The big reads^
68 Aston Martin Vanquish
Valkyrie aero and an all new powertrain- the art and science of Aston Martin’s shock
new Ferrari 488 rival
76 Ferrari F8 Tributo
Ferrari’s new frontline mid-engined V8 – made
superhuman with all the best bits of Pista82 Aston Martin AM-RB 003
How to bridge the gap between your V12,
Red Bull-developed hypercar and your new
£200K 488 rival? With another mid-engined
hypercar, obviously
88 Giant test: AMG GT 4 Door vs Alpina B5 vs
Porsche Panamera
For when you absolutely must get there on
time, despite leaving very late, and without
anything like any effort required from you
100 Coffee with CAR: Singer Vehicle Design’s
Maz Fawaz
Out for a blast in Singer’s latest restored 911- with the man who helps make their cars
special ($1.8m special...)
108 Yugo goes home
Georg Kacher’s unforgettable pilgrimage
to the old Yugo factory – 800 miles in a
Communist-era ’80s relic
116 The shortlist: new Megane RS Cup, used
BMW M2 or a VW Golf R?
Reader Nathan Horn’s replacing his beloved
Mk7 Golf GTI – but what with?
Our cars^
124 You drive our cars: VW Up GTI
VW and hot hatch fans try our Up GTI
140 One year on: Porsche Cayman GT
One reader and his GT4 daily driver...88
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Insider
8 Honda’s great electric gamble
12 Bugatti and Lagonda blue-sky it
14 Peugeot’s innovative new 208
16 Still the SUV rises – plus 2022’s Aventador
18 New Focus ST or VW T-Roc R?
20 Forza Alfa! Your essential guide to F1 2019
21 Georg Kacher’s hot new bulletin
22 The CAR Inquisition: August Achleitner
Te ch
26 Mini electrifies the hot hatch
28 CAR explains JLR’s new straight-six engine
30 Meeting of minds What’s next for carbonfibre?
We ask McLaren and Koenigsegg
32 Does it work? Porsche’s track timing app
162 Retro tech A century of turbo development
First drives
34 The 300-mile test McLaren’s 720S Spider
44 Mazda 3
48 Toyota Corolla
50 Bentley Continental GT Convertible
54 Skoda Karoq Scout, Volvo V60CC and
Nissan’s revised Qashqai and Micra
Opinion^
57 Your letters, including the magnificence of
Gavin Green, the beauty of BAC’s Mono and
the misunderstood BMW M850i
62 Gavin Green on BMW’s new X
64 Mark Walton celebrates 25 years, not out
143 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
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