FERRARI 456 GT FROM £40,000 76
FULL ROAD TEST: MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 250 28 FIAT’S BOLD PLANS FOR THE NEW PANDA 56
MERCEDES-AMG GT TO BECOME A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE HYBRID IN 2021 6
THE 50 BEST NEW CARS IN THE UK – BUT WHAT’S AT NUMBER ONE? 38
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THIS WEEK
NEWS
Mercedes-AMG GT Hybrid 4WD to follow Black Series 6
Nissan Juke Due in September – but we’ve driven it 8
Mercedes-Benz EQV Pure-electric eight-seat MPV 10
Audi RS6 Avant Estate is the first of many hot Audis 12
Bugatti Centodieci £7.4m (plus taxes) and 1577bhp 14
Cleaning up car making Cost in CO 2 of building a car 16
TESTED
Ford Focus ST Hot hatch mettle tested on UK roads 22
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster Served raw 25
Mitsubishi L200 New, better in almost every way 27
Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 AMG Line ROAD TEST 28
FEATURES
Top 50 cars B e st n ew c a r s o n s a l e to d ay. A n d wo r st 38
Full service history Why ‘fsh’ may not be all it seems 54
Fiat and Alfa: what’s next? Key cars in their future 56
OUR CARS
Renault Mégane RS 280 Hot hatch has lots to prove 64
BMW i3s Sporty EV takes to faster commuting 67
Alpina B4 S What’s that odd noise from the engine? 69
EVERY WEEK
Jesse Crosse A look inside torque-converter ’boxes 15
Damien Smith W i l l S i m s b e b a ck fo r m o r e Fo r m u l a E? 17
Steve Cropley A sneaky way to hang on to an SD1 19
Subscribe Save money, get Bollé sunglasses free 20
Your Views Car names, Silverstone, A1 numberplate 62
Matt Prior The perfect car for doom and gloom 90
DEALS
James Ruppert Old New Beetles and old old Beetles 70
A s g o o d a s n ew Current-model Seat Leon from £4k 72
Spied in the classifieds Audi V8 Quattro, anyone? 74
Used buying guide Tips on getting a Ferrari 456 GT 76
Road test results Autocar’s gold mine of data 79
New cars A-Z Key car stats, from Abarth to Zenos 82
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