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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.

Welcome

Insider • Dacia drags the Duster into a strange new world of hybrids and infotainment. 

‘An EU7 diesel would have cost an absolute fortune to engineer’

Uploading to YouClip • Headline act among the many practical details in the new Duster is the clever YouClip modular storage system. It places eight mounts around the cabin and boot, allowing owners to attach items such as phone holders and coat hooks. The Duster gets YouClip first and it’ll quickly spread across most models in the range, engineers reveal.

ROUGHING IT FOR 50 YEARS

TWINGO RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS

SEMA SUPERSTARS

‘WE’LL BECOME THE OPPOSITE’

Six questions only we would ask

PORSCHE’S MAGIC AIR SUSPENSION • Inside the same-again bodywork the revised Panamera has acquired some ingenious engineering, including a new Active Ride system.

HOW IT WORKS

MAZDA’S ROTARY RANGE EXTENDER

CHATGPT AS AN IN-CAR ASSISTANT

New horizons • As Kia moves into uncharted territory with its upmarket seven-seat EV, we test its claims on a nine-country road trip

Hiding in plain sight

Mirror, signal, madness

FAB EV

Three’s a crowd-pleaser

Longtail lite

Accentuate the positive

‘Recent drives in the new i5 and M2 suggest a welcome return to the old Ultimate Driving Machine ethos’

‘There are no older Benz taxis out there and no newer ones – just one generation of W123 saloons’

NEW CARS 2024 • The electric crossover onslaught is real. But so too is a load of hot new metal hellbent on claiming your savings

TURBO NUTTER GOES EV • The electric hot hatch you’ve been hankering after is here

SUPER SIZED IONIQ

FOCUS, AND ADD GREATNESS • BMW’s cheekiest engine and chassis know-how squeezed into one tasty package

HYBRID, AND THEN SOME • Performance saloon and estate get V8 PHEV from the wild XM Label Red

THE POINT OF NO RETURN • With the Emeya GT poised to join the Eletre SUV, Lotus is now a luxury EV maker with a sideline in old-fashioned sports cars, not the other way round

ALL CHANGE AT AUDI • Ingolstadt’s electric line-up expands as new shapes and badges arrive

ENCORE UNE FOIS • The Scenic and 3008 return, this time as electric crossovers. We drive them

THE BEAT GOES ON • The 911’s 2024 facelift brings hybrid power to the 60-year-old icon

A NEW LEGEND • How to follow F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari? Like this

A STAR IN THE MAKING • The 1 and 2 put Polestar on the map. The 3 SUV and sleek 4 will drive its expansion. But the 5 is the special one – a Taycan-toppling flagship

VIVE LA HOT HATCH • Alpine storms in with a tyre-wrecker

ALL ABOARD • Family-friendly electro-funk

SEOUL BROTHER • Kia’s EX30 rival looks serious

TONALE JUNIOR • It’s the new Mito! But it’s not a Mito

DEAL OF THE YEAR • The first electric-only Volvo is many things, not all of them good – but it’s not expensive

VOLTY TOWERS • The big and beefy G-Class line-up for 2024 includes an all-electric version

STEALTH FLAGSHIP • Your guide to 2024’s new all-electric Range Rover

HEAVY HITTER • After a lacklustre 2023, you’d be forgiven for thinking Mercedes-AMG had lost its way. The new GT tells different story

LES RÉTROS CHIC • Two ultra-stylish retro-inspired EVs look set to restore Renault’s supermini supremacy

STORM FRONT • Lamborghini can do no wrong at...