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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.

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Win on the track. Lose millions on the road. Eh? • Fundamental problems affecting profitability can’t be fixed until the current models are replaced

How to make a fun EV: put a petrolhead in charge

Steer-by-wire doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel

Wait. Is Max one of the good guys?

How extreme do you want it?

Audis won’t be over-designed any longer

Has Bentley just ‘done a Jaguar’?

Turn it off and on again • Merc’s first big electric push didn’t win many fans. The new CLA is the start of a new – and much more promising – second wave

Not to scale • Biggest ever Smart gives mission creep a good name

Run, don’t walk • Omoda’s ambitious range-topper fails to get some of the basics right

If you can’t beat them • Slow EV adopter Mazda is catching up thanks to a Chinese partner

Fake it ’til you make it • For Honda’s next trick: making CVT feel like dual-clutch transmission

Peculiarly appealing • The DS No.8 is an intriguing foray into electric coupe-SUV territory

Aston la vista, baby • Convertible version of the twin-turbo V12 grand tourer is heavy and huge, but it’s also hugely enjoyable

Opinion • HOT FORDS + EARLY ESPRIT + MONTE MEMORIES

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‘There’s never been a vehicle of so many different characters. Only the Beetle comes close’

‘Driving the average electric family car is a bland, sterile, lowest common denominator experience’

GENERATION GAIN • With its divisive looks and hybrid V6 engine, the Ferrari F80 looked set to disappoint after the Enzo and LaFerrari. How wrong can you be?

THE CHRIS HARRIS VERDICT

CHRIS HARRIS: F80 vs THE ANCESTORS

ENDLESS ADVENTURES WITH CAR • CAR puts you in the driving seat, on the grid and in the boardroom with the best reviews, analysis and interviews

SUPER MARIO • Mario Andretti is the past, present and future of US motorsport, and a living legend. We spend a day with him battling through adoring crowds at Goodwood

STATE OF PLAY • California is blessed with some of the world’s finest driving roads. We explore them in Singer Vehicle Design’s latest restoration service, the wildly desirable Classic Turbo

THE GOLDEN STATE’S BEST BLACKTOP

A LIDL BIT OF MAGIC • Finally, you can buy an EV for Fiesta money. Has the wait been worth it?

SMALL. PERFECTLY FORMED?

TEMTENTHS • Lamborghini couldn’t keep the Huracan’s epic naturally-aspirated V10. Can the new Temerario – with its 10,000rpm, e-boosted V8 – fill the vacuum?

TECH BOSS ROUVEN MOHR TALKS V8s, V10s AND V12s

Six years on, sorted • Now we’ve lived with the ID. 7 for more than half a year, we’ve uncovered a seriously capable EV.

Numbers of the beast • A day of science to see exactly how much power the hybrid M5 is really producing.

There goes the future • Which one’s the 4 again? Ah yes, the one with no rear window. But that can’t be all there is to it…

All work, no play • It may be priced like a premium plaything, but the British-ish 4x4 is built for business.

Always the bridesmaid • The GTI Clubsport may not get the glory, but it consistently catches the bouquet.

GBU • The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: The Top 5s