,255–£100,555
M AY 1.5 Turbo D 130 128 119 12.3
1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 54.3
127 136 8.4 40.9-47.9 144-158 Upcoming XC90 replacement is firm’s most expensive car and
Aiways U5, Alpine A110 R, BMW 7 Series PHEV, M2 Coupé, 2.0 TSI 4Motion 188 135 6.8 36.2 177-178 longest-range EV. LxWxH 5037x2039x1747 Kerb weight na
Honda e:Ny1, Lexus RZ, Maserati MC20 Cielo, Mazda 2 update, Combo Electric Life 5dr MPV £34,085–£36,545 AAABC 2.0 TSI R 300 4Motion 298 155 4.9 31.7 201 111kW 404 112 5.9 363 0
Mercedes-Benz EQT, Noble M500, Vauxhall Mokka EV update Van-based people carrier is usable, spacious and practical, and 2.0 TDI 115 113 116 10.4 56.5-60.1 137-146 111kW Performance 513 112 4.9 360 0
now electric-only. LxWxH 4403x1841x1921 Kerb weight 1474kg 2.0 TDI 150 148 124 8.8 50.4-53.3 140-146
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Abarth 500e, Aston Martin DB11 update, BMW M3 CS, Tiguan 5dr SUV £30,030–£38,665 AAAAC Vertige 2dr coupé £40,000 AAAAC
Honda ZR-V, Lamborghini Aventador successor, Lexus V O L K S WA G E N An improvement on the previous model and will continue to sell by Brings traditional British sports car values to an exclusive
UX 300e update, Lotus Eletre, Ora Funky Cat GT, Peugeot Up 3dr/5dr hatch £14,210–£18,360 AAAAC the bucketload. LxWxH 4486x1839x1654 Kerb weight 1490kg audience. LxWxH 1450x1752x1142 Kerb weight 850kg
e-308, e-308 SW, 508 update, 508 SW update, Praga Bohema, It’s no revolution, but VW’s hallmarks are in abundance. 1.5 TSI Evo 130 128 119 10.9 44.1-44.8 143-146 2.0 209 140 4.6 45.0 na
Vauxhall Astra Electric, Astra GSe, Astra Sports Tourer LxWxH 3600x1428x1504 Kerb weight 926kg 1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 126 9.2-9.4 38.2-42.2 143-168
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Electric, Grandland GSe 1.0 115 GTI 113 119 8.8 51.4 125-126 Sport 2dr coupé £19,950–£35,800 AAAAC
Tiguan Allspace 5dr SUV £34,320–£46,115 AAAAC Sport Turbo is very quick and fun but not a patch on the
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Polo 5dr hatch £19,505–£28,540 AAAAC Has all the Tiguan’s sensibility and refinement, now with the bonus Caterhams. LxWxH na Kerb weight na
BMW Alpina B5 GT, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Dacia A thorough going-over makes it more mature, but the Polo is still a of seven seats. LxWxH 4486x1839x1654 Kerb weight 1490kg 1.6 Sigma 135 na na na na
Jogger Hybrid, Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, Maserati bit boring. LxWxH 4053x1946x1461 Kerb weight 1105kg 1.5 TSI Evo 150 148 123 9.5-10.3 37.2-39.2 164-176 1.6 Sigma 155 na na na na
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ID 4 5dr SUV £38,845–£52,865
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only marginally. LxWxH 4284x1789x1492 Kerb weight 1231kg fine electric cars. LxWxH 4584x1852x1640 Kerb weight 1890kg
SEPTEMBER 1.0 TSI 110 108 126 10.2 53.3 121 109kW 52kWh 148 99 10.9 213 0 ZE NVO
Ford Mustang, Mustang Convertible, Jeep Avenger, 1.5 TSI Evo 130 128 130 9.1 51.4-53.3 121-124 125kW 52kWh 170 99 9.0 213 0 TSR-S 2dr coupé £1,300,000 AAAAC
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Ford Puma ST Hybrid, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Maserati 2.0 TSI 300 GTI 296 155 5.6 38.2 167 Tech-heavy, practical sloping SUV is easy to live with, but rivals are
Granturismo Folgore, MG 4 EV AWD, Nio ET5, Porsche 2.0 TSI 320 R 4Motion 296 155 4.7 36.2 177 sharper to drive. LxWxH 4599x1852x1615 Kerb weight 2167kg
Panamera, Rolls-Royce Spectre, Volkswagen ID 7, 2.0 TDI 115 113 126 10.2 67.3-68.9 107-110 150kW 77kWh 170 99 10.4 327 0
Touareg, Volvo EX30 2.0 TDI 150 148 139 8.8 64.2 116-117 150kW 77kWh Performance 204 99 8.4 314 0
2.0 TDI 200 GTD 197 152 7.1 54.3 137 220kW GTX 295 112 6.3 301 0
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BMW 5 Series update, Czinger 21C, Ford E-Tourneo Custom, Wagon puts on a growth spurt and adopts the eighth-generation Hints of ritziness and sportiness don’t impinge on this functional
E-Transit Custom, Kia EV9, Koenigsegg CC850, Maserati hatchback’s tech. LxWxH 4633x1789x1497 Kerb weight 1295kg luxury SUV’s appeal. LxWxH 4878x2193x1717 Kerb weight 1995kg
Grecale Folgore, Mazda MX-30 REx, Ora Next Cat, Polestar 3, 1.0 TSI 110 108 126 10.5 51.4 124 3.0 V6 TDI 231 228 135 7.6 33.6-34.4 214-219
1.5 TSI 130 128 133 9.4 52.4 123 3.0 V6 TDI 286 282 148 6.1 33.6-34.9 213-219
Renault Clio update, Ssangyong Torres, Subaru Crosstrek, 1.5 TSI 150 148 139 8.7 49.6 128
Toyota bZ Compact, C-HR, Volkswagen ID Buzz GTX, ID Buzz 2.0 TSI R 4Motion 316 155 4.9 35.8 178 V O LV O
LWB, Volvo C40 Recharge update, XC40 Recharge update 2.0 TDI 115 113 126 10.5 64.2 114 S60 4dr saloon £44,580–£56,480 AAAAC
2.0 TDI 150 148 139 9.1 61.4 121 Fresh-faced saloon now sits comfortably among the ranks of its
DECEMBER 2.0 TDI 4Motion Alltrack 198 142 7.1 50.4 147 German peers. LxWxH 4761x1916x1437 Kerb weight 1616kg
Citroën C3, C3 Aircross, Ferrari SF90 VS, Fiat supermini, Ford 2.0 B5P 246 112 6.7 41.5 153
crossover EV, Maserati Grancabrio, Mercedes-AMG GT, Mini ID 3 5dr hatch £37,140 AAAAC 2.0 T8 Recharge PHEV 384 112 4.6 122.8-176.5 42
3dr, 5dr, Polestar 4, Renault Scenic, Skoda Superb, Suzuki A very mature electric car whose substance of engineering is
Swift, Volkswagen Passat Estate, T-Cross update, Tiguan central to its appeal. LxWxH 4261x1809x1568 Kerb weight 1730kg V60 5dr estate £41,330–£57,635 AAAAB
150kW 58kWh 201 99 7.3 261 0 Spacious and comfortable, with a characterful, Scandi-cool design.
LxWxH 4761x1916x1427 Kerb weight 1729kg
2.0 B3 161 112 9.1 40.9 155
2.0 B4 197 112 8.0 41.5 152
2.0 B5 246 112 6.8-6.9 37.7-40.4 157-170
2.0 B6 297 112 6.0 36.2 175
2.0 T6 Recharge PHEV 335 112 4.6 362.6 18
2.0 B4D 197 112 7.6 47.0-50.4 146-156

S90 4dr saloon £63,080–£67,830 AAAAC

Volvo’s mid-sized exec majors on comfort, style and cruising
ability. LxWxH 4963x2019x1443 Kerb weight 1665kg
2.0 T8 Recharge PHEV 384 112 5.1 na na

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G2I ANN £I800 C22 CAR £II00 A2I DOC £I700 B2I ERT £I400 D2I HAN £I900 J77 JAN £I800 A2I JOE £I900 N5 KEY £I200 F2I LEW £I200 J27 MAD £I300 D2I MES £I300 I0 PJW £5500 H2I SAV £I200 VEZ 9II £I700
L2I ANN £I500 D2I CAT £I200 D2I DOC £I700 ESL 230 £I300 A2I MET £I500 7235 PL £I200 C8 SCH £2I00 E2I VON £I300
5665 MH£2800 9663 PL £I300
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MJ 3224 £2700 PN 8439 £2300
D2I SCS £I300
L9 SEL £I300
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C22 ANT £I300 V9 CLK £I200 DR 26I0 £3500 EU 2I85 £2I00 G22 HAN £I200 JAN 97W £I900 E2I JOE £I800 G7 LAD £I200 E22 LEY £I200 M27 MAD£I600 G2I MOR £I600 RI7 RAY £I700 D2I SJB £I400 E22 WRD £II00
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ROAD TEST M4 Competition AAAAB Renegade 4xe Trailhawk AAACC 30.6.21 ORA SUZUKI

ROAD TEST
21.4.21
M4 CSL AAAAC 16.11.22 Wrangler 2.2 M’Jet-II Ov’d AAAAC 10.4.19 Funky Cat 48kWh First Ed’n AABCC 1.2.23 Swift 1.0 SZ5 AAABC 17.5.17
5 Series 520d M Sport AAAAB 31.5.17 Across 2.5 PHEV E-Four CVT AAAAB 7.4.21
m 545e M Sport AAAAC 20.10.21 KIA PEUGEOT
ed h fro m M5 AAAAB Rio 1.0 T-GDI 3 Eco AAABC 208 e-208 Allure Premium AAAAC 6.5.20 TESLA

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0-6 To CO 2 M5 CS AAAAA 14.7.21 Ceed 1.6 CRDi 115 2 AAABC 29.8.18 308 1.2T Puretech 130 GT AAAAC 25.5.22 Model 3 Standard Range Plus AAAAC4.9.19
6 Series GT 630d xDrive AAABC 18.11.17 Proceed 1.4 T-GDi AAABC 27.2.19 508 GT BlueHDi 180 AAAAC 24.10.18 Model S P90D AAAAB 20.4.16
7 Series i7 xDrive60 AAAAB 15.2.23 Xceed 1.4 T-GDi AAABC 20.11.19 Hybrid 225 Allure SW AAAAC 8.7.20 Model Y Long Range AWD AAAAC 23.3.22
8 Series 840d xDrive AAABC 16.1.19 Niro EV 3 AAAAC 7.9.22 PSE Hybrid4 SW AAAAC 5.5.21 Model X 90D AAAAC 15.2.17
M8 Competition Convertible AAABC5.2.20 EV6 77.4kWh GT-Line RWD AAAAB 12.1.22 2008 e-2008 GT Line AAABC 30.9.20
M8 Competition Coupé AAABC 3.6.20 Sportage 1.6 HEV 2WD AAABC 15.6.22 3008 1.6 BlueHDi GT Line AAABC 18.1.17 T OYO TA
i3 1.3S Range Extender AAAAC 21.2.18 Sorento 1.6 HEV G-TDi 2 AAABC 20.1.21 5008 2.0 BlueHDi GT Line AAABC 1.11.17 Aygo X Limited Edition AAABC 11.5.22

The latest and greatest rated i4 M50 AAAAC

iX xDrive50 M Sport AAAAB
X1 xDrive23i M Sport AAABC
19.1.22
2.3.22
25.1.23
LAMBORGHINI
Huracán Performante AAAAB 11.10.17
P O L E S TA R
1 AAAAC 21.10.20
Yaris 1.5 Hybrid Design AAAAC
GR Yaris Circuit Pack AAAAA
Corolla 2.0 Hybrid ST AAAAC
23.9.20
3.3.21
5.6.19

as only Autocar knows how X2 M35i AAABC

X3 xDrive20d M Sport AAAAC
X4 M Competition AAACC
25.9.19
17.1.18
13.11.19
Evo RWD Coupé AAAAB
Aventador SVJ AAAAC
Urus AAAAC
20.5.20
19.6.19
3.7.19
PORSCHE
718 Boxster AAAAB 8.6.16
GT86 2.0 manual AAAAA
Mirai Design Premium AAAAC
C-HR Excel 1.8 Hybrid AAAAC
4.7.12
16.6.21
4.1.17
X5 xDrive30d M Sport AAAAC 2.1.19 Spyder AAAAB 1.4.20 bZ4X AWD Vision AAABC 18.1.23
X7 xDrive M50i M Perf’nce AAAAC 9.9.20 LAND ROVER Cayman S AAAAB 10.8.16 GR Supra Pro AAAAC 14.8.19
A road test in any other Defender 110 P400 X AAAAB 13.5.20 Cayman GTS AAAAB 9.5.18 Hilux 2.8 D-4D GR Sport AAABC 1.3.23
C AT E R H A M Discovery Sport D180 AWD AAAAC 8.1.20 Cayman GT4 RS AAAAA 14.9.22
magazine might well Seven 420 Cup AAAAB 31.8.22 Range Rover Evoque P300e AAAAB 911 GT2 RS AAAAC 18.7.18 VA U X H A L L
be a short, subjective 10.2.21 Carrera S AAAAB 29.5.19 Corsa 1.2T 100 auto AAABC 22.1.20
CHEVROLET Range Rover Velar D240 AAABC 30.8.17 GT3 PDK AAAAB 11.8.21 Crossland X 1.2T 130 Elite AAACC 7.6.17
summary of a new car Corvette LT3 Coupé AAAAC 22.6.22 Range Rover Sport D300 AAAAB 2.11.22 Turbo S AAAAB 10.8.22 Astra 1.2T 130 GS Line AAABC 5.10.22
produced under almost SVR AAAAA 15.4.15 Cayenne Turbo AAAAC 5.9.18 Combo Life 1.5 TD 100 Energy AAABC27.12.18
CITROEN Range Rover D350 HSE AAAAB 13.7.22 Turbo S E-Hybrid AAABC 27.5.20 Insignia Sports Tourer 2.0 Biturbo D GSI
any circumstances, but Ami Colour AABCC 11.1.23 Turbo GT AAAAC 20.7.22 AAACC 30.5.18
the Autocar road test is different. Specific, rigorous and C3 Aircross Puretech 110 AAABC 7.3.18 L E X U S Taycan Turbo S AAAAA 29.7.20 Mokka 1.2 Turbo 130 auto AAABC 12.5.21
C4 Puretech 130 Auto AAACC 26.5.21 LC 500 Sport+ AAAAC 18.10.17 Grandland X Hybrid4 AAACC 22.4.20
detailed, it’s the closest examination we can give of any C5 X Puretech 180 AAAAC 28.9.22 NX 350h Prem’m Plus Pack AAAAC 16.3.22 R E N A U LT VXR8 GTS-R AAAAC 10.1.18
new model. It appears over at least eight pages and is C5 Aircross BlueHDi 180 AAABC 13.2.19 RC F AAACC 18.2.15 Clio TCe 100 Iconic AAAAB 27.11.19
ES 300h Takumi AAABC 6.2.19 Mégane E-Tech Electric AAABC 23.11.22 V O L K S W A G E N
close to 50 man-hours in the making every week. CUPRA LS 500h Premier AWD AAACC 6.6.18 Arkana E-Tech Hybrid 145 AAABC 13.10.21 Up GTI 1.0 TSI 115 AAAAC 21.3.18
Most of what the road test process entails is Born 204 58kWh V3 AAABC 6.7.22 Captur 1.3 TCe 130 EDC AAABC 18.3.20 Polo 1.0 TSI 95 SE AAAAB 31.1.18
Leon 310 VZ3 Estate AAAAC 8.9.21 L O T U S GTI AAAAC 1.8.18
designed to be strictly repeatable and fair. We 2.0 TSI 245 VZ2 Hatch AAAAC 27.7.22 Elise Cup 250 AAABC 29.6.16 R O L L S - R OYC E Golf 1.5 eTSI 150 Style DSG AAAAB 22.7.20
benchmark standing-start and in-gear acceleration at Ateca 2.0 TSI 4Drive AAABC 23.1.19 Exige Sport 390 Final Edit’n AAAAB 21.7.21 Phantom AAAAA 4.4.18 R AAAAC 14.4.21
Formentor 2.0 TSI VZ2 AAAAB 3.2.21 Ghost AAAAB 13.1.21 ID 3 Pro Performance Life AAAAC 31.3.21
a purpose-built test facility every week. We carry out M A S E R AT I Wraith AAAAB 21.5.14 ID 4 GTX Max AAABC 27.10.21
both subjective and objective handling tests on both DACIA Ghibli Diesel AAABC 12.3.14 Dawn AAAAC 1.6.16 T-Roc 2.0 TSI SEL 4Motion AAAAB 24.1.18
Sandero Stepway TCe 90 AAAAC 28.4.21 Quattroporte Trofeo AACCC 4.8.21 Cullinan Black Badge AAAAC 19.2.20 Cabriolet 1.5 TSI Evo DSG AABCC 10.6.20
road and track, on the latter up to and beyond the limit Duster SCe 115 Comfort AAAAC 22.8.18 Levante S Granlusso AAABC 8.5.19 Arteon 2.0 BiTDI 240 AAABC 27.9.17
of grip, so as to fully assess stability, drivability and limit Jogger 1.0 TCe 110 Comfort AAAAB 20.4.22 S E AT eHybrid Shooting Brake AAABC 9.6.21
MAZDA Ibiza SE Technology 1.0 TSI AAAAB 19.7.17 Passat 2.0 TDI 190 GT AAAAC 4.2.15
handling appeal. And while benchmark lap times are DALLARA 2 1.5 Skyactiv-G SE AAAAC 22.4.15 Leon eHybrid FR AAABC 2.12.20 GTE AAAAC 7.9.16
sometimes taken, they’re never an end in themselves. Stradale AAAAB 16.10.19 3 2.0 Skyactiv-X AAAAC 6.11.19 Arona SE Technology 1.0 TSI AAAAC 15.11.17 Touran 2.0 TDI 150 SE AAAAC 3.2.16
MX-5 1.5 SE-L Nav AAAAB 2.9.15 Ateca 1.6 TDI SE AAAAB 19.10.16 Tiguan 2.0 TDI 150 SE AAAAB 22.6.16
We record and publish stopping distances, too, as DS MX-30 145PS AAABC 10.3.21 Caravelle 2.0 BiTDI Exec. AAAAC 23.12.15
well as taking cabin noise measurements at various 3 Crossback Puretech 155 AAACC 10.7.19 CX-5 2.2D Sport Nav AAAAC 28.6.17 SKODA Touareg 3.0 TDI R-Line Tech AAABC 8.8.18
4 E-Tense 225 AAABC 29.6.22 Fabia 1.0 TSI 95PS AAAAB 9.2.22 ID Buzz SWB 77kWh AAAAC 8.2.23
cruising speeds and benchmarking either indicated 7 Crossback Puretech 225 AAABC 19.9.18 M c L A R E N Scala 1.5 TSI 150 DSG AAABC 31.7.19 Grand California 600 AAABC 2.1.20
or brim-to-brim fuel economy. We independently 9 E-Tense 225 AAABC 2.2.22 Artura AAAAB 19.10.22 Octavia 2.0 TDI 150 SE L First Edition Multivan 1.4 eHybrid Style AAAAC 8.3.23
600LT Spider 3.8 V8 AAAAB 22.5.19 DSG Estate AAAAC 2.9.20
measure leg room, head room, boot space and certain FERRARI 620R 3.8 V8 AAAAC 23.12.20 2.0 TDI vRS AAAAC 17.2.21 V O LV O
key exterior vehicle dimensions, and weigh every 488 Pista AAAAB 7.8.19 GT 4.0 V8 AAABC 27.1.21 Superb 1.4 TSI iV 218 SE L AAAAC 26.2.20 C40 Recharge Twin Ult’ate AAABC 13.4.22
296 GTB AAAAA 21.12.22 720S 4.0 V8 AAAAA 24.5.17 Karoq 2.0 TDI 150 Scout AAABC 30.1.19 XC40 D4 First Edition AWD AAAAB 7.2.18
car we test. We also empirically verify the true DC 812 Superfast AAAAC 25.7.18 Senna 4.0 V8 AAAAA 10.10.18 Enyaq iV 80 AAAAC 18.8.21 S60 T8 Polestar En’d AAABC 24.12.19
rapid-charging speed of electric vehicles across SF90 Stradale AAAAC 3.11.21 P1 AAAAA 7.5.14 Kodiaq 2.0 TDI Edition AAAAC 23.11.16 V60 T6 Recharge AAAAB 21.9.22
2.0 TSI 245PS vRS 4x4 AAABC 23.2.22 XC60 D4 R-Design AWD AAABC 5.7.17
the full spread of their battery capacity. F I AT MERCEDES-AMG S90 D4 Momentum AAAAC 13.7.16
Panda 4x4 Twinair AAAAB 17.4.13 A-Class A45 S 4Matic+ Plus AAAAB 4.3.20 S S A N G YO N G V90 T6 Recharge R-Design AAAAB 11.11.20
Just as every new car is different, however, the road 500 Abarth 595 AAAAC 26.2.14 C-Class C63 S Coupé AAAAB 24.4.19 Tivoli XLV ELX auto AAACC 14.9.16 XC90 D5 Momentum AAAAC 17.6.15
test has developed to be versatile enough, week by Icon 42kWh AAAAC 26.1.22 CLS 53 4Matic+ AAAAC 17.10.18
EQS 53 4Matic+ AAAAC 8.6.22 SUBARU WESTFIELD
week, so as to best assess and reflect the suitability FORD GT R AAAAB 10.5.17 XV 2.0i SE Lineartronic AAACC 28.2.18 Sport 250 AAAAC 29.11.17
of each test subject to its intended purpose. It now Fiesta 1.0T Ecoboost AAAAC 9.8.17 GT 4-Door Coupé 63 4Matic+ AAAAB Solterra AWD Touring AAACC 15.3.23
ST-3 1.5 T Ecoboost AAAAB 15.8.18 13.3.19
includes modular sections describing in detail the Focus 1.5 Ecoboost 182 AAAAB 20.2.19 SLC 43 AAABC
limit handling of a new car, or its semi-autonomous ST AAAAC 11.9.19 GLC 63 S 4Matic+ AAABC
6.7.16
13.6.18 ROAD TESTS ON THIS DAY
Mustang 5.0 V8 GT F’back AAAAC 24.2.16 GLE 53 4Matic+ AAABC 14.10.20 1991
assisted driving technologies or its off-road capability. Bullitt AAAAC 5.12.18
All of this goes to bringing you the most thorough, Mustang Mach-E Extended Range RWD MERCEDES-BENZ
AAAAC 23.6.21 A-Class A200 Sport AAAAC 4.7.18
relevant and fair test of a new car we can produce. The GT AWD AAACC 27.4.22 A250e AMG Line Premium AAACC 5.8.20
scores from the most recent road tests reproduced Puma 1.0T 125 MHEV AAAAB 25.3.20 B-Class B180 Sport AAAAC 3.4.19
ST AAAAC 24.3.21 CLA 250 AAACC 21.8.19
here are the ones we gave the cars at the time so they Kuga 2.5 PHEV ST-Line AAABC 24.6.20 C-Class C300e AMG Line AAAAB 4.5.22
don’t necessarily represent what those same cars Ranger Raptor AAAAC 28.8.19 E-Class E400 Coupé AAAAC 14.6.17
E300 Cabriolet AAABC 6.10.21
might score today were they rejudged using current GENESIS S-Class S580e L AAAAB 6.4.22
class standards. But you can dig deeper into their GV60 Sport Plus AAAAC 24.8.22 EQA 250 AAACC 17.11.21
G70 2.2 CRDi Luxury Line AAABC 10.11.21 EQB 300 4Matic AAABC 18.5.22
attributes by using the magazine publication dates Electrified G80 AAABC 12.10.22 EQE 350+ AAABC 4.1.23
listed here to look up an old test in your own collection or GV80 3.0D Luxury 5-Seater AAABC15.9.21 GLB 220d 4Matic AAABC 16.9.20
GLC 250d AAAAC 10.2.16 RENAULT CLIO 1.4 RT
you can order a back issue by phoning 0344 848 8816. HONDA G-Class G350d AMG Line AAAAC 17.7.19 All-new, stylish 5 successor
Matt Saunders, road test editor E Advance AAABC 26.8.20 GLS 400d AAABC 12.2.20 to challenge the Ford Fiesta
Jazz 1.5 i-MMD Hybrid EX AAABC 7.10.20 X-Class X250d 4Matic AAABC 20.6.18
Civic 1.5 i-VTEC Turbo AAAAC 19.4.17
A6 40 TDI S line Avant AAAAC 14.11.18 2.0 Type R GT AAAAB 25.10.17 M G
Price £9250 Engine 4 cyls in line, 1390cc,
A L FA R O M E O 50 TFSIe S Line Quattro AAAAC 5.1.22 Clarity FCV AAAAC 12.7.17 3 1.5 3Form Sport AAABC 25.12.13 petrol Power 80bhp at 5750rpm Torque
Giulia Quadrifoglio AAAAB 29.3.17 RS6 Avant Carbon Black AAAAC 11.3.20 HR-V e:HEV AAABC 24.11.21 5 SW EV Exclusive AAABC 25.11.20 79lb ft at 3500rpm 0-60mph 12.0sec
Stelvio 2.2D 210 Milano AAABC 3.1.18 A7 Sportback 50 TDI Sport AAABC 11.7.18 CR-V 1.5T EX CVT AWD AAABC 7.11.18 ZS EV Exclusive AAACC 4.12.19 0-90mph 32.5sec Quarter mile 18.7sec
Quadrifoglio AAAAC 9.1.19 A8 L 60 TFSIe Sport Quattro AAABC 17.6.20 Top speed 107mph Economy 38.3mpg
TT RS AAAAC 7.12.16 HYUNDAI MINI
ALPINA E-tron 55 Quattro AAAAB 26.6.19 i10 1.2 MPi Premium AAAAC 15.4.20 Mini Cooper S AAAAB 2.4.14 1 93 8
B3 Touring AAAAA 4.11.20 S Quattro AAABC 2.6.21 i20 1.0 T-GDI 100 48V AAABC 24.2.21 Cooper S Works 210 AAAAB 6.12.17
B8 Gran Coupé AAAAC 22.9.21 Q2 SQ2 Quattro AAAAC 20.3.19 N AAAAB 25.8.21 Clubman Cooper D AAABC 25.11.15
Q4 E-tron 40 Sport AAABC 7.7.21 i30 N AAABC 27.12.17 Convertible Cooper S Sport Automatic
ALPINE Q5 2.0 TDI S line AAAAC 15.3.17 1.4 Premium SE AAABC 13.9.17 AAAAC 19.5.21
A110 Premiere Edition AAAAA 16.5.18 SQ5 Quattro AAABC 21.6.17 Kona Electric 64kWh AAAAC 31.10.18 Countryman Cooper D AAABC 22.2.17
Légende GT AAAAB 9.3.22 SQ5 Sportback TDI Quattro AAABC 3.8.22 Santa Fe 2.2 CRDi AAABC 6.3.19 Plug-in Hybrid AAABC 26.7.17
Q8 50 TDI S Line AAAAC 26.9.18 Tucson 1.6 T-GDi Hybrid AAAAC 17.3.21
ARIEL R8 V10 Plus AAAAC 30.12.15 Nexo AAABC 12.6.19 MITSUBISHI
Atom 4 AAAAA 9.10.19 Eclipse Cross 1.5 2WD AAACC 14.3.18
Nomad AAAAA 24.6.15 BENTLEY JAGUAR Outlander PHEV GX4hs AAABC 16.4.14
Continental GT W12 Coupé AAAAB 2.5.18 F-Type V8 S Convertible AAAAC 12.6.13
ASTON MARTIN Speed Coupé AAAAC 22.12.21 2.0 R-Dynamic Coupé AAAAC 22.11.17 MORGAN
Vantage V8 AAAAB 23.5.18 Flying Spur W12 AAAAB 15.7.20 P575 R AWD Coupé AAAAC 29.4.20 Plus Four AAABC 12.8.20
F1 Edition Coupé AAAAC 1.9.21 Hybrid Mulliner AAAAB 17.8.22 XF 2.0 R-Sport AAAAB 2.12.15 Super 3 AAAAB 9.11.22
DBS Superleggera AAAAA 21.11.18 Bentayga W12 AAAAB 18.5.16 300 R-S Sportbrake AAABC 17.4.19 LAGONDA V12 SALOON
DBX AAAAB 28.10.20 XE 2.0 R-Sport AAAAB 1.7.15 NISSAN British luxury ‘super car’ with
707 AAAAC 30.11.22 B M W E-Pace D180 AWD SE AAABC Micra 0.9 N-Connecta AAAAC
11.4.18 26.4.17 new Bentley-designed engine
1 Series 118i M Sport AAAAC 30.10.19 F-Pace 2.0d AWD AAAAC DIG-T 117 N-Sport AAACC
11.5.16 27.3.19
AUDI 2 Series 220i Coupé AAAAC 1.6.22 P400e R-Dynamic HSE AAAAC Juke 1.0 DIG-T 117 AAABC
1.12.21 29.1.20
A1 Sportback 35 TFSI S line AAABC 2.10.19 M2 CS M-DCT AAAAB 19.8.20 SVR AAAAB Qashqai 1.3 DIG-T 158 AAAAC
24.7.19 28.7.21 Price £1581 Engine V12, 4480cc,
A3 Sportback S3 AAABC 18.11.20 218i Gran Coupé M Sport AAACC 8.4.20 I-Pace EV400 S AAAAB Ariya 87kWh Evolve AAABC
12.9.18 26.10.22 petrol Power 42 tax hp (180bhp at
BONHAMS

A4 S4 TDI AAAAC 18.9.19 3 Series 320d M Sport AAAAA 15.5.19 X-Trail e-Power e-4orce AWD Tekna 5000rpm) Torque na 0-60mph 12.9sec
RS4 Avant AAAAC 14.2.18 330d xDrive M Sport AAAAB 15.1.20 JEEP AAAAC 22.2.23 0-70mph 17.9sec Quarter mile na
A5 S5 AAABC 11.1.17 330e M Sport AAAAB 1.7.20 Compass 2.0 M’jet 4x4 L’d AAACC 3.10.18 GT-R Recaro AAAAB 16.11.16 Top speed 103mph Economy na
A5 Sportback 2.0 TFSI S line AAABC 8.3.17 4 Series M440i xDrive AAAAC 6.1.21 4xe S AAACC 16.2.22

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The world’s finest
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$    ! !& model immediately grabbed attention through its sweeping looks and slight hint of menace. Yet despite those rakish lines,
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Reliant Scimitar GTE Lynx Jaguar XJS Eventer Ferrari FF

Tamworth company Reliant came up with its own The flying buttresses of the Jaguar XJS coupé There was so much to take in at the launch of
grand touring estate in 1968 with design help from always divided opinion. To address that, British the FF that its shooting brake style was almost
Tom Karen of Ogle. With four individual seats and restoration firm Lynx came up with the Eventer, glossed over. Here was a four-wheel-drive Ferrari
a large boot, the GTE was an instant hit, helped by skilfully grafting on a shooting brake rear end to with a 651bhp 6.2-litre V12 engine that could
lusty performance from its Ford-sourced 3.0-litre create an altogether more elegant car. Folding cover 0-62mph in 3.7sec and hit 208mph flat
V6 motor, good for 133bhp. Princess Anne was an rear seats were also part of the conversion to out. Yet the bodywork was just as wow-worthy,
early and devoted customer, which added some maximise load space. It took 14 weeks to make as it could seat four in comfort and carry 450
extra glamour to the Reliant, and indeed she each Eventer, and 67 were built in the 16 years litres of luggage. So, a practical family Ferrari?
has owned eight of them over the years. between 1986 and 2002. Yes, other than the £226,000 list price.

Qwest Tesla Model S Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Panther Westwinds Ferrari 365 GTB/4
EV makers haven’t embraced the wagon form, Aston Martin returned to the notion of cars built With such mixed parentage – Italian mechanicals,
so we had to include this modified Tesla. The to customers’ designs with the Zagato-conceived an American owner and a British coachbuilder –
unique Model S Shooting Brake was inspired, Vanquish Shooting Brake. Only 99 were crafted this Ferrari Daytona conversion could have ended
like so many others, by the need for space to by the firm’s Q division, each with an extra 27bhp up as an awful muddle, but instead it became one
carry a dog. Made by British coachbuilder Qwest, from the V12 engine over the standard Vanquish. of the most jaw-dropping expressions of the
it uses carbonfibre for the extended roof and The wagon remains a two-seater, but Aston said it shooting brake form. Access to the load bay
hatch so that it weighs only 12kg more than a had become an “exceptionally practical GT” with is through top-hinged gullwing glass panels,
standard Model S. It was said to cost around a powered tailgate and a double-bubble roof with but don’t expect much space in the wood-
£70,000 – on top of the P90D saloon donor. glass inlays to allow extra light into the cabin. and leather-lined compartment.

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