Autocar UK Magazine - April 16, 2025

In this issue

GAC’s ‘Mini’ and SUV are UK-bound Tougher safety tests questioned BYD’s Denza to hit Europe this year New Nissan boss Ivan Espinosa Insights into Vauxhall’s Luton past

BABY DEFENDER EV TO GUN FOR MERCEDES LITTLE G

Land Rover's new entry-level electric 4x4 looks on course for a 2027 launch

3 mins

AMG AXES C63'S UNLOVED FOUR-POT FOR BIGGER SIX

New 3.0-litre straight six to be installed at facelift to revive lacklustre sales

2 mins

NEW ELECTRIC CAYENNE ON TRACK FOR DEBUT THIS YEAR

Next-gen EV-only version of Porsche's best-seller shows new aero look

1 min

BOOST FOR CAR MAKERS AS HYBRIDS GIVEN UNTIL 2035

Government changes to ZEV mandate also introduce greater scope for carbon trading and exempt low-volume brands from rules

3 mins

GAC TARGETS UK WITH MG 4 AND TESLA MODEL Y RIVALS

Two new EVs from the big Chinese maker will be UK-bound “very soon”

2 mins

STRICTER SAFETY STANDARDS THREATEN LOW-COST CARS

Car bosses question need for tougher tests as new rules announced

3 mins

BYD PREMIUM BRAND GETS SET TO CONQUER EUROPE

Denza offers “lots of unique features that legacy brands do not have”, claims Chinese giant

2 mins

Steve Cropley

While trying earnestly to stay out of politics, I still disagree fundamentally with chancellor Rachel Reeves, who wants to talk us out of buying more British goods in light of Donald Trump's new trade tariffs, because it would make us appear “inward-looking”.

2 mins

Matt Prior

When is a car company not a car company? There are a couple of paths into this way of thinking.

3 mins

Damien Smith

Ayrton Senna could be hard to like when I was growing up as a motor racing fan in the 1980s.

3 mins

FORD PUMA GEN-E

Britain's favourite car turns electric, promising the same fun and practicality plus excellent efficiency

4 mins

DENZA Z9 GT

Shooting brake introduces us to BYD's UK-bound Porsche-chasing brand

3 mins

MORGAN SUPERSPORT

Unique sports car maker reinvents and renames its flagship

3 mins

BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

Bentley's electrification effort finally takes in its core two-door GT coupé

10 mins

AUDI S6 E-TRON

Audi looks both forward and back with a rapid electric estate

8 mins

Testing, testing

“Let’s not let the facts ruina lovely, wistful idea”

3 mins

Heavy losses, falling sales and a failed merger with Honda. Can Nissan be saved?

That's the question facing the firm's new CEO, 46-year-old Mexican Ivan Espinosa. JAMES ATTWOOD asks him about his turnaround plan

6 mins

A roll in the Sakura

JAMES ATTWOOD gets a glimpse of a future filled with tiny electric cars by driving Japan's best-selling EV, the Nissan Sakura

3 mins

Spec-tacular

One of the thrills of buying a car like the Valhalla is that you can spec it just how you want. ALEX GOY does precisely that at Aston Martin HQ

3 mins

End of the line

Vauxhall's Luton plant shut for good two weeks ago, ending the firm's 120 years in the town. JOHN EVANS celebrates that long, rich history

6 mins

MINI COOPER S

Is the petrol hot hatch a spent force? Not based on this 6000-mile test

4 mins

BENTLEY BENTAYGA

Our fleet is mostly electric now, but we will always make space for a V8

3 mins

MAZDA MX-5

We pit our top-spec MX-5 against an electric-powered original on track

3 mins

SUPERMINI THAT HANDLES SPACE BETTER THAN NASA

A Jazz may not be big but it is very, very clever, especially on the inside

2 mins

It came from outer space Wolfsburg

Parked on a suburban side road, David Power's Volkswagen XL1 looks as though it has just landed from outer space.

2 mins

Lost in the archive

Is this the most confusing car brand of all time?

3 mins

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