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AN EXPENSIVE BENTLEY TO MAKE – NOT JUST TO BUY
TORCAL SIGNALS NEW ERA FOR BENTLEY • Firm’s first EV kick-starts a wave of new arrivals and ushers in a fresh look for all future models
BMW BRINGS NEW-ERA 3 SERIES IN LINE WITH i3 • Next-generation ICE models will hit the UK early next year, led by the 437bhp M350
RENAULT REVIVES 8 GORDINI • Electric two-seater paves way for fresh approach under new design boss
WILL PETROL PRICES HIT £2 PER LITRE? • Diesel is already up there and, as war continues in the Middle East, experts are divided over petrol’s trajectory
SAUDI ARABIA BECOMES CAR MAKER WITH TWO WILD EVs • State-backed Ceer reveals SUV and saloon; it could go global by 2030
COMMENT • My Week In Cars
YOUR VIEWS
RIVIAN R2 • American EV start-up impressed us with its big truck last year. Now for its volume-chasing, UK-bound family SUV
VOLKSWAGEN ID TIGUAN • Electric family SUV given new look, new technology and new identity
CATERHAM SEVEN ENCORE • Swansong for the most popular engine in Britain’s evergreen roadster
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER • Japanese brand returns to the UK with a large, plug-in hybrid 4x4
Survival manual • Few cars are cheerily coloured, cheaply priced or carefree any more. celebrates three wonderful three-pedal exceptions
FACTORY RESET • McLaren is about to embark on an upgrade of its Woking facility that will streamline production and change the way it makes its supercars.
THE CLEAN, GREEN, ELECTRIC ICE CREAM MACHINE • Whitby Morrison has been making ice cream vans since 1962, and now it's turning electric.
LIVING WITH A...
VOLVO ES90 • Troubles old and new: nail punctures tyre, clamp slows charging rate
SNAPSHOTS
NORFOLK AND GOOD • The stylish, usable and reliable Emira is all a modern Lotus should be
My blinged Beemer is better than new
Lost in the archive • Lotus goes mad at Paris show
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