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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 • Rivals’ failures shed light on the success of the 3-series

Renault’s Filante concept is perfectly pointless

Un-boring family cars

Boring business + exciting cars = a profitable Aston Martin

‘Drive by wire’ is the future. But there’s a catch

Sorry Brad, but I’m afraid you just can’t win

The only way is up… he hopes

Strange but true: a Rolls-Royce with launch control

NCAP isn’t helping

This year’s most important new Ferrari isn’t the electric one

Wait. So hybrids are bad again?

Sayonara to the Zen garden of the car world

The perfect storm • Sideways rain, hail and red weather warning gusts meet a rear-wheel drive V12 convertible. Ferrari’s ultimate droptop GT braves Storm Herminia

The left behind • Top-value family transport. But forget claims of room for seven

Big. Ugly. Dull. Cheap • Competitive pricing should make this new SUV a familiar sight

A cut-price Ioniq 5 N? No • The badge says an ordinary electric crossover is aiming to join a fine tradition of hot Nissans. The badge lies

Full of surprises • Could it look any duller? But don’t be fooled – there’s a lot to like here

Faster la vista • Track-focused reboot is in effect an MC20 Mk2

Opinion • SENSIBLE AUDIS + SUPER SUPERMINIS + ALFA vs DODGE

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GAVIN GREEN THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE

MARK WALTON THE INCURABLE ENTHUSIAST

OLD MASTERS MODERN ART • Europe strikes back with three reborn icons: Mini’s Cooper E, Fiat’s new Panda and the Renault 5. All are small. Which is the most perfectly formed?

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BOTH BARRELS • BMW doesn’t want you to know about this just yet, but the next M3 will come in two flavours: 2027’s electric iM3 followed a year later by a petrol version. Here’s everthing we know about the dynamisch duo

RIDING IN THE ELECTRIC M3… SORT OF

THE ULTIMATE EVERYTHING MACHINE 50 YEARS OF THE BMW 3-SERIES • From everyday greatness to some of the most iconic performance cars of all time, the 3-series is omni-talented. We celebrate its first half century

THE MAGIC NUMBER • Seven reasons we love the 3-series, BMW’s sexy slice of everyday genius

ALIVE AND KICKING

FANTASTIC FOUR

1989’S M3 CS TOURING

GO JOHNNY GO

SOMETHING IN THE AIR

THE SPECIAL ONE

POWER FOR THE PEOPLE

TREAD CAREFULLY • With no engine to spoil the serenity, an electric G-Class goes in search of a more tranquil future

WRC vs EQG

Bridging the gap • Tesla’s hegemony is over: both Europe and China now make some cracking mid-sized EVs.

The cost of progress

Caught in 4K if they return

The door catch

Keeping it Eco… mostly

Which is the true Mini EV? • When the factory electric Mini meets an exquisite reboot of the original, not everything is as it seems.

Half a mill and a forged passport • Chances are I won’t drop everything for a nomadic existence in this Defender. But the point is I could.

Uneven performance • Suzuki’s supermini has proved frugal, spacious and perfectly reliable. If only it could cope better with poor road surfaces.

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