This week in Autocar, we give our definitive verdict on the brand new Toyota Land Cruiser, element Mercedes-AMG’s new Purosangue beater, and drive the world’s finest hybrid.
News
Mercedes-AMG is about to unleash its electrical super-SUV as a high-powered flagship primarily based by itself bespoke EV platform – we have the lowdown.
Polestar, in the meantime, is lining up a successor to the two crossover known as the 7 – and it is set to be one thing radically totally different. We communicate to CEO Thomas Ingenlath for the total story.
A brand new hardcore, V8-powered model of the Land Rover Defender is inbound as the primary in a line of top-flight flagships branded Octa – we check out what you possibly can count on from the super-SUV.
Rejoice! The new Ford Explorer has lastly gone on sale in Europe priced from lower than £40k – and regardless of its late arrival Ford says the SUV is now higher than ever. We discover out precisely what which means.
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Reviews
The Toyota Land Cruiser has been rejuvenated with a cool retro design and mechanical updates concentrating on higher on-road manners – however can it keep true to its workhorse credentials?
A collection of main upgrades to the motors, battery and chassis are designed to make the Porsche Taycan the most effective EVs you should purchase. Is it?
The Nissan Juke has been handled to a facelift, full with delicate exterior revisions and a model new inside. Can it maintain the identical attraction and carry the nameplate by means of to 2027?
We’re additionally testing the Mazda 2 hybrid, Jeep Renegade eHybrid, and for highway check 5668 we’re within the BMW 530e to seek out out what makes it the world’s finest hybrid.
Features
Audi faces formidable challenges and is present process change on a scale by no means seen earlier than – all below a brand new CEO, Gernot Döllner. James Attwood hears his plan.
Watford Gap providers on the M1 must be knocked down and changed by one thing higher suited to immediately’s period and its travellers, says its proprietor. John Evans finds out extra.
Pick the suitable used automotive and you’ll pay minimal and even no highway tax. Alex Wolstenholme sniffs out some tempting tax-busters, from the BMW i8 to the Range Rover Evoque.
Opinion
Matt Prior riffs on small vehicles just like the Suzuki Swift and Silence S04, and asks whether or not the latter is ‘sufficient automotive’.
Steve Cropley, in the meantime, talks about certainly one of his experiences of the 12 months, clocking vehicles, and the brilliance of Steve Sixty’s ebook on BMW design.