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TALKING A GOOD GAME IS NO LONGER ENOUGH

BMW targets younger buyers with new 1 and 2 Series EVs • German maker commits to cheaper EVs and smaller cars as main rival quits sector

Radical EVs to still feel like BMWs

Fiat turns 500e into a hybrid • Electric city car will be the basis for a new petrol hybrid sold alongside it from 2026

Final VW ID 2all ‘even better’ than concept

Sander quits top Ford of Europe job for VW

China keeps Twingo on track • Renault has found a new partner to develop a city car after the VW deal fell through

Caterham to build 50% more cars a year thanks to new HQ

Motability popularity ‘explodes’ • Charity will buy 20% of UK’s new cars this year, giving a big boost to manufacturers

Fleets offset fall in private sales

A BATTERY-ONLY FUTURE? DON’T BET ON IT JUST YET

New five-door Mini marks end of era • Five-door Cooper is the last petrolonly model that Mini will ever make

Classic 911 gets Tag-McLaren makeover

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Lexus primes ‘LFR’ V8 supercar • All-new Aston Vantage rival will be made to homologate 2026 Toyota GT3 racer

Alpina signs off with three hardcore GTs

TESTER’S NOTES

MY WEEK IN CARS

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RACING LINES

POLESTAR 3 DUAL MOTOR • Here comes yet another very large, very expensive electric SUV – but it’s one that makes an unusual and bold promise…

ASTON MARTIN DBX 707 • Magical V8 sports SUV gets interior and tech upgrades to keep it spinning money

MINI COOPER C • Entry-level petrol hatch promises driver fun at a competitive price. Does it deliver?

RENAULT RAFALE • Brand’s seventh SUV is a coupé flagship that’s spoiling for a fight with the Germans

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R • Golf’s usability-focused facelift gives go-faster division a chance to enhance hot hatch

SKODA SUPERB • New-generation hatchback follows estate with goal of replacing fleets’ old Insignias

NISSAN QASHQAI • Targeted revisions give the latest version a welcome lift where it’s needed

LAST-CHANCE SALOON • The Jaguar XF is bowing out, having never quite made the mark its character and performance suggested it should. In search of the executive four-door’s redemption, Matt Prior traces the pop-culture heritage of its predecessors

THE BRITS TO WATCH AT LE MANS • What price a British winner at this weekend’s prestigious 24-hour race? Damien Smith assesses our drivers with the best hopes

RED WALL WILL HAVE A SAY IN UK’S EV FUTURE • Great Wall Motor is the latest Chinese giant with eyes on the UK, but the firm knows it must refine its cars to succeed at the second time of asking. Will Rimell reports

MG 3 • Is the supermini able to offer quite as much bang for your buck in all-new hybrid form?

Data log

VERDICT • Good value and with no serious vices, but still lacks a final layer of polish

LEXUS LBX • Can this smaller than usual Lexus live up to its longer than usual name? Let’s find out

CITROEN C4 X • Who ever said hatchbacks were more practical than saloons?

VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG • Transcontinental...