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WILL McLAREN SUCCEED WHERE ASTON STRUGGLES?

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McLAREN UNLEASHED BY SHOCK MERGER DEAL • Merger with UK start-up Forseven will transform McLaren’s future line-up way beyond sports cars

McLAREN-FORSEVEN MERGER: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED • We unpick what it means, how it will work and what will happen next

Grapevine

BOLD FUTURE OF CORVETTE SHAPED BY GM’S UK STUDIO • General Motors’ British-based design team forges new ideas for icon

JULIAN THOMSON, HEAD OF ADVANCED DESIGN, GM

IONIQ 6 GAINS SLEEK NEW LOOK • Early facelift for Hyundai saloon ditches ducktail rear for “refined curves”

HYUNDAI BACKS HYDROGEN WITH BOLD NEW NEXO

INSTER TURNS WILD ELECTRIC HOT HATCH ON STEROIDS

WHY NEW PUNCTURE-ON-DEMAND TECH IS A SAFE BET

SKODA TURNS NEW ELROQ INTO ELECTRIC HOT HATCH • Stiffer and lower suspension, sharper steering, extra 52bhp for vRS

BOLD TWO-DOOR CONCEPTS SHOWCASE FUTURE OF GENESIS

ROWAN UNEXPECTEDLY DISMISSED AS VOLVO CEO

CAR INDUSTRY ‘CARTELS’ HIT WITH £460M FINES • Car makers, trade bodies colluded over vehicle recycling

SEAT AND CUPRA BOSS GRIFFITHS STEPS DOWN

MY WEEK IN CARS

PRIOR CONVICTION

RACING LINES

YOUR VIEWS

VOLVO HAS LOST ITS WAY

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AUDI A6 AVANT • New platform, new hardware and new looks for next generation of combustion-engined big estate car

LEAPMOTOR C10 REEV • Electric SUV turned range-extender

NISSAN QASHQAI E-POWER • More poke, more MPG for hybrid

SKODA ENYAQ • Efficiency gains and extended kit lists for new-look electric family SUV

SKODA ENYAQ COUPE • Swoopier version tested with 4WD

JAECOO 7 • Chery’s SUV brand hits the UK with a family PHEV that’s big on value

RANGE ROVER • Does six-pot PHEV power suit the remit of this updated luxury off-roader?

Testing, testing • Jaecoo 7 will need the mother of all software updates to make the grade

Now that’s what I call a group test • Nostalgia has never been so appealing, so we’ve made a compilation album of the decade’s greatest motoring hits. STEVE CROPLEY is your DJ

BMW 528i

Audi TT

Lamborghini Diablo SV

Ford Mondeo

Nissan Skyline GT-R

Publish and be damned • The 1990s was a golden era for consumer publishing – and for car magazines in particular. PATRICK FULLER was in the thick of it

Top drawer, not top shelf: car mags of the ’90s

Missing in action

DC, rapid charger • David Coulthard reminisces about his rockin’ 1990s in Formula 1 with DAMIEN SMITH – and reveals what he really thinks of the sport today

Magic moments: the 1990s remembered • From write-offs to rip-offs, our team recall their most enduring memories

Second-hand stars: best buys of the ’90s • Prices for legends like the Honda NSX and Lancia Delta Integrale have soared, but there are ’90s bargains out there. CHARLIE MARTIN trawls the small ads

Sweet petite • In the 1990s, soaring insurance costs put paid to affordable hot hatch fun. But luckily, says...