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COMMENT MG’S TAIL IS UP – AND NO WONDER AFTER ITS 2020

MG primes electric sports coupé for 2021 UK launch • Well-received 2017 E-Motion concept ready for the road; 300-mile range possible

MG HASUS EXCITED

MG ALSO POISED TO LAUNCH COMPACT ELECTRIC HATCH BACK

DS 4 makes design, tech leap • French rival to Audi A3 will use new platform and offer petrol, diesel and PHEV power

Qashqai to get bigger, swankier

UK’s first bespoke EV charging forecourt opened by Gridserve

Skoda signals next two EVs

SPECIAL F-TYPE CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF THE JAGUAR E-TYPE

Toyota’s first BEV due in 2021 • “Very European” SUV will begin marque’s electric onslaught using new platform

LEXUS HINTS AT ITS ELECTRIC FUTURE

Q & A MATTHEW HARRISON, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, TOYOT A EUROPE

Honda will ditch ICE cars by 2022

Haynes ends printing of new car manuals

VOLVO BOSS URGES EV COMMITMENT

GOODWOOD PLANS RETURN TO NORMAL

Appeal to end safety disparity • Poorer countries are given more dangerous cars, says global body

CONFIDENTIAL

Will Japan cut European ties? • With conditions here getting tougher, Japan’s car makers have a decision to make

NOW YOU HEAR IT, NOW YOU DON’T: THE TECH YOUR EARS WILL LOVE

Sales shakeup on the way • Car makers aim to change how new cars are sold – and it could be better for buyers

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley • MY STARS OF 2020

LOCKDOWN SANITY SAVIOURS

CHRISTMAS GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS

CITROEN ë-C4 • All-new family hatchback offers petrol, diesel and electric power, and our first taste of it comes with the trendy motor

RADICAL SR10 • New track-day toy aims to make record-breaking performance more accessible

TOYOTA HILUX 2.8 D-4D • The toughest truck of them all steps into the burgeoning ‘lifestyle pick-up’ market

PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S • The 992-generation 911 arrives in its most driver-focused form yet

RENAULT CAPTUR E-TECH • Plug-in hybrid turns on the style visually. Does it have the substance to go with it?

TESLA MODEL 3 • Strong-selling saloon is given a spruce-up as a crop of new electric cars loom

PORSCHE MACAN GTS • Latest middle-order incarnation of Stuttgart’s driver-focused SUV arrives

SKODA OCTAVIA vRS iV ESTATE • Performance estate meets frugal plug-in hybrid: a match made in heaven?

HIGHLAND ROVER • The crowds and fireworks will be absent from this year’s Hogmanay celebrations, but there are other, more traditional ways to mark the biggest night on Scotland’s calendar. Richard Webber takes the Land Rover Defender on a muckle road trip to uncover them

A DIFFERENT BALL GAME

DING DONG MERRILY ON ZOOM • The Autocar road testers’ Christmas lunch was this year a more muted affair. Andrew Frankel is your waiter

MAGIC MOMENTS OF 2020 • It hasn’t been a classic year, but the Autocar team are fortunate to have amazing jobs. Our writers share the best bits we brought you amid all the disruption

Ruppert’s Christmas crackers • Bag the right used car and 2021 should work out just fine. There are thousands to choose from, so here are...