BUYING A BENTLEY TURBO R 76
FERRARI 488 PISTA ROAD TEST VERDICT 34 ORANGE SQUASH IN A MINI 54
FIRST TASTE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED CAR OF 2019... 42
REVEALED: THE ELECTRIC 500 TO SPARK FIAT’S RECHARGE 8
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MCLAREN 720S EXPERIENCES SIX MONTHS OF REAL-WORLD USE AT THE HANDS OF ANDREW FRANKEL 64
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THIS WEEK
NEWS
Electric Fiat 500 Five-model plan for Italian brand 8
Pagani’s ambition Electric hypercar on the cards 10
Ferrari’s future Technology chief reveals his vision 12
BMW M2 CS More power, less weight, due next year 15
VXR comeback Insider hints at VXR return on Corsa 17
Aston Martin losses Boss Andy Palmer explains... 18
Profit updates Who’s acing 2019 and who’s aching 20
TESTED
Lamborghini Huracán Evo New supercar hits UK 26
Nio ES6 Electric crossover flexes bulging muscles 31
Volvo XC90 B5 Diesel Big SUV turns mild hybrid 33
Ferrari 488 Pista ROAD TEST 34
FEATURES
New Land Rover Defender We go off-roading in it 42
Ariel combat Atom 4 and 165mph Ace motorbike 48
Techs mechs Geekdom and engineering inside MIRA 50
Agent Orange Fruit-shaped Mini runs like clockwork 54
Men in sheds UK’s inventive, small-scale car makers 58
OUR CARS
McLaren 720S Final verdict after a six-month test 64
Range Rover Velar Let’s see what it’ll do off road 67
Bentley Continental GT Check-up, the Bentley way 69
EVERY WEEK
Jesse Crosse Why manual gearboxes refuse to die 19
Damien Smith Aston star Paul di Resta on DTM 2019 21
Steve Cropley Three McLarens... and a VW ‘van’ 23
Subscribe Save money, get Bollé sunglasses free 24
Your views Tales of a ‘salesman’s worst nightmare’ 62
Matt Prior How Baby Driver bucks the trend 90
DEALS
James Ruppert Cars most and least likely to fail MOT 70
A s g o o d a s n ew Deals on still-fresh Skoda Octavias 72
Spied in the classifieds Fancy a BMW 840Ci for £3k? 74
Used buying guide How to pick up a Bentley Turbo R 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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