Car UK May 2019

The big reads

64 BMW 3-series versus all comers

We know it’s good – but how good? BMW’s

new 320d squares up to C-Class Merc, A4,

Giulia, X2, E-Pace, Peugeot 508 and Lexus ES

82 Coffee with CAR:

Goodwood’s Duke of Richmond

He’s the aristocrat behind some of the world’s

best-loved motorsport festivals. We’re CAR.

Our place is Peterborough, so we went to his

90 Giant test: Porsche 911 Carrera S

vs Audi R8 vs McLaren 570S

Latest 911 cross-examined by its closest rivals

102 Inside Koenigsegg

We go behind the scenes as Sweden’s

supercar manufacturer readies a very

special newcomer

110 The shortlist: how the hell do you

follow a Ferrari F40?

Maybe a Pista? Perhaps a Porsche 911 GT3 RS?

Or how about a McLaren 720S, with a Track

Pack for good measure?

118 Dick Seaman and the legend

of the SIlver Arrows

In 125 years of Mercedes motorsport, no story

resonates down the decades quite like the tale

of the British gent driving for the Nazi-backed

factory team

Our cars^

124 You drive our cars: BMW 8-series

Readers try the editor’s M850i

140 One year on: VW Golf GTE

Living with the hybrid hatchback

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Can anything

topple the 3-series?

Insider

10 The hardcore new Ferrari – and what’s next
13 Georg Kacher’s hot news bulletin

14 Meet the R8’s all-electric sequel

16 Why – and how – Ford must reinvent itself

18 CAR’s Formula 1 rich list
20 The CAR Inquisition: DS’s sales honcho

22 Watches: chronographs worthy of a winner

Te ch

24 The fresh thinking in Fiat’s BEV concept

26 CAR explains Morgan’s shock modernisation

28 Meeting of minds Hybrid supercars debated

30 Does it work? Precision-reversing BMWs

162 Retro tech The slow death of the gearlever

F i rst d r ive s

32 The 300-mile test BMW X

42 Porsche 911 Convertible

46 BMW 1-series prototype

50 Audi SQ

52 Porsche Cayman T, BMW 7-series, BMW
8-series Convertible, Jaguar XF Sportbrake

Opinion^

55 Your letters, including the magnificence of
BMW’s i3 and why talking about the
Aventador’s infotainment is missing the point

60 Gavin Green: consumer electronics vs the car

62 Mark Walton meets the latest Ariel Atom

143 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

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