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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 • McLaren’s appeal is less obvious than some rivals

Why the first Bentley EV isn’t such a big deal • In the context of new EVs like the Ferrari Luce and the Jaguar Type 01, the Torcal plays it safe

Prepare to be baffled again

Meet the new anti-Twingo

Playing the name game

Grand Theft Auto sees inside our souls. Ew…

It’s tough at the top and about to get a lot tougher

No, he can’t believe it either

The doomed everyday genius of Seat

Sorry, but VW won’t sell you this stunner

Rerun to the hills • Does the all-electric 208 GTI have anything to do with the Group B-inspired 205 that inspired it? We tackle the Col de Turini to find out

Sublimely ridiculous • No one needs 1000bhp – but Ferrari proves it’s bloody addictive

Normal is underrated • The gap you didn’t know about between Sportage and Niro? Plugged

A trick of the light • Radically made-over Conti GT loses 500kg but keeps its luxury cabin

We’re back in the room • After a muddling few years in the EV wilderness, VW seems to have remembered how to make cars to love

Opinion • NORMAL CARS + DULL PAINT + EXCESS GIRTH

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‘Execute a good gearshift in a vintage car and you get the warmest glow of driver satisfaction’

‘Many of the great drivers really were larger than life, so their stories don’t need extra cheese adding’

ARE WE THERE YET? • As a new wave of red hot EVs arrives the question is simple: are we there yet? Are these next-gen newcomers finally brilliant cars that just happen to be electric?

2026’S ELECTRIC STARS IN DETAIL • From hot hatches to family SUVs, and from 80bhp to more than 1000bhp…

HOW EFFICIENT – AND GOOD – ARE THEY REALLY? • Same roads, same weather, same speeds – and some very different findings

Design power list 2026 • The 30 most influential, exciting, successful and promising car designers in the world

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SHOOTING STAR • It came and went so fast it left us wondering if we’d dreamt it. But no, 20 years after its short production run ended, Porsche’s Carrera GT is still very real and utterly incredible

EVEN WALTER RÖHRL FOUND IT A HANDFUL

GORDINI’S ALIVE! • If you thought Renault was done mining its archive for gold, good news: it’s at it again. Meet the sensational 8 Gordini Concept

WHERE WE’RE GOING… WE DON’T NEED ROADS • As America celebrates the centenary of Route 66, we bypass all that new-fangled nonsense and take the off-road route from LA to Las Vegas in the Kia Telluride, a car more used to school runs and shopping trips

QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO OFF-ROADING USA

Click and collect • On the face of it, the Bigster could be another generic SUV. In reality, it’s so much better than that.

The Ikea sofa of cars • It’s good value, comfortable and easy to live with. And it broke down. Has that put us off the Aircross?

Travelling through time • We ask an adventurous Land Cruiser fan to compare his 1983 classic with our current-generation car.

The calming coupe • Ticking none of 2026’s ‘must have’ boxes is central to the elegant Merc’s timeless appeal.

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