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THE SHAKE-UP AT JLR HAS STARTED WITH A BANG

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ESPRIT SERIES 1 REBORN WITH V8 FOR NEW ERA • UK firm Encor to convert 50 examples of legendary Lotus

CITROEN HINTS AT MPV FUTURE WITH SIX-SEAT EV • New 4.1m-long concept is a versatile and bold vision of the firm’s intent

CITROEN’S MOST MEMORABLE CONCEPTS

NEXT PEUGEOT 208 HOT HATCH TO TAP 205 GTi SPIRIT • Firm will make greater use of GTi branding – but on electric models only

EU’S NEW E-CAR CATEGORY COULD SPARK 108 REVIVAL

PATH OPEN TO A FUTURE 508 ESTATE

NEW MULTI-FUEL MERC GLB ON SALE EARLY 2026 • Roomier seven-seater offers electric or hybrid power from roughly £41k

‘DROP-IN’ FUELS: ARE THEY REALLY A VIABLE QUICK FIX?

CREATIVE CHIEF McGOVERN LEAVES JLR AFTER 21 YEARS • Designer’s departure comes a week after new CEO arrives from Tata

WE GET FIRST TASTE OF VW’S ‘PURE POSITIVE’ ID CROSS EV

A POWER VACUUM OPENS AT JLR

Unfinished business

TOYOTA’S NEW GR GT IS ‘ROAD-LEGAL RACE CAR’ • Track-honed V8 supercar is twinned with Lexus LFA EV

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BMW iX3 •  Medium-sized SUV is the first member of BMW’s much-hyped Neue Klasse of EVs

MERCEDES-BENZ CLA HYBRID • New saloon has changed the EV game. Is the ICE version as impressive?

CITROEN E-C5 AIRCROSS • All-new family SUV reaches Britain in small-battery electric form

TOYOTA URBAN CRUISER • Toyota’s answer to the electric Ford Puma is a rebadged Suzuki eVitara

LAMBORGHINI TEMERARIO • New-era ‘junior’ Lambo has Ferrari squarely in its sights

Testing, testing

Things that make you go M • Can today’s M2 CS hold its head up against two icons of BMW’s M car lineage? MATT SAUNDERS musters an M5 CS and M3 CSL to find out

The art of the reveal • The prospect of a new car debut might not set your heart racing, but manufacturers take them very seriously. CHARLIE MARTIN peers behind the scenes

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Road Test Yearbook 2025 • What a year! Among the £9.2m of machinery we road tested, there was everything from a 217mph EV to a 3140kg 4x4. Relive every one of them

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December

The numbers game • Quickest, thirstiest, priciest, shortest and more besides – here’s our 2025 stat attack analysis of all 74 road test cars

Hold the front page • In a tumultuous year, automotive news stories have been big in global scale and local importance. WILL RIMELL recaps

A Lotus to save Hethel • Lotus has endured torrid times. Could a new sports EV in the mould of past greats be its saviour? STEVE CROPLEY thinks so

Motoring myth-busting • The car world is full of commonly held beliefs that seem too good to be true. JAMES ATTWOOD sorts fact from...