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WHY IT PAYS TO PUSH BOUNDARIES WITH EVs

Aston targets G-Class with luxurious all-new super-4x4 • British marque is exploring the potential for a go-anywhere SUV with supercar pace

Seat’s future lies with low-cost EVs • Company boss sets out new plans for Seat and profitable premium sibling Cupra

Dark Rebel ‘gamechanger’ put on ice

VW Polo gets five more years after dodging emissions bullet

Rolls enters an era of expansion • New CEO predicts ‘exciting future’ as factory gets extra capacity for personalisation

Stellantis’s cheap Chinese EVs due here next year

Alpine reveals hydrogen supercar • Alpenglow Hy4 that ran at Spa will steer development of new hydrogen-powered V6

EX90 showcases Volvo’s future • UK-bound, “software-defined” flagship SUV is a “big step towards zero collisions”

ARE WE READY TO LET CARS DO THE DRIVING?

Zeekr in ‘knockout competition’ • How new EV brand is planning to survive and thrive in China’s cut-throat car market

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Used EVs plummet to ICE price • Average two-to four-year-old EV now worth £16k while equivalent diesel is £18k

TESTER’S NOTES

MY WEEK IN CARS

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RACING LINES

ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE • Latest two-seater unequivocally shows where Aston is heading because it’s sportier, more powerful and more expensive. But a key question remains: is it any good?

MERCEDES-BENZ G580 EQ • High-end off-roader gets an EV variant with a motor for each wheel and a big battery

MERCEDES-AMG G63 • Off-roader turned madcap performance car is given – shock! – hybrid technology

MERCEDES-BENZ G500 • Straight-six diesel is updated and straight-six petrol prepares for UK debut

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N • The first electric hot hatch we have truly fallen in love with hits British roads

CLASS OF ’24 • The emerging force of the Chinese car market is largely the product of the omnipotent Geely. Mark Tisshaw heads east to sample the best it has to offer

INSIDE THE WORLD OF GEELY

TURNED OUT NICE AGAIN • Cars have got bigger, heavier and more expensive in the electric era. Helpfully, this faithful recreation of the old Mini reverses two of those trends. Matt Prior drives it

Autocar Archive

NEW WORLD ORDER • Audi is a past master of slick electric SUVs while Lotus is a class rookie. Can the new Eletre compete alongside the SQ8 E-tron? Matt Saunders decides

Smart #3 • Geely/Mercedes brand targets more traditional tastes with its second new-era model

Data log

VERDICT • Makings of an interesting alternative EV but let down by the finer details

HONDA E:NY1 • Our road test gave it a lukewarm verdict but did living with it bring new insights?

VOLVO V90 • Our resident estate fangirl asks an SUV-buying friend to explain herself

AUDI SQ8 E-TRON SPORTBACK • Four-up, luggage-laden, long-haul drives reveal its true colours

YOUR VIEWS

No hope for hydrogen

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