This week in Autocar, we check out Bentley’s daring new EV for 2026, drive China’s bonkers Defender rival, and provides our unique verdict on the newest Citroen Ami rival – the Silence S04.
News
Bentley’s first EV might be a 1000bhp assertion of intent, providing as much as double the facility of any mannequin in its present line-up – we converse to design chief Robin Page and provide all it’s essential know.
The new Audi Q6 E-tron, in the meantime, kick-starts a complete new period for Ingolstadt’s electrical automobiles as its first mannequin to be constructed on a brand-new, high-tech platform. We cowl all the things from powertrains to exterior design.
An electrical Renault Clio will be a part of its hybrid stablemate from 2026, sitting above the reborn 5 as a barely bigger and family-focused supermini. You’ll discover full particulars within the journal.
Skoda has previewed an entry-level EV known as the Epiq, and Mercedes-AMG is readying a 1000bhp all-electric Taycan rival.
Reviews
The fourth-generation Skoda Superb has arrived, sticking with custom and retaining its very typical property automobile kind. Does it nonetheless hits all the proper notes?
Electric automobiles would possibly wrestle to excite lovers, however the brand new Maserati Grecale Folgore is promising combustion ranges of hype, not least in its daring advertising and marketing imagery. Does it ship?
The Yangwang U8 has over 1100bhp, can carry out 360deg ‘tank turns’, and floats for as much as half an hour. But is it extra Instagrammable than usable?
We’re additionally driving the Volkswagen ID 5 GTX, BMW iX2 30e, Toyota CH-R, and for highway take a look at 5666, we’re trying on the BMW X6.
Features
The fabulously cultivated W12 engine that revitalised Bentley is retiring, similtaneously a really completely different sort of Bentley arrives. Our editor drives a Flying Spur as much as Scotland for a primary and final style.
What makes a BMW a BMW? Our John Evans finds out by asking an knowledgeable on BMW design: creator Steve Saxty.
A Spanish agency, Silence, has used its electrical motorcycle tech to create a miniature electrical ‘car’ that we will purchase within the UK. Matt Prior has a go.
Opinion
Matt Prior riffs on dashboard cameras, individuals who would relatively get into an accident than keep away from one, and the marked discount in site visitors cops.
Steve Cropley, in the meantime, feedback on MG’s centenary celebration at this 12 months’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, provides some recommendation to new expertise getting into the Formula 1 realm, and rejoices at Asa’s transfer to arrange store at Bicester Motion.