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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

Supercars make a great case for hybrid powertrains

Agenda • While the excellent iX3 is the first Neue Klasse car on sale, the 3-series is even more significant

BMW’s five-step blueprint for brilliance

How MPVs are now the radical alternative

These are most likely to…

Renault’s new plan: make lots of cars – for anyone

Polestar has a vision (and some new numbers)

Well done, and welcome to Hell

Why the button is coming back

Gentlemen, start your therapy

Soft option • Where BMW has gone for total reinvention with the iX3, the Mercedes equivalent appears much more modest. Is the GLC EV too timid for its own good?

Evo by name • Absurdly high performance from an electric family SUV

Touched by God • Or Aryton Senna, whose old engineer has made a £500k sports car

Next-level delivery • Ford upgrades its electric van to cope with more extreme territory

Chalet dancer • The posh estate that knows its place: up a mountain

Opinion • HOT SUVS + FAT GOLFS + ALFA DNA

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‘Its fortunes dipped when Lotus moved upmarket, deserting its signature small sports cars’

‘Governments love building things, but there’s nothing glamorous about resurfacing’

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THE TOP 10 SUPERCAR CARS OF ALL TIME • Ever since 1966’s Miura, supercars have combined art, speed, ingenuity and ambition. But only one can be crowned greatest

GLORIOUS, IRRATIONAL, TERRIFYING • Cultural commentator Stephen Bayley reflects on six decades of sex, speed and supercars

ASTON’S MIURA MOMENT • Ambitious and gut-wrenchingly pretty, Aston’s mid-engined Valhalla is a compelling 21st century reboot of the Miura’s original template. We drive it

ASTON’S FINANCIALS: NO STROLL IN THE PARK

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THE LAST OF US • Fun and affordable cars are worryingly rare. So let’s treasure the pleasure still on offer from this bargain trio from Skoda, Mazda and Mini

FAT LADY? WHAT FAT LADY?

SURFING STORMY SEAS • These are turbulent times for EV-only car makers, and Rivian will sink or swim with the new R2 SUV. We get to grips with it, on road and off

Like the holy grail • Hunted by fanatics, revered the world over and a privilege to possess, even if only temporarily.

Is 4 greater than 5? • 5 a bit firm and cramped? Perhaps the 4 is the Renault EV for you.

The benchmark beckons • To end our time with the EX30, it meets a classic Volvo.

The devil’s Defender • Octa is a more wicked Defender. Piers Ward grabs it by the horns

An EV with attitude • Emotional engagement with a compact family car? Yep.

What’s the big idea? • Bigster is Dacia’s most ambitious car so far.

Reads slow, drives quick • Whatever you think an S5 is, this is probably better.

Merc’s Mont Blanc pen • Yes, Mercedes still makes a classy traditional coupe.

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