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TRENDING

From Manchester’s murky depths • Scott Adshead had just finished restoring a family heirloom MG when it was drowned in floodwater on New Year’s Eve… but he didn’t throw in the towel

Horse-e-power • Listen and you can probably hear Enzo Ferrari spinning in his grave because the Ferrari Elettrica is almost ready for production

HIT or MISS • Two titans of the editorial team have it out

COMMENTS DACIA HIPSTER

NEXT BIG THING • WIRELESS CHARGING

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE… • HONGQI S9

Watch kraft • Germany’s once massive watch industry all but vanished. Now it’s fighting back

EPIC FAIL BORGWARD

THRILLS WITHOUT THE BILLS • Fast(ish) cars you can actually afford

SELF-DRIVING DIARIES • Robert Underling, chief engineer at British robotics firm TrustUs Laboratories, brings exclusive updates from the autonomous tech front line

HOT OR NOT? • Frank Stephenson critiques car designs

TOP 9 • COOLEST CAR NICKNAMES

MIKE'S CHANNEL

GAME OF THE MONTH

BOV • PCOTY? Sick in more ways than one, explains Jethro

PINKS • Grosjean’s return to an F1 car is inspirational says Natalie

PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR • 2025: a stellar vintage for fast cars. We gathered the 12 best, packed Stig and headed for the sunshine. Welcome to the biggest, baddest, smokiest performance car test in the world…

MEET THE CONTENDERS

WELCOME TO PORTIMÃO

V12 FOR VICTORY • How would you prefer your V12? As it comes, with turbos on the side or boosted by electricity?

ANALOGUE VS DIGITAL • It’s M versus N: BMW’s old school twin turbo petrol versus Hyundai’s grin boosting electric motors

RO AD RACERS • Wings and racing DNA aren’t the only things these three have in common… they represent the road less travelled

DOUBLE VISION • 911 GT3 used to mean one thing – now it stretches from a slippery ‘Touring’ with a manual box and back seats… to a racecar with numberplates

DAKARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH • The Defender Octa is about as serious as road legal off roaders get… can it stick with a full blown Dakar truck?

MAKING IT HAPPEN

FINAL DESTINATION • From 12 contenders to our top five. One road drive is all that stands between them and immortality

RING MASTER • Meet the Octavia, no not that one… this is British sophistication remastered with brute American force

The big picture • TAKING A TAXI WITH THE ULTIMATE CABBIE

#71 Ridge Racer Type 4 • PLAYSTATION, 1998

DO/DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES

ELECTRIC FAMILY CHARIOTS • Families used to fit in hatchbacks. Now they need 2.5 tonne battle buses, apparently. So, which six seater jumbo EV is best?

IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS

THE OVERRUN • Small but perfectly formed reviews. The best of this month’s drives

GARAGE • INCLUDING TOYOTA LAND CRUISER ■ DACIA BIGSTER ■ JEEP WRANGLER ■ JAECOO 7 ■ MINI COUNTRYMAN ■ VOLVO EX30 ■ BENTLEY CONTI GT ■ RICCI’S GARAGE ■ PORSCHE MACAN ■ VOLKSWAGEN ID.BUZZ

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER

AUDI S3

PORSCHE MACAN

POLESTAR 3

VOLVO EX30

GARAGE REPORT 64 • THIS MONTH: THE R34’S ENGINE… IT’S ONLY BLOOMING HERE!

JEEP WRANGLER

MINI COUNTRYMAN

DACIA BIGSTER

WHAT ELSE WE’RE RUNNING

BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

JAECOO 7

MG CYBERSTER

TOP FIVES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THE HOT LIST

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