Autocar UK Magazine - March 12, 2025

In this issue

It's the affordable EV you've been waiting for

VW's secret weapon in the electric car war

VOLKSWAGEN TEES UP £17K ID 1 FOR 2027 DEBUT

Electric city car will arrive with 94bhp and a range of at least 155 miles – and introduce cutting-edge software

4 mins

TOYOTA C-HR+ EV TO OFFER 338BHP AND 373-MILE RANGE

New BMW iX2 rival will arrive this year and is claimed to be \"fun to drive\"

2 mins

MORGAN SUPERSPORT IS A £100K PLUS SIX SUCCESSOR

New flagship aims to mix classic appeal with 21st-century usability

3 mins

VOLVO PRESENTS 434MILE LUXURY 'SALOON'

Tech-rich new ES90 EV is due in early 2026 from £70k

2 mins

LATEST SECRETS BEHIND THE MCLAREN WI'S POWERTRAIN

McLAREN HAS REVEALED fresh details about how it has extracted so much power from the new MHP-8 engine in the W1 hypercar.

2 mins

UPROAR AT PLANS TO END CHEAP DEALS FOR CAR INDUSTRY STAFF

Government believes scheme used by car makers and dealers is unfair

3 mins

GAME-CHANGING EFFICIENCY PROMISED FOR ELECTRIC GLC

Mercedes’ best-seller to benefit from a host of new tech as it turns EV

2 mins

Steve Cropley

\"It's brilliantly executed. I defy anyone not to like it\"

3 mins

Matt Prior

Mighty Convoy, a British non-profit organisation that delivers ambulances and medical aid to Ukraine, has joined forces with two other charities to more effectively get aid to the sick and injured.

3 mins

Damien Smith

Finally, the wait is over. More than a year since he pledged himself to Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton will make his debut for the Scuderia this Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix (see p52). Might he win first time out? If he does, he will join Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Musso, Giancarlo Baghetti, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso in Maranello’s perfect-start club. Stranger things have happened.

3 mins

AUDI SQ5 SPORTBACK

A new generation of the big SUV is led by a sporty version that has returned to petrol V6 power

5 mins

VOLKSWAGEN TAYRON

All-new seven-seat SUV slots in between the Tiguan and Touareg

4 mins

MASERATI GRANCABRIO FOLGORE

Mega-powerful, tri-motor electric version of convertible GT comes to UK

2 mins

NISSAN QASHQAI DIG-T

The fancy hybrid is compelling, but what about the cheaper petrol?

2 mins

RENAULT 5

Hotly anticipated EV is already Car of the Year. Now for the real test

10+ mins

Testing, testing|

Flick through some of our recent road test results (from p67) and you will notice that we've just given 4.5 stars to a sensible electric supermini but awarded the supposedly exciting Porsche Macan Turbo Electric and Maserati Granturismo Folgore only 3.5 stars. Has Autocar lost its sense of fun in old age? Or are all EVs just boring?

2 mins

Move fast and make things

Rivian is a radical EV start-up with a different approach – and it works. JAMES ATTWOOD drives its pick-up and hears about its VW Group deal

8 mins

Lewis sticks it all on red

But is it really such a gamble for Hamilton to join Ferrari this late in his career? As Formula 1 prepares for a fresh and possibly tight season, DAMIEN SMITH considers the odds

3 mins

VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

What are the secrets to this SUV's success? It's high time we found out

3 mins

MERCEDESAMG CLE 53

With some late-winter sun forecast, we had to find a way to go topless

2 mins

SKODA SUPERB ESTATE

How the Czechs solved car interior designers' big modern conundrum

2 mins

AUDI A3 SPORTBACK

Does it matter if this old-tech car is showing its age?

2 mins

THE FAMILY SUV BUILT WITH A SPORTING HATCH'S DNA

The dynamic fingerprints of the Focus are all over the practical £2k Kuga

2 mins

Formula 1's forgotten North African heritage

Reading our Formula 1 season preview on p52, the obsessives among you might have realised that rookie Isack Hadjar will be the sport's first competitor from Algeria - making it only the fourth African country ever represented, after Morocco, South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

2 mins

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