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Issue 6356 | Volume 300 | No 5
THIS WEEK
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21 NEWS
Land Rover fightback Hybrids and four new models 8
Aston Martin Vantage AMR Hard-hitting special 12
Koenigsegg Cut-price, less exclusive model planned 15
Lotus thinks big It’ll be the new Porsche, says CEO 17
Hybrid 911 Silicon Valley firm beats Porsche to it 18
Tesla pain Losses continue despite strong sales 20
TESTED
Volvo S60 One of the best compact execs around 26
Lynk&Co 01 PHEV Europe-bound plug-in hybrid 31
Jeep Renegade Popular SUV gets refreshed 33
Kia e-Niro First Edition ROAD TEST 34
FEATURES
Porsche 959 vs 911 Carrera 4S Close call, on paper42
Electric Aston DB6 Official EV conversion driven 48
Anti-SUVs 18 great buys instead of a baby SUV 50 OLD PORSCHE 959 vs NEW PORSCHE 911 42
Desert stormers Armed forces vets do Carta Rallye 56
Supercar used warranties How much? Worth it? 60
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Kia Ceed We’ve tried three now. Our final verdict 64
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MG ZS Familiarity breeds content for photographer 69
EVERY WEEK
Jesse Crosse DCT? Leamington Spa got there first 19
Damien Smith Ayrton Senna: the deified sinner 21 VERDICT IS IN FOR KIA E-NIRO 34 LAND ROVER’S BIG FIGHTBACK PLANS 8
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Road test results Autocar’s gold mine of data 79
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and Rover will this autumn will define the brand for the within its line-up. Although new Land Rover models from Perhaps the most important
kick off an extremely next decade. the marque’s pure-electric late 2019 will be offered with addition during that time will
significant two-year A great deal of the activity vehicles are still some years the option of mild-hybrid or be the all-new Mk5 Range
period of consolidation will relate not just to the launch away – with sibling brand plug-in hybrid drivetrains, Rover, imagined by Autocar
and expansion, following of four new vehicles but also Jaguar leading the group allowing it to leave its diesel above, which is expected
a turbulent 18 months, that increased electrification in this market segment – all difficulties behind. to be unveiled in 2021. The
Δ small battery that, in turn, targets for 2025 (15% lower appeal. Sales continue to be electric Macan and be twinned off road are, Autocar
powers the engine’s electric than 2021) and 2030 (31% very strong and a replacement with the next-generation understands, misplaced.
supercharger. lower) are far more onerous, is thought to be at least three Jaguar XJ. An electric motor offers
The upshot of this and it’s possible an expanding years away. The future, MLA-based maximum torque from step-off
electrification push is that JLR JLR will lose its derogation, Further out, it’s thought Velar could also be offered in and the torque delivery is far
should easily meet its 132g/ making large-scale sales of that the first globally targeted pure-electric form, but that more controllable than with
km EU CO2 target in 2021. plug-in hybrids essential from Land Rover EV will be the next-generation model is a conventionally driven
This target is less stringent 2024 onwards. And here, for so-called ‘Road Rover’, which thought to be more than four rear axle, greatly improving
than the 103g/km applied to once, JLR is confidently on will be much lower and more years away from launch, and off-road performance.
its Volvo rival because JLR is the front foot, as its prepares aerodynamic than other remains at the planning stage. There’s no firm news on a
a smaller-scale manufacturer to roll out the new MLA Range Rovers. In the shorter term, the pure-electric version of the
of large cars selling fewer than architecture. Despite JLR’s new ‘Project long-awaited Defender will be Defender, but it remains a
300,000 vehicles in the EU. Elsewhere in the line-up, Charge’ cost-cutting efforts, revealed to the public this year. possibility. However, a plug-in
As such, the UK government Autocar understands that the Autocar understands the Road It will be sold in mild-hybrid and hybrid with 35 miles of silent
successfully argued, it needs Range Rover Sport is getting Rover is still on the company’s plug-in hybrid forms. Fears and emission-free electric
more leeway in meeting fuel a significant mid-life hybrid model cycle plan and will that a plug-in Defender, with range could be as useful off
economy targets. makeover now as a vote of most closely compete with an electrically powered rear road as in a city centre.
However, the EU fleet CO2 confidence in its enduring Porsche’s next-generation axle, would be compromised In the immediate future,
the new Range Rover Evoque, on the rear axle generates Real-world emissions
which rolls on a completely 106bhp and 192lb ft. The testing helped the US
re-engineered platform vehicle’s electric range is to spot VW’s cheating
and has received praise for expected to be about 35 miles.
its refinement and poise, is The Discovery Sport –
already available with a mild- until recently Land Rover’s
hybrid set-up, assisted by a best-selling model – has been
belt-driven starter/generator. suffering against some strong
Early next year, though, competition, from Volvo
the Evoque plug-in hybrid will especially. Judging by the
arrive using a three-cylinder reception for the new Evoque,
engine, a 48V hybrid system however, its imminent
and an electrically driven reinvention as a more
rear axle. The three-cylinder luxurious car with both mild-
engine alone develops a hybrid engines and plug-in
healthy 197bhp and 148lb ft capability should significantly
of torque from 1.5 litres. In revitalise sales in 2020.
addition, the electric motor HILTON HOLLOWAY
OFFICIAL PICTURES
T
he new Aston Martin use gears (second through to standard Vantage from the slower than the automatic, but
Vantage AMR special seventh) are in the traditional start of 2020. it retains the same governed the firm’s Skyhook adaptive
edition will be the first double-H configuration. The switch to the manual top speed of 195mph. damping technology with three
current-generation model It is mated to a new gearbox means the Vantage Although the Vantage modes, but the rest of the car’s
to come with a manual gearbox limited-slip differential and is AMR has less torque – 461lb ft AMR has less torque, Aston chassis is unchanged from the
and is focused on offering offered with Aston Martin’s at 2000-5000pm, compared Martin says the focus has standard model.
an “exhilarating” driving Amshift system, which can with 505lb ft for the automatic been on ensuring the model The Vantage AMR will be
experience. automatically blip the throttle – but it weighs 1535kg, 95kg delivers a greater level of limited to 200 units, with most
The Vantage AMR retains on downshifts to match engine less than the standard Vantage. driver engagement, due to supplied in one of five different
the 503bhp 4.0-litre twin- revs to road speed. The Vantage AMR takes 3.9sec the manual ’box and lighter design specifications.
turbo V8 from the regular This is the first time a to achieve 0-60mph, 0.4sec weight. The new model also The final 59 examples will
model but switches the eight- self-shifter has been offered be in a special ‘Vantage 59’
speed automatic gearbox for with the Mercedes-sourced ` specification, featuring a
a new seven-speed Graziano-
developed manual.
4.0-litre V8 in any car.
Although the manual gearbox It is the first time a self-shifter has livery recognising the 60th
anniversary of the one-two
It features a race-inspired
dog-leg first gear, designed
will initially be available on only
the limited-run AMR, it will be been offered with this 4.0-litre V8 finish achieved by the David
Brown Racing Aston DBR1 in
to ensure the most frequently offered as an option on the
a the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours.
FORD AGREES AMAZON AUTONOMY DEAL NEW ELECTRIC BRONCO PACKS 434BHP
Ford has signed a “multi-year, global agreement” American EV start-up Zero Labs has revealed a
with Amazon to create a cloud-based system for re-engineered classic Ford Bronco with an electric
autonomous, connected vehicles to communicate powertrain. With 434bhp – a 500% increase over
with the world around them. Ford has also joined the petrol original – the 150 examples will use a
up with Rivian (p17) to develop electric vehicles. five-speed manual gearbox and 70kWh battery.
Cabin has special leather and Alcantara trim and unique detailing
JLR WILL PAY TO REWARD DRIVERS A NEW EV FOR THE CITY-CENTRE SLOG
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a system that London-based EV maker Siticars has released a
allows users to earn ‘money’ as they drive. two-seat microcar aimed at drivers living in the
The tech lets drivers report the likes of traffic Ultra Low Emission Zone. The Me, available as a
jams and road closures and rewards them with car, pick-up and box van, offers 10bhp, a 48mph
cryptocurrency, stored in a digital smart wallet. top speed and a 93-mile range. It starts at £11,500.
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oenigsegg is planning to with further money to be under development for two and-tested twin-turbocharged
attract new customers invested in a joint venture to years but the NEVS deal allows 5.0-litre V8 with some form of the assets of now-defunct
with a much cheaper develop a project for “new and Koenigsegg to raise the pace of electrification. Saab, so there is potential for
and higher-volume new untapped segments”. development and present the Alongside this, it will also it to make use of a substantial
model, according to boss Von Koenigsegg claims the car in the first half of 2020. use a ‘free valve’ system production, research and
Christian von Koenigsegg. It’s agreement, which was signed The exact specifications of from sibling engineering firm development facility in
set to be revealed next year, just as funding for a new model the new model have yet to be Freevalve AB. Such tech allows Trollhätttan.
with production beginning series had been secured, revealed, although we know the intake and exhaust valves Don’t expect the new
soon after. means “we get much more that it will feature the tried- to be controlled freely without investment and ambitions to
The Swedish hypercar muscles and much more jobs, the use of camshafts, resulting make Koenigsegg a big-volume
maker is now able to make use and that was what I was in lower fuel consumption, maker, though. Last year, it
of far greater economies of looking for”. reduced emissions and greater produced just 18 cars and its
scale thanks to a £130 million Autocar understands performance. aim is to extend that up to and
investment earlier this year the medium-term plan is to Other models are in the above 100 cars a year in the
by Chinese-owned firm New build and sell a new supercar pipeline, although details next few years with the new,
Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS, at a price of £700,000 to have yet to be revealed. They cheaper car. Longer term,
producers of a Saab-based EV). £800,000, less than half that will be developed and built that could breach four figures,
The partnership has given of the firm’s current cheapest at Koenigsegg’s facility in depending on the roll-out of
the firm a 20% stake in model, the Regera. Ängelholm, Sweden, with a new future models.
CEO Christian von Koenigsegg
Koenigsegg’s parent company, The supercar has been final assembly plant set to be LAWRENCE ALLAN
goodwood.com/fos
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‘Porsche is our
benchmark,’ says
Lotus boss Feng
A new Lotus SUV is in the pipeline
CONFIDENTIAL
THE SUCCESSOR TO
the BMW i8 – whatever
form it may take – will be
as radical as today’s car
was in 2014, according to
product management boss
Peter Henrich. “The i8 has
done a tremendous job of
transforming the industry,”
Henrich told Autocar. “It
would definitely not be
appropriate to just have
a little modification or
improvement. We need to
DAIMLER’S INCOMING
CEO, Ola Källenius, is
confident he is right to back
electrification over fuel cell
technology. “There’s no
last,” he said, “but a company question in our mind that
L
otus is aiming to target “For the high-end and “We know Lotus is famous
Porsche with an extensive pioneering technology and for its sports car products but, focused exclusively on making the battery-electric vehicle
overhaul of its product applications, Lotus can serve to support the revival of the profit without its own mission is the one that is scaling
line-up, according to Group as the frontrunner in many brand, we need a much greater will not last in the long term. first,” he said. “In spite of the
Lotus CEO Feng Qingfeng. cases,” Feng told Autocar, line-up of products for future “No brand can stand if challenges, to get an electric
Feng, who also holds the “then gradually in the future growth,” he said. “A variety of it’s always having a blood charging grid up and
role of chief technical officer of that kind of know-how and excellent products can provide transfusion. Take the Porsche running for the first millions
Zhejiang Geely (owner of Lotus those resources can be shared pleasant and exciting driving brand: it has wonderful of vehicles in Europe is
as well as the Volvo Group), with the sister brands within experiences for our customers, products and is financially relatively quick compared to
spoke to Autocar at the recent the group.” not one that is limited just to strong.” hydrogen stations.”
Shanghai motor show after He is also refreshingly sports cars.” Feng shares Lotus CEO Phil
Lotus officially confirmed its open about how he wants the While Geely is investing to Popham’s enthusiasm to return
Type 130 all-electric hypercar. company to be perceived, and encourage growth at Lotus, Lotus to high-level motorsport,
Confirming the British which rival he most aspires to with plans to introduce a range but says the company won’t
brand’s new positioning as a beat: “Today, Porsche is our of sporting models and even an rush in before it can afford to.
cutting-edge, engineering-led target and our benchmark.” SUV (previously imagined by “Elite-level motorsport
company, he said Lotus plans As with the German brand, Autocar, above), Feng insists programmes depend on
to use its technical expertise Feng admits that Lotus will that this process must be the success of our future
throughout the group and to need to diversify beyond sports approached appropriately. products,” he said. “That is a
introduce new technology that cars, but also insists that these “A brand or a company precondition for this kind of ANY PROSPECTS OF the
will ultimately feature on cars will remain at the heart of the incapable of being self- expensive programme.” new McLaren GT aping the
from Geely’s other brands, too. company’s efforts. sustaining or profitable cannot MIKE DUFF firm’s Ultimate Series GT,
the Speedtail, and having
three seats were undone
P
orsche’s own hybrid 911 squeezes an electric motor depending on the driving mode assistance at all, while the
is due by 2022, but in the generator unit between selected. There are additional, Street mode adds 90lb ft of to 1965 – though earlier cars
meantime, Californian the flat-six engine and the independent cooling circuits torque when the accelerator is would need some additional
company Vonnen has gearbox, much like Porsche for the motor generator unit between 40-60%. Sport mode microswitches and sensors
beaten the maker at its own will eventually do with its ‘992’ and the inverter supplying it, adds 80lb ft between 65-95% to monitor inputs.
game, having already turned 911. It replaces the flywheel, too. The system’s weight is throttle and an Overboost It will fit in the Boxster and
its hand to electrifying the with the electric motor also 95kg, but around 77kg after mode adds the full 150lb ft at Cayman, too. Along with the
iconic sports cars. removing the need for the the removal of the flywheel the same rate as in Sport mode. ‘991’ PDK 3.4 Carrera the
Chuck Moreland, CEO of starter motor. It’s a tight fit, and starter motor. The system is hugely flexible, system’s fitted in here,
Vonnen, says the idea of being around 25mm in depth, The electronic control too. Moreland says that it can Vonnen is currently applying
hybridising the 911 came to shifting the gearbox forward of the flat six is completely conceivably be fitted to any it to a GT3 for further
fruition three years ago when by the same amount – and unchanged, too – the Vonnen 911, manual or PDK, standard development.
a proof of concept – using a requiring a 25mm shorter prop Shadow Drive’s control unit or tuned, naturally aspirated The cost is $75,000
1990s ‘996’ 911 – underlined to the front if it’s fitted to a only needs throttle position (about £58,000), which
that it was possible. Carrera 4 or Turbo model. data to allow it to add its is considerable, but it’s
Moreland expands: “This is The batteries are placed electric boost when required. pioneering tech, which adds
a [rear-drive] C2, and what we under the boot floor, and while The PDK here gets a reflash big performance without
did was we took a [all-wheel Vonnen is currently quiet about to counter any clutch slip, but having any detrimental effect
drive] C4 transaxle, which has the capacity, it’s enough for the otherwise the car doesn’t on emissions, something that
a yoke to drive the front, we motor generator unit to deliver know the system is there. is important in California, and
put a motor in the tunnel and a 148bhp and 150lb ft boost The system can be Wireless drive mode selector increasingly so worldwide.
instead of taking torque out, to the car’s overall output entirely off, with no electrical KYLE FORTUNE
we drove torque back into the
transaxle to drive the rear Vonnen inverter sits
wheels. It worked.” conspicuously on
It may have worked, but the 911’s parcel shelf
there was more to come.
Moreland said: “Okay, cost be
damned, what if we wanted to
make this thing rip? What would
we do? And so we went back to
the drawing board and this is
what we dreamed up.”
The result is the Vonnen Battery pack is
Shadow Drive, a retrofit hybrid located beneath
system that adds performance the boot floor
to any 911. To achieve this, it
Dual-clutch
transmissions like
Volkswagen’s seven-
OUR FIRST DRIVE IN VONNEN’S DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS the idea. speed DSG are light,
(DCTs) hit the big time after Volkswagen In terms of compact and efficient, saving
PORSCHE 911 HYBRID first introduced one on the Golf R32 back basic layout, fuel and reducing emissions.
Shadow Drive conversion in 2003. To date, VW has made well over modern DCTs Clutches are operated by
costs about £58k 26 million of its direct shift gearboxes are similar to AP’s hydraulic pressure and
(DSGs), and it’s not alone. The standard had brilliant hot-shift electronics.
previously always been the torque converter design. It had one
automatic (slush) gearbox and, on a few dry clutch and one wet
small cars, perhaps a teeth-grindingly awful (running in oil). VW’s first family of DCTs
continuously variable transmission (CVT). were wet clutch transmissions capable of
DCTs are fun to use because they shift handling up to 258lb ft torque. The clutch
gear with no interruption of torque from packs – developed by BorgWarner with
the engine. In a conventional manual the trademark DualTronic – are concentric
gearbox, de-clutching interrupts the torque (one inside the other) to save space and the
Forget hybrid tech for linear and progressive in to disengage each gear and engage the next. clutches could be smaller thanks to the
economy or electric-only its delivery that you’ll find Torque is reinstated by closing the clutch lubrication. VW launched the seven-speed
urban motoring, the yourself carrying way more again and opening the throttle. DSG for compact cars in 2008. Because the
Vonnen Shadow Drive is speed than you think. Near In a DCT, each clutch is allocated to torque capacity would be less at 184lb ft,
for performance. There’s silent, too – there’s only roughly half the gears. So, for instance, as the clutches were dry to reduce drag, but
nothing inside to highlight a slight, not unwelcome, first gear is engaged and driving through slightly larger in diameter with thicker
it’s fitted – if you ignore the electronic pitch audible ‘clutch one’, second gear is pre-selected friction linings to combat wear, and had a
power inverter located under above the flat-six motor. In through ‘clutch two’, which stays open. design life of 186,000 miles.
the rear window (and Vonnen Sport and Overboost modes, When the driver selects second gear, You’ve probably already figured out that
says it could be positioned the greater performance is clutch one opens and clutch two closes, the reason these mechatronic marvels
out of sight if customers more obvious, though there taking up the drive simultaneously with no happened at all is because they’re super-
prefer). A dash-mounted remains subtlety to the way interruption of torque. And so on. efficient, save fuel and reduce emissions. In
smartphone also shows the it operates. Software algorithms control things and theory, they should also deliver the ultimate
status of the batteries, motor The Shadow Drive moniker try to predict the driver’s next move when driving experience, but maybe sometimes
and the boost it’s delivering. is apt, enhancing without pre-selecting the next gear. So if an upshift you just can’t beat a manual for thrills.
Switched to off, the detracting from the standard gear has been pre-selected and the driver
system does almost very car’s engagement; there is decides to overtake and a downshift is
little, save starting the obvious regeneration, the needed, the gearbox will try to predict that. WET BEHIND THE GEARS
standard 3.4-litre flat six engine braking remaining VW may have been the first company
and operating the stop/start all but identical. It’s clever, to launch DCTs in big numbers with its The clutches in Volkswagen’s original
system. Switch to Street arguably a bit too clever at DSG, but it wasn’t the first to get one six-speed DSG are ‘wet’, which means they
and the changes are subtle times – and might benefit running. Neither were Porsche or Audi run in oil to reduce wear. That means they
at first, the need for the from an earlier electrical with the deliciously named Porsche can be smaller and concentric, packaged
40%-and-above throttle application in Street mode to Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK), which one inside the other in this neat unit.
meaning you can drive allow you to feel the motor’s graced the 956 and 962 racing cars and
around it. Flexibility in higher effect earlier. Sport Quattro S1 rally car.
gears allows you to be lazy The development is No, the first working prototype DCT
with the gearbox, the motor ongoing though, and was developed in Leamington Spa by
generator unit adding torque Vonnen admits there’s Automotive Products in 1980 and called the
and increasing tractability opportunity for changes – hot-shift automatic gearbox. The concept
in traffic. On faster roads, it’s all in the system coding may have been hampered by snail-pace
it’s more apparent, yet the and application. What’s electronics, but the name was excellent.
electric boost seems subtly undeniable is the potential, Conventional torque converter gearboxes
applied. That is, until you something this firm has been are not that well suited to small engines, and
glance at the speedometer. quick to realise by leaving especially weren’t back then, when power
It’s deceptively quick, so Porsche to play catch-up. consumption from a torque converter was
relatively high – and that’s what prompted
T
esla’s financial woes to car industry analyst Jato mounting up for Tesla. As well electric truck, the Tesla Semi. Meanwhile, EV competitors
continue even as the Dynamics, 14,652 Model 3s as finishing the Model Y, it needs A recent video from China are stacking up, including the
Californian company sets were registered in March, to find money to complete a showing an early Model S Jaguar I-Pace (1503 European
jaw-dropping records for an astonishing result that new factory in Shanghai, China, apparently spontaneously sales in March, beating the
sales of its electric Model 3 surpassed sales of the BMW scheduled to start later this catching fire has also (literally) Model X at 874), the Audi
saloon across continental 3 Series and the Audi A4 year, as well as develop the new reignited safety fears E-tron and Mercedes EQC.
Europe and predicts (estate and saloon). Of that Roadster sports car and an surrounding its cars. More affordable electric
the imminent arrival of number, 5315 were sold in models, particularly from the
autonomous ‘robotaxis’. Norway, Europe’s leading Volkswagen Group, are due
CEO Elon Musk predicted electric car market, giving the next year to rival the Model Y’s
three months ago that Tesla Model 3 a staggering 29% of
TESLA NET INCOME (MINUS) launch, as will Ford’s ‘Mustang-
would make a profit in the first the market. inspired’ Mach E SUV.
-0
US$ millions
financial quarter of this year. It could have been even Despite the headwinds,
Instead, it posted one of its more. Tesla hasn’t begun -250 Tesla’s share price remains
worst three-month results, right-hand-drive sales of the stratospheric, much to the
losing $702 million (£545m). Model 3 yet, or even set a UK -500 annoyance of the infamous
Musk blamed delays in Model price. However, Musk recently -750 ‘shorts’ (the short-seller
3 production, as well as losses tweeted that the UK online investors who bet against
caused by a slip in residual order page would open -1000 Tesla succeeding) and the
values for its ageing Model S “around May 1 or 2”. -1250 traditional car firms.
and Model X cars. Tesla has Next year, Tesla will start A Ford of Europe spokesman
posted a profit in only four selling an SUV version of the -1500 tweeted last week: “Since
quarters since 2010 and has Model 3, the Model Y, and last 2009, Tesla has lost $6.4 billion.
never had a profitable year. week, Musk predicted that it
-1750 In the same time frame, Ford
Demand might be cooling would ultimately become more -2000 has made $71.6bn. And yet as
in the US, but not for Europe, popular than the Model S, 9 10 11 12 13 1 4 15 16 1 7 18 1) of today, Wall Street values
at least for the new Model 3. Model X and Model 3 combined. 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 9 (Q Tesla at $45bn and Ford at
2
Across Europe, according However, problems are $38bn. World is mad.”
Damien Smith
Model Y is tipped
to outsell 3, S
and X combined
R AC I N G L I N E S
Mesmerising drive:
Senna at a sopping
Silverstone in 1988
MY WEEK IN CARS
Volvo XC60 ticks
many boxes, but
compact it isn’t
MONDAY `
After my recent banging on about electric
cars, it has been a pleasure spending time in a Will someone build a really
conventional Volvo XC60 diesel SUV, especially
the near-ideal D4 R-Design AWD with a 190bhp good-riding EV now, please Frank Stephenson’s story is being told on the big screen
four-pot engine, eight-speed auto, four-wheel
drive and plenty of gadgets. I’d not driven one a
of these, but have often admired how Volvo has designs – but I’m looking forward to seeing how, a few body blemishes fi xed and some forensic
adopted progressive styling in recent years as a way of creating a Mini for a new millennium, detailing, this could still pass for a showroom
without scaring their traditionalists. he proposed designs for 1970, 1980 and 1990 car. All of which answers the question that first
In fact, this is such a great-looking car, it’s a bit along the way. formed in my head over 10 years ago as I watched
of a surprise to discover it’s so damned sensible. It Fiat’s Paolo Martinelli walk into a launch event
feels instantly well-built and spacious. The seats THURSDAY carrying a prototype Twinair engine: will this
are lovely to look at and sit in. The rear seating Our household’s 15-plate Fiat 500 Lounge tiny, hard-working, heat-generating powerhouse
package is better (more knee room, lower floor) Twinair needed cleaning and fuelling recently, so last? Our answer: it will.
than its rival, the Land Rover Discovery Sport. I took the chance to put a few extra miles under
That huge Tesla-esque central screen is fun to its wheels to assess its general health. Its usual FRIDAY
operate, though the dash details are a bit baroque driver, the Steering Committee, has recently It’s time Europe’s suspension experts took the
for my taste. The engine’s smooth, the ride’s quiet thrown herself into a renewed frenzy of work job of refining electric cars’ ride quality more
(for a car with such big wheels) and I know I could and commuting, so this not-quite-four-year-old seriously. Having now done thousands of battery
live happily with an XC60 but for one thing… is approaching 65,000 miles. Happily, the stuff miles, I’ve still yet to drive an electric model
that signals expensive wear and tear (puffs of good enough to compare to a quiet, supple,
TUESDAY smoke, suspension rattles, oil consumption, slow conventional European – even though its built-in
…and that’s the important matter of size. Noticed synchros, soft clutch) is entirely absent. With mass centralisation and low centre of gravity
it acutely this morning while battling London are supposed to be advantages. The air-sprung
traffic. As roads get more congested, I’m coming Jaguar I-Pace comes closest, but at times even
to value compactness in cars more and more.
I know one rule of modern life is that ‘space is
AND ANOTHER THING… that isn’t brilliant.
It all takes me back 40 years to Japanese cars
luxury’ but, if I were in the SUV market, I’d choose Seems the virtue of driving a green car doesn’t of the day, which seemed uniformly oversprung
the slimmer-hipped XC40 and get my infrequent extend to helping your fellow driver. Spied this trio at and underdamped. We always wondered
full passenger complement to shove up a bit. a busy central London why it took so long to correct what seemed an
Q-Park, each plugged elementary problem, but the car makers would
WEDNESDAY in but not charging. never meet it head-on. Will someone build a really
New details of the career of Frank Stephenson, Their owners were good-riding electric car now, please? Some of us
widely credited with designing BMW’s Mini 20 using the spaces for are getting impatient.
years ago, are about to be revealed in a feature- all-day parking despite
length documentary film called Chasing Perfect, a notice asking them GET IN TOUCH
to be screened from late May. Stephenson attracts to move after 90
controversy – others claim input into some of his minutes. Annoying. steve.cropley@haymarket.com @StvCr
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F I R ST D R I V E S N E W C A R S T E ST E D A N D R AT E D
VOLVO S60
Volvo takes on the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C-Class et al
with a saloon imbued with inviting Scandi-cool and sophistication
26 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 1 MAY 2019
n America, apparently they Here, it will be precisely like
don’t put labels in boxes of one. This is a Volvo that gives
assorted chocolates, telling you – as you’ll guess if you’ve been
you how each different paying attention to the brand’s
delightful sugary nugget is recent rapid model roll-out –
flavoured. So, as Forrest Gump’s precisely what you expect, because
mum said, life is like a box of all new Volvos follow largely the
chocolates, in that you never know same formula.
what you’re going to get. To date, it’s a successful one.
We British, meanwhile, being On the outside, it means you get
more reserved, prefer to know one of the best-looking cars in its
exactly what kind of chocolate class, if you ask me, which I’m
we’re getting so insist captioned prepared to argue you sort of did.
pictures are enclosed within every Standard Autocar-design-award-
box. A box of chocolates here, then, winning Volvo: the new S60 has
is very much unlike life. a strong family resemblance, fine
Which brings me, convolutedly, proportions, even some discreet
to the new Volvo S60, which is the aggression, with just about enough
first Volvo to be built in the US, differentiation from other Volvos
where it will be nothing like a box to currently avoid accusations of
of chocolates. Russian Dollness, although I ◊
TESTER’S NOTE
As well as this 01, the
three-cylinder PHEV
engine is offered in
the Chinese-market
Geely Bo Rui GE. I
came away from my
drive wondering how
well it would integrate
with a next-gen Lotus
sports car. MD
TESTED 16.4.19, HANGZHOU BAY, CHINA ON SALE 2020 MAINL AND EUROPE (UK TBC)
LYNK&CO 01 PHEV
Europe-bound SUV pips its Volvo XC40 sibling to a very clever hybrid powertrain
he globalised nature of the car efforts of the petrol and electric
T
petrol engine started to really pull. assured the suspension settings for
industry throws up strange sides of its powertrain. So while the The three-cylinder sounds muscular European versions will keep better
anomalies. Back in May 2016, 177bhp 1.5-litre turbocharged three- when extended and the dual-clutch’s discipline.
Volvo previewed the XC40 in cylinder engine can turn either of responses felt snappier than the Although Lynk&Co’s conventional
Gothenburg and told us it planned to the gearbox’s two shafts, the 80bhp slurring common to CVT-based models are selling well in China
offer the production version with a electric motor is connected to only hybrids like the Toyota Prius. It felt alongside the 01 PHEV, the brand
clever three-cylinder plug-in hybrid the one that does second, fourth, quick, too. Barring the slow getaway, will be electrified-only in Europe.
powertrain. Nearly three years on, sixth and reverse gears. The e-motor Lynk&Co’s claimed 7.3sec 0-62mph First will come the 01 PHEV, which,
we’re still waiting to experience sits downstream of the clutch pack, time seemed entirely achievable. we’re told, will be launched in some
that car in Europe, but we have meaning the 01 can be driven purely Under the sort of lower-intensity markets next year. Then shortly after,
finally had the chance to sample the electrically, with the petrol engine duty the 01 is designed for, the petrol there will be a pure-electric model
new powertrain in a very different switched off, or the motor can add and electric motors played far more based on Geely’s new PMA electric
environment: in a Lynk&Co 01 at the assistance and, sometimes, will be nicely together, with the e-motor architecture.
test track of Geely Auto’s Hangzhou in two gears at once, with one shaft adding its assistance unobtrusively We still have some significant
Bay R&D centre in China. turned by combustion and the other in the default hybrid mode. unanswered questions about
Lynk&Co is a Geely subsidiary by flowing ions. The electric motor There is an electric-only mode, Lynk&Co’s plans for what will
brand using the same Compact can also vary levels of regenerative although I experienced it only briefly primarily be a subscription-based
Modular Architecture that underpins braking by switching between because of a mostly depleted battery distribution model in Europe, but the
the 40-series Volvos. The company’s different gears. pack. In this mode, acceleration is brand’s cars continue to impress.
first three products are already on Although the Hangzhou Bay limited but almost entirely silent. MIKE DUFF
sale in China and we’ve previously track has only slow-speed corners, it Lynk&Co claims a 31.7-mile EV
driven the 01 SUV and 02 crossover, features two straights long enough range from the 9kWh battery, but LYNK&CO 01 PHEV PROTOTYPE
but the plug-in hybrid is the first to test the 01 PHEV’s acceleration. that is calculated under the generally
one we’ve tried that’s destined for With aggressive starts, the test car optimistic NEDC testing protocol. Europe-bound 01 has a clever hybrid
sale in Europe. launched itself electrically, with Even on a smooth test track, the set-up and the promised revisions to
The powertrain is compellingly the three-cylinder cutting in as the 01’s suspension settings felt soft, with the suspension will be welcome
clever. Currently front drive only, car started to roll. Under hard use, lots of body roll under even moderate
as it will be in its Volvo applications, integration between the two sides cornering loads and the front axle Price RMB 259,800, before
it uses a seven-speed dual-clutch of the powertrain wasn’t seamless, struggling to digest the combined subsidies (approx £29,860)
automatic gearbox to integrate the with a noticeable pause before the torque output on the hairpins. We’re Engine 3 cyls, 1477cc, turbo,
petrol, plus electric motor
Power 177bhp (petrol),
80bhp (electric)
Torque 195lb ft at 4000rpm
(petrol), 118lb ft (electric)
Gearbox 7-spd dual-clutch automatic
Kerb weight 1770kg
0-62mph 7.3sec
Top speed 130mph (governed)
Economy WLTP figures tbc
CO2, tax band WLTP figures tbc
RIVALS Kia Niro PHEV,
Mini Countryman PHEV,
The 01 PHEV shows its best at typical, everyday pace, rather than when pushed hard. Cabin has a Euro-friendly layout Volvo XC40 T5 Twin Engine
JEEP RENEGADE
Refreshed popular model still has the looks, if not the form
ALPINE’S MID-ENGINED
aluminium sports car has already
secured all five road-test stars, and
the A110 ‘Pure’ supposedly heightens
the driving experience by stripping
extras down to merely a pair of 13.1kg
Sabelt bucket seats. There’s no sports
exhaust, 18in wheels or Brembo
brakes, though all are available
optionally, should you want them.
As it is, you’d be hard-pushed to
identify any dynamic differences
between the Pure and more
generously equipped models, though
the standard 17in wheels might
improve ride quality a touch. There is,
of course, also the simple satisfaction
ou may have seen Jeep now here, otherwise known as Fiat’s of having the A110 at its very lightest
Y
with just enough body control to nip
outsells Land Rover in Global Small Engine. It replaces the any queasiness among passengers – the Pure weighs just 1098kg. RL
Europe, reversing the trend asthmatic old 1.6-litre at the base of in the bud. But the ride is poor and AAAAA
of a lifetime. And it’s the the range and adds forced induction, the steering too elastic in its action,
Renegade – the brand’s sure-footed making 118bhp at a relatively even if it possesses some weight. This
crossover hatchback, built on the high 5750rpm and 140lb ft at a entry-level Renegade also feels every
same platform as the Fiat 500X – commensurately low 1750rpm – an bit its 11.2sec 0-62mph time, though
that’s responsible for this surprising encouragingly broad spread. There’s for a downsized three-cylinder
development, with 10 examples sold also a new four-cylinder petrol with option the Firefly is relatively easy on
for every Wrangler. 148bhp, and a further pair of MultiJet the ears and linear enough once past
So it follows that, a few years into II turbodiesels with up to 168bhp. some conspicuous turbo lag.
its lifespan, the Renegade warrants You’ll need to opt for diesel power to At £19,200 in Sport guise, the
some fettling, which it has now had. get Jeep’s GKN-sourced ‘rear-axle Renegade will seem temptingly good
Along with pin-sharp new LED disconnect’ four-wheel drive – as value for those already smitten by
headlights for higher-spec models, used on the Range Rover Evoque. the styling. But the fact you can’t
the front bumper has been tweaked Slide aboard and it’s still charming have this little 1.0-litre with four-
to bear a stronger resemblance to inside, with generous head room wheel drive erodes the intrinsic KIA SOUL EV 64KWH
the Wrangler, and Jeep claims to and panoramic visibility through appeal of the Renegade next to Price £30,000 (est) On sale Late 2019
have improved cabin storage while a windscreen that seems to sit bolt more comfortable, better-riding What’s new? First European outing for new
refreshing the interior. upright. But the plastics remain rivals. Without the proper off-road electric version of boxy urban crossover
Mechanically there are more perceptibly low-rent and there’s a hardware, the Renegade simply
substantial changes, with a raft greater emphasis on fun than finesse. doesn’t do enough to stand out. KIA DESCRIBES THE new Soul’s
of new engines. It’s the 1.0-litre Utilitarian? Undoubtedly. RICHARD LANE design as “iconic”, decidedly
three-cylinder petrol ‘Firefly’ driven The driving experience is tolerable, @_rlane_ stretching the definition of an
already much-misused word. That
JEEP RENEGADE 1.0 GSE said, the third generation of the
T3 LONGITUDE urban crossover has a certain boxy
charm – greatly enhanced by the
Remains a left-field but likeable adoption of the EV powertrain from
choice. Diesels make better sense if the e-Niro, complete with game-
you want Jeep’s off-road pedigree changing 280-mile WLTP range.
AAACC With 201bhp, the Soul has plenty
of performance for both urban and
Price £24,400 country driving, and rides well
Engine 3 cyls, 999cc, on European roads. It’s set to be
turbocharged, petrol a few thousand pounds cheaper
Power 118bhp at 5750rpm than the e-Niro; that saving comes
Torque 140lb ft at 3000-4000rpm at the expense of space and some
Gearbox 6-spd manual practicality (particularly in the boot),
Kerb weight 1320kg but with a dose of, admittedly slightly
0-62mph 11.2sec slab-sided, style. JA
Top speed 115mph AAAAC
Economy 39.8mpg
CO2, tax band WLTP figures tbc R E AD MOR E ONLINE
RIVALS Skoda Karoq, VW T-Roc
Utilitarian interior is comfortable, but quality feels low autocar.co.uk
1 MAY 2019 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 33
ROAD TEST
No 5420
Kia e-Niro
PHOTOGRAPHY MAX EDLESTON
Award-winning, in-demand crossover marks Kia’s true arrival into the EV market
MODEL TESTED FIRST EDITION
Price £32,995* Power 201bhp Torque 291lb ft 0-60mph 7.2sec 30-70mph in fourth na Fuel economy 3.5mpkWh CO2 emissions 0g/km 70-0mph 45.3m
max
0.29
m
m
930m
1000m
451-
1570mm
ax 1405 litres
ax m
mmm 0m
m
0 75
108
4375mm
z Driving position is slightly raised without feeling too perched. There’s plenty of
PA R K I N G space, and plenty of oddment storage between the centre cubbies and door pockets.
2010mm
z Second-row space is fit for both adults and children, with Isofix anchorages on the
2030mm (with mirrors)
outer seats and bottle-holders in the doors.
3730mm
W H E E L A N D P E DA L
ALI G N M E NT
Pedal placement is spot on.
Steering wheel could offer 30mm
a little more telescopic
reach adjustment range 170mm
for the longer-of-leg, but
you’d be unlikely to be Width 1050-1180mm
discomforted by it.
Height 490-670mm
H E AD LI G HTS Length 730-1570mm
Halogen projector lamps
aren’t stellar, but acceptable
for both range and power.
Auto-dip functionality could
be quicker, though.
Centre z Boot is 451 litres, with a split-level floor that allows you to keep the charging cables
out of the way, but would also make them hard to access with a load on-board.
Δ bushes, in all cases to counteract the Hyundai Kona Electric that we electric motor that happens on a much of the cabin’s lesser switchgear
the greater perception of wind and criticised for its shortage of cabin trailing throttle, and that has such an and other fixtures look and feel more
road noise that the absence of a space. In each of those respects, then, abiding influence on how different materially solid, you do wonder
humming combustion engine as a particularly practical, affordable, a modern EV is to drive from any why Kia didn’t spend a bit more in
can cause. all-electric family car, you might say combustion-engined car. Pull the the areas where you can’t help but
the e-Niro is something of a first. right-hand paddle and the car’s physically interact with the car.
INTERIOR It offers a comfortable, regen cycles upwards to max; pull
AAAAC ergonomically sound driving the left-hand one and it cycles back
PERFORMANCE
Being an added-convenience position, too, with all of the controls to nothing, allowing the car to coast AAAAA
crossover hatchback, the e-Niro is a and the digital instrumentation entirely unchecked when you lift off The e-Niro’s electric motor certainly
proper adult-sized four-seater with someone already well versed in the accelerator. isn’t silent when working hard –
room for three kids across the second the business of driving a modern Those regen paddles are also although it’s quieter than an internal
row at a push. It has a 451-litre boot EV could want. You’ll locate a typical of the e-Niro’s fixtures and combustion engine would be when
that is unintruded by the presence of rotary transmission controller on fittings as regards perceived quality, asked to perform in the same way.
batteries and leaves an under-floor a raised centre console, but you’ll because they’re quite expensive It makes a high-pitched electronic
storage cubby for your charging also find what look like gearshift on the eye but much cheaper to whine under load, layered against
cables. It is a more practical family paddles behind the steering wheel. the touch. The car’s interior door a gentle turbine whizz as the rotor
car, by all of those measures, than a They’re actually there to allow handles also look like metal but feel gathers speed, that’s not loud or
Nissan Leaf and offers fully 90mm you to incrementally control the unmistakably like plastic – and fairly bothersome, and isn’t without
more second-row leg room than regenerative braking of the car’s cheap plastic at that – and although intriguing audible character. ◊
z Transmission tunnel console has a big, shiny, z Lane-keeping and VESS exterior noise synthesiser z Three blue lights on the top of the dash flash in
easy-to-fumble-for rotary gear selector. Lidded default to on with every restart. The latter makes the sequence during charging so you can get an idea from
cubby behind comes with good-sized cupholders. e-Niro sound like an Imperial Tie Fighter at low speeds. outside, at a glance, how full your battery is. Handy.
It’s interesting that, just as its On the run, the e-Niro starts to both the drivability and the energy The bigger point worth noting
partner brand Hyundai did with the out feeling really brisk up to about efficiency of an EV, and the e-Niro’s here is simply the lack of dynamic
Kona Electric, Kia has engineered 50mph, its potency beginning to tail paddles allow you to do just that. compromise that the e-Niro imposes.
a very slight but perceptible instant off slightly above that speed as we’ve The car also has something called From the way this car handles, how
of hesitation into the e-Niro’s become used to from directly driven Predictive Energy Control, which agile, manoeuvrable and obedient it
throttle response – albeit one that EVs, but remaining punchy enough uses its radar cruise control sensors feels, the way it grips the road and the
only seems to apply when the car’s to feel authoritative and swift even at to measure your closing speed to any quiet assurance with which it deals
accelerating away from standing. motorway speeds. The car goes from car in front and can automatically with tighter bends and roundabouts,
Dip deep into the right-hand 30-50mph in 2.4sec: a tenth slower blend in motor regen on your behalf if the e-Niro just seems like a well-
pedal and the e-Niro accelerates than the Kona Electric managed, but you want it to. sorted, well-behaved biggish family
with real purpose, right from the also only two-tenths slower than the hatchback. It doesn’t feel short of
moment its driven axle begins to Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S we
H A N D L I N G A N D S TA B I L I T Y grip or traction compared with the
turn – but there’s a split second of tested in 2016. From 60-80mph, it’s AAAAC average crossover hatchback, as
delay between the movement of an order slower – but still almost a When you’ve got nearly half a tonne some EVs can. It doesn’t run out of
your right foot and the animation second quicker than a BMW 520d. of battery mass to deal with, it’s body control when driven quickly or
of that axle. It’s something that Arguably even more impressive clearly easier to hide it in a bigger car given a testing combination of lumps
some EVs don’t have, and it’s plainly than the instant, seamless muscle of with a longer wheelbase that it would and bumps to deal with. It is a very
there to help ‘normalise’ the electric the e-Niro’s powertrain, however, is be in a smaller, shorter one. That’s dynamically competent act, and
driving experience for those who’ve how controllable the car’s adaptable what the handling of the e-Niro an almost entirely blameless and
spent decades driving combustion- regen settings make it. Being able teaches you, specifically by creating vice-free drive.
engined cars and won’t be used to to choose exactly where and how a more settled, stable and secure Which doesn’t quite mean that
such a rapier connection between quickly the electric motor recovers impression than the related Hyundai there aren’t one or two things it
pedal input and system output. kinetic energy is critically important Kona Electric tested last year. couldn’t do better, of course. The
z Even with a half-tonne battery between the axles, the e-Niro can deliver hot hatchback performance, sound body control and nearly 300 miles of range on roads like this
FINISH
START
e-Niro’s steering, in particular, – and, as a consequence, not to ride defend against wind noise also pay Hyundai Kona Electric, but they’re
though well-paced, isn’t the most well; and to struggle to contain dividends. At a motorway cruise, still very commendable for an EV of
satisfying to use, having a little its mass over tougher surfaces, as there is a little bit of wind rustle this, or indeed any, price.
bit too much cloying weight and heavier smallish cars so often do. apparent around the door mirrors Charging a 64kWh battery,
communicating little by way of tyre None of the above applies to and A-pillars – but not enough to meanwhile, clearly isn’t the work
loading or contact patch feel. But, the e-Niro. It has a ride with good complain about. of a moment – but with a typical
while remote-feeling, it’s a long way noise isolation, so you don’t hear domestic UK wallbox charger, it
from obstructive or objectionable the tyres on the road any more than
BUYING AND OWNING can be achieved at home (for those
and doesn’t prevent you from you expect to; and it has suspension AAAAA with a driveway on which to park) to
enjoying what is a creditable that juggles the need to be supple We’ll cut to the chase here. Kia’s 80% full in less than 10 hours. On a
dynamic showing overall. over shorter, sharper bumps against WLTP range and efficiency lab 100kW DC rapid charger, via the car’s
the need to feel reined in over testing suggests an urban range CCS Combo connection, the same is
C O M F O R T A N D I S O L AT I O N bigger ones quite well. In the latter for the e-Niro of 382 miles, and a possible in less than an hour.
AAAAB respect, you can certainly feel combined one of 282 miles. Our The e-Niro is available in only
Although EVs have come a long way that the e-Niro is heavier than the testing results are a touch less one model grade for now. The First
in a few years, plenty of people will average family hatchback over generous, suggesting that 230 miles Edition gets halogen headlights,
still expect a car like this to need long-wave intrusions taken around is the car’s absolute range limit at a 17in alloy wheels, heated leather
every shred of cruising range that the national speed limit, but it’s still UK motorway-typical 70mph (what seats and adaptive cruise control as
might be extracted from its drive not a car that’s disconcertingly short we call our touring test), rising to standard; costs £36,495 before the
battery, and therefore to run on noisy, on vertical body control even when 294 miles if you slow to 50mph and £3500 money-off incentive currently
hard-compound economy tyres; to you’re in a hurry. drive in a fairly economical style, as available from the UK government;
be cradled low to the ground on its Kia’s efforts to make the e-Niro’s you might on A- and B-roads. Those and qualifies for free VED road tax
springs so as to be more aerodynamic body more aerodynamic and to figures aren’t quite the equal of the and 16% benefit-in-kind tax. ◊
AC C E L E R AT I O N
Kia e-Niro First Edition (12deg C, dry)
Standing quarter mile 15.7sec at 92.1mph, standing km 28.7sec at 108.0mph, 30-70mph 6.2sec, 30-70mph in fourth na
30mph 40mph 50mph 60mph 70mph 80mph 90mph 100mph
3.1s 4.2s 5.6s 7.2s 9.3s 11.8s 15.0s 19.0s
0 10s
Hyundai Kona Electric (19deg C, dry)
Standing quarter mile 15.4sec at 95.1mph, standing km na, 30-70mph 5.8sec, 30-70mph in fourth na
30mph 40mph 50mph 60mph 70mph 80mph 90mph 100mph
3.0s 4.0s 5.3s 6.6s 8.8s 11.1s 13.9s 17.4s
0 10s
B R A K I N G 60-0mph: 2.70sec
Kia e-Niro First Edition (12deg C, dry)
30mph-0 50mph-0 70mph-0
8.4m 23.1m 45.3m
0 10m 20m 30m 40m
Hyundai Kona Electric (19deg C, dry)
30mph-0 50mph-0 70mph-0
9.3m 25.5m 49.9m
0 10m 20m 30m 40m 50m
JBL with subwoofer, DAB radio Total system torque 291lb ft at 0-3600rpm 3800-8000rpm
AC C E L E R AT I O N AC C E L E R AT I O N I N R E S I D UA L S
MPH TIME (sec) KICKDOWN 50
0-30 3.1 mph TIME (sec) Nissan Leaf e+ Tekna 62kWh
0-40 4.2 20-40 2.1 40
Hyundai Kona Electric
0-50 5.6 30-50 2.4 64kWh Premium
0-60 7.2 40-60 3.0 30
Value (£1000s)
SIMON DAVIS
Odd that Kia
would elect
not to offer
the 39kWh car in
Britain when Hyundai
UK did opt to bring the
equivalent Kona Electric.
VERDICT I wonder if that’ll change
The very best affordable EV yet appraised on these pages Spec advice
Until Kia expands the
hen the Hyundai Kona Electric came along only last year, we marvelled that any ordering options, the
only choices are between
W sub-£35,000 EV could offer so much battery capacity. But there will be a series-
production version of the popular Nissan Leaf along soon with almost as much,
paint colours and dealer
accessories. You can’t
have Pluto Brown on
UK cars (the only colour
and right now there’s the Kia e-Niro, too: a car featuring almost as much real-world range unique to the e-Niro),
and performance as its Hyundai sister car but with better usability, better refinement and but any other premium
shade is £565.
better ride and handling to seal the deal.
There is just a hint of plasticky feel about the e-Niro’s interior. Likewise, there is a Jobs for
slight sense that its driving experience is of fine attention to detail but not one to inspire the facelift
z A more solid feel
over longer acquaintance. Both observations explain why we’re not giving it a five-star to some of the minor
recommendation, even though some will argue that such an outstanding EV deserves one. interior fittings would
be good.
Our response would be that we’ve given outstanding EVs full-house scores before, when z Improve steering and
body control. Both are
they transcend to become outstanding cars in a broader sense. But we’ll gladly attest that good rather than great.
z Give us more
the e-Niro is the best affordable electric car this road test has yet appraised, and that it may choice about interior
specification and exterior
do more than any other to convince people about the viability of zero-emissions motoring. styling and functionality.
R OA D 1 2 3 4 5
TEST
R I VA L S
*Prices quoted include £3500 plug-in car grant
KIA E-NIRO FIRST EDITION NISSAN LEAF 40KWH TEKNA HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF HYUNDAI IONIQ ELECTRIC
Verdicts Brings practicality and The old EV champ deposed. 64KWH PREMIUM May well be all the EV you PREMIUM SE
on every completeness to the affordable Needs to step up on power and Not quite as tidy-handling or really need if you don’t cover Plenty of space here; less in the
new car, EV scene, and offers muscle, range, but 62kWh version will spacious as Kia relation; slightly much distance. As drivable and way of performance and driver
p82 range and good manners to boot. soon answer the critics. better on real-world range. polished as any other Golf. interest value, though.
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One racing
version of the 959
called the 961 was
made and it was quick
enough to come seventh
at Le Mans in 1986,
winning the GTX
category.
remember well the of the humbler members of the new
reception afforded to 911 range once it’s fully rolled out. It
I the Porsche 959 when
it finally went into
production in 1986,
has taken 33 years, but performance
and technology regarded then as
borderline insane is now within
three years after being shown in the preserve of the high-quality but
concept form. This wasn’t just a new entirely everyday sports car.
level for 911-based machinery nor So it seemed a good idea to take
even for Porsche itself. It was a new a new Carrera 4S to meet the 959.
level, period. Unfortunately, with only around 300
Those who drove it spoke of being built and far fewer surviving,
cruising, yes cruising, at 160mph, 959s are not exactly thick on the
and the strong acceleration still ground. Indeed, finding a car whose
available at that speed. It blew owner would let me drive the way
Ferrari’s gorgeous and still quite new such a car was designed to be driven
GTO (only latterly described as a was an insurmountable task. Happily,
288 GTO) into instant obsolescence. though, the Porsche museum was
Those journalists who drove it were bringing a load of racing cars over to
thunderstruck, and rightly so. the Goodwood Members’ Meeting
For this was the fastest production and was good enough to put a 959 on
road car the world had ever seen. the back of the truck – an immaculate
It had 444bhp and a top speed of car that has only ever been owned by
more than 190mph. It could reach the factory and with a mileage barely
62mph in 3.7sec. It didn’t just have into five figures. I don’t know what
four-wheel drive but also a demand- it’s worth but certainly something the
based variable torque split and even inconvenient side of a million quid.
– would you believe it? – adaptive It was the first time I’d driven the
damping. It made the Ferrari look new, 992-generation 911 in public,
like a rather elegant antique. having previously only skidded
So here’s a set of stats from another around a damp Hockenheim in one.
car: 444bhp, a top speed of 190mph, And, if anything, the gap between it
a 0-62mph time of 3.6sec, four-wheel and its 991-gen predecessor seemed
drive, a demand-based variable torque even greater on the road than it had
split and, yes, adaptive damping. on the track. I count myself as a big
Pretty similar, you’d agree. Except fan of the standard 991 in almost all
these numbers belong to a 2019 911 respects, save the fact that it only feels
Carrera 4S, a car destined to be one like a 911 if you drive the door handles
`
The 959 set out to
be not merely of its
time but years ahead.
Decades, in fact
a
in fact designed to allow maximum about it, let alone requiring tuition.
aerodynamic efficiency while When the engine fires, its sound is
keeping the whole thing on the that of an air-cooled 911 even though
ground as 200mph approached. it is one of the most extraordinary
Yet inside, it doesn’t look futuristic motors ever to find its way into a road
at all. It looks quite like the 964 car. It’s a 2.85-litre motor when the
generation of the 911 that followed on 911 of its day had a 3.2-litre engine
soon after 959 production ceased in and has turbochargers working not
1988. But the clues are everywhere: in parallel but series: one little turbo
the ‘959’ etched into the steering to spool up fast and minimise low-rev
wheel, the six-speed gearbox, lethargy handing over to another far
the 7200rpm redline, the torque bigger turbo once the revs were up.
distribution gauge, the 350km/h Not only that, but it came with water-
speedo, the ride height and damper cooled, twin-cam heads with four
control switches… I could go on, but valves per cylinder. Truth is it was a
you get the picture. far closer relative of the 962 Le Mans
I’ve driven only one 959 before, car engine than that of any other
very briefly and many years ago, road-going Porsche.
yet so much of what I can see and Yet it’s quiet and tractable. The
touch is generic middle-ages 911. clutch is gentle, the gearshift
I can operate it without even thinking beautifully engineered and ◊ You can detect the bones of the 959’s layout but this 911 is a spaceship by comparison
1 MAY 2019 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 45
The 959
Δ precise. And then you put your I know it would lag gearbox is laid out
foot down and the car’s character even further behind as a five-speeder with
changes. There’s a distant whoosh as the 992 when it came an additional ‘off-road’
the car picks up the pace. There is far to stopping power. ratio below first gear. In
more lag than you’d find in the 992, Also, being Porsche’s reality, it works like a
of course, but it feels strong as the first stab at four-wheel conventional six-
revs rise. The chassis feels soft, far drive, there is no space speed ’box.
softer than the 992’s, and the old 911 in the nose for a boot,
nose bob cannot be missed, but this whereas the 992 offers rather
old dear is doing well – pulling hard, generous amounts of luggage space.
holding its head up against a car born But the question is: do they feel
an entire generation later. And then… related? And the answer is that they
And then you hit 4800rpm. Which do, but distantly. They share that
is where the big turbo cuts in. At once, sense of engineering integrity, some
you realise that, up until now, the elements of their sounds and shapes,
car has been barely trying. It doesn’t and positioning as long-distance
press you back in your seat: it slams touring cars as well as being out
you rearward. The revs are rising far and out sports cars. And so normal
more rapidly than they ever did in the does the 959 feel that you could
992 so now you need another gear, even end up being disappointed by
fast. The ratios are perfect because it. At least until you hit 4800rpm, Prominent rear wing on the 959 helps to keep it stable even as it approaches 197mph
the needle drops back down to exactly whereafter your brain will be well
4800rpm and the whole show starts and truly boggled.
again. By 2019 standards, this 959 is More than anything, I loved the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Porsche 959
a startlingly quick machine. In 1986, 959’s split personality, the way it was
it must have felt like an artillery shell. so civilised until the right moment Price £98,418 £1 million-plus
For a moment, I ponder why its presented itself, at which point it Engine 6 cyls, 2981cc, turbo, petrol 6 cyls, 2849cc, turbo, petrol
acceleration figures are so close to turned into a quite magnificent Power 444bhp at 5500rpm 444bhp at 6500rpm
the 992’s for, in truth, the older car maniac. In that regard, the 992 Torque 391lb ft at 2300rpm 369lb ft at 5000rpm
feels far faster. And then I realise: old Carrera 4S is perhaps not the correct Gearbox 8-spd dual-clutch automatic 6-spd manual
tyre technology, no instant shifting, modern equivalent after all, despite Kerb weight 1565kg 1450kg
no launch control, no traction control, their on-paper similarities. What’s 0-62mph 3.6sec 3.7sec
and still it loses only 0.1sec to 62mph needed is a car with a superbly Top speed 190mph 197mph
compared with a brand-new 911. flexible engine that is nevertheless Economy 25.7mpg na
Of course, there would be no capable of entirely overwhelming CO2, tax band WLTP figures tbc na
contest at all point to point. The 959 even the best developed of all-wheel-
has an engaging chassis and those drive Porsche platforms.
Bridgestones grip hard despite being A new 911 Turbo should do the
mounted on skinny rims of just 17in job nicely. If the stories that the S
diameter. But you can feel every year version will have considerably more
of progress in the 992’s grip and than 600bhp are accurate, the true
composure, and while I didn’t much successor to the 959 could be with us
feel like smoking the 959’s brakes, before the end of the year. L
Both share a wide, squat stance but how they manage airflow at the rear is poles apart
W H AT F U T U R E F O R T H E 9 11?
So where will the 911 of 33 years electric motor or fuel cell – behind the
hence be? Will it be as quick then as rear axle line remains to be seen.
a hypercar is today? I doubt it. First, Personally, I can’t see a car like a
there is the law of diminishing returns 911 or 959 surviving the enormous
to consider and, second, the extreme transition that is approaching. It may
likelihood that all cars will by then be look like a 911, it may even be called
limited in the amount of performance a 911, but will be related in anything
they are able to deploy. It won’t other than name to the cars on this
have an internal combustion engine page? I think the world will have
but whether Porsche insists on still changed too much for the character
putting its powerplant – be it an of such cars to survive.
`
More than anything,
I loved the 959’s
split personality
a
Tailpipes are obsolete but remain to keep the original look. Handling feels period, too
continues to build, and by the time and third. As intended, the rest of the
the first corner approaches, the Aston dynamic experience is practically
is already closing on the 50mph I’ve unchanged. By modern standards,
been told to stay under to keep the the DB6 has modest levels of grip
powertrain happy. Subjectively, it and lots of roll, but the chassis is well
doesn’t feel as fast as a petrol Aston of mannered and it is happy to tackle
the era, but much of that is probably the short track at a respectably rapid
due to the near-total lack of noise, a pace. It’s refined, too. There are no
gentle electric whine replacing the creaks or rattles from the trim or the
muscular note of the straight six. Volante’s elderly structure.
Lifting off proves there is no need Is it a good idea? Ultimately, that’s
to brake, thanks to regeneration for the wider market to decide and
powerful enough to make it feel like Spires admits that a favourable
the track is surfaced with treacle. reaction from potential customers
Spires says the finished version will will be required to make the business
have less aggressive regen to keep it case to invest in a production version.
closer to the driving manners of the “I’m desperate to do it,” he says. “My
original car. Given the novelty of a feeling is that the pace behind EVs is
gearlever, I experiment with shifting such that I’d be surprised if we don’t
ratios to discover there is no point: have a proper programme going by
acceleration feels identical in second this time next year.” L
AUDI TT
SPORT
QUATTRO
What better way to address the
prevailing criticism of the TT – that
it wasn’t really a proper sports car –
than to tear out its rear seats, drop in a
chunky metal brace in their place and
fit a pair of fixed-back bucket seats up
front? No more than 800 came to the UK
so the Sport Quattro does have rarity on
its side, but despite the weight-saving
regime, those racy seats and 237bhp,
the most athletic TT was still a bit flat
on its feet. It’s unusual, though, and for
around £10,000 you’ll pick up a minter.
WE FOUND 2005 TT Sport Quattro,
50,000 miles, £10,495
SHOWING CROSSOV
Dan Prosser suggests 18 eminently more
interesting alternatives to the humdrum
high-riders flying off Britain’s forecourts FAST
f the 10 cars that
recorded the most
third position on our list of
hot-selling tall cars. It is equally
SALOONS
O market share growth
in Europe during
2018, do you care to
popular here at Autocar: it is the
best car of its type.
It’s refined for one so small and
BENTLEY
TURBO R
estimate how many of those were its cabin is spacious, all of which Buying a ’90s Bentley for £16k is
crossovers and SUVs? That’s right, means the Arona is a terrific car such a bad idea, your friends and
every single one of them. The SUV in many ways, except that it’s entirely family will assume you’ve taken
is no longer a trend or a craze but a uninteresting to look at and even leave of your senses. But in among
full-blown epidemic. less interesting to drive. It’s also all the hideous bills and the endless
With the sector growing by 20% quite slow. breakdowns and the ruinous
every year, already more than a We have to believe there are fuel costs, there might even be
third of all new cars being sold right far more imaginative ways to fleeting moments of something
now are SUVs of one size or another. spend the £16,750 you’ll need to approaching enjoyment. Because
We’re living in a George Orwell hand over to buy even the cheapest you’ll be swanning around in a
novel. New car buyers are terrified model in the range. In fact, here Bentley that you own and only you
of being rounded up by Thinkpol we offer 18 significantly more and a small number of onlookers
if they so much as leaf through a interesting cars for the same money will know you paid no more than
saloon or estate car brochure, so or less – cars that are either thrilling the price of an Arona to buy it. Then
they obediently choose high-riding to drive, dripping with character, it’ll stop working again and you’ll
hatchbacks on PCPs instead. great to look at or, in a small number wish you bought the bloody Seat.
Consider the Seat Arona. The tiny of cases, just endearingly odd. WE FOUND 1991 Turbo R,
Spanish crossover is certainly very We are living in Crossovia, but you 77,000 miles, £15,695
popular among buyers, sitting in needn’t be a citizen.
MASERATI
QUATTROPORTE
There have been faster saloons and others still
that were sportier to drive, but rarely has there
been a saloon as stylish as the fifth-generation
Quattroporte. While its German rivals were
clinical and even a touch sombre, the Maserati
was charming and characterful (mostly because
it was powered by normally aspirated V8 with
close to 400bhp). It achieved the notable feat of
being both exceptionally long and very cramped
in the rear, while the ride was never quite as
smooth as it should have been. But £12k doesn’t
seem like much for a car as elegant as this.
WE FOUND 2005 Quattroporte,
50,000 miles, £11,950
a
-),,)/
$335 .
29('
NEW SUVs vs THE FIELD BUYING USED
ALFA
ROMEO
ROADSTE RS SPIDER
Alfa’s dinky
roadster was on
sale for almost
30 years. It first
appeared back in 1966 and it wasn’t until 1994 that production
was wound up. Across its four generations, you can actually see
the evolution of European crash legislation because, while the
1960s original was disarmingly pretty and delicate, the newer
versions look heavier and chunkier, like they’re wearing armour.
Inevitably, our budget will only stretch to a fourth-gen model, but
even a very late Spider is a desirable thing. It’s a drop-top Italian
sports car with a cammy four-cylinder engine, after all.
WE FOUND 1992 Spider, 49,000 miles, £15,000
LOTUS ELAN
Tell a sports car enthusiast of a certain age you drive a Lotus Elan and he’ll go weak at
the knees. He will quickly regain his composure when you clarify it’s an Elan M100, the
HONDA S2000
Spiky handling and a driver’s seat that was set a couple of inches
too high did detract somewhat from the S2000 experience, but
the VTEC engine howled like a lunatic all the way to 9000rpm
and the manual gearshift was just so. Honda’s roadster was an
front-wheel-drive version that was launched in 1989, and not the iconic 1962 original. imperfect car, but a seriously characterful one. In fact, it’s the
Still, the newer Elan was a piece of Lotus history in its own right and it still looks pretty perfect antidote to today’s tunelessly turbocharged sports cars
today, thanks entirely to the incomparably skilled hand of designer Peter Stevens. In this with their effortless paddleshift transmissions. You will find
instance, you would have to try quite hard to spend more than £16,750. The cheapest cars S2000s listed for £6000 or so, but spend £10,000 and you’ll get
cost only £6000. a well-cared-for car that won’t shed any value.
WE FOUND 1990 Elan, 30,000 miles, £13,995 WE FOUND 2006 S2000, 76,000 miles, £9995
LANCIA DELTA
HOT INTEGRALE
HATCH ES It may be hot hatch royalty but, with five doors, a generous
boot and four-wheel drive, the Delta Integrale is really just
a crossover without the ride height. Although they’re all
left-hand drive. And if you use it through the winter, it will
mostly dissolve before the end of February. But you just won’t
care because, every time you walk up to it, you’ll spot those
delicious box arches and whenever you drive it, you’ll feel
like Miki Biasion. These cars are firmly into modern classic
territory and values reflect that, although £15,000 is still
enough for a leggier ’Grale.
WE FOUND 1989 Delta Integrale, 118,000 miles, £14,600
VW PHAETON
A large executive saloon isn’t very odd at all, but the Phaeton’s backstory certainly is. It exists because former
Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch agreed with himself that it should. Very good things have transpired
WHY SO POPULAR?
when Piëch has done something just because he wanted to, such as Porsche winning Le Mans for the first time. Crossovers and SUVs have
One of the challenges he set for his engineers was that the Phaeton should be able to be driven at 186mph for eight become as popular as they have
hours in 50deg C heat, while keeping the cabin at room temperature. An OEM like Volkswagen will probably for a number of very good reasons
never take a gamble like this again. that are difficult to refute, but
WE FOUND 2007 Phaeton V6 TDI, 45,000 miles, £10,000 also one or two that are not so
logical. Perhaps the best reason
of all for choosing a taller car over
a comparable hatchback is the
loftier seating position, which
gives a far better view of the road
ahead and really can make you feel
safer. These cars are easier to get
into and out of, they’re less of a
strain to load heavy bags into and,
as anybody who has ever worn a
skirt and tried to elegantly extract
themselves from a very low car
will tell you, better for personal
modesty as well.
It must be acknowledged,
however, that a good number of
crossover and SUV buyers choose
such cars because they have a
status attached to them. They look
more like prestigious 4x4s than
a city car ever will, even if they’re
actually not much bigger or any
more expensive.
LANCIA THEMA 8.32 These cars do have their
There can’t be many more unusual cars than a boxy luxury saloon with a Ferrari V8 up front. Mounted drawbacks, though. In fact,
transversely, no less, because it drives the front wheels. It’s as though Lancia built the 8.32 as a prank (‘8.32’ is a in engineering terms, they’re
reference to the engine’s eight cylinders and 32 valves). Running costs today will be astronomical and you’ll be fundamentally compromised. Their
very lucky indeed to find an original UK car because, according to reports, only 10 were ever sold here. Prices are frontal areas are greater, which
creeping up and you’ll need to spend around £10,000. Another one to file under ‘never to be repeated’. has a very real impact on fuel
WE FOUND 1987 Thema 8.32, 64,000 miles, £10,750 efficiency. They are heavier than
conventional hatchbacks but offer
RENAULT AVANTIME little more, if any, space inside, and
The trouble with calling a car Avantime – which they have higher centres of gravity
isn’t a word at all but basically translates to as well. What’s more, studies have
‘ahead of its time’ – is that you’re declaring shown that tall cars pose more of a
the car in question to be a groundbreaker, or risk to pedestrians. But buyers are
a trendsetter. Back in 2001, Renault clearly voting with their chequebooks and
believed the Avantime would initiate a shift it’s clear that for a great number
across the market towards MPV-style cars with of people, those compromises are
only four seats and three doors. Remarkably, the easily overlooked.
concept didn’t catch on. But it’s impossible to
dislike the Avantime, not least because it comes
from a time when car makers would play and
experiment, then bring those experiments to
market. These days we get identikit crossovers.
WE FOUND 2003 Avantime V6,
100,000 miles, £4500
TOYOTA HILUX
If you absolutely must get to a stranded flock of sheep in a flooded field
at night, or deliver urgent medical supplies to a remote African village, or
transport six insurgents and their AK-47s to a border post, you use a Toyota
Hilux. A conflict between Chad and Libya in the late 1980s has become known
as the Toyota War because of the ubiquitous use, on both sides, of the Japanese
marque’s off-roaders as ‘technicals’ – light improvised combat vehicles. Categorising all of the new
Toyota’s pick-up has been in production since 1968, making Hilux one of the crossovers and SUVs that seem to
oldest ongoing nameplates of them all. appear at a rate of one a week is no
WE FOUND 2013 Hilux, 80,000 miles, £14,900 small task, not least because these
cars are actually designed to fill
niches within niches. We split the
affordable end of the crossover and
SUV market into four segments:
compact crossovers, compact
SUVs, crossover hatchbacks and
family SUVs.
As has already been mentioned,
our pick of the compact crossovers
right now is the Seat Arona, despite
its bland interior and unremarkable
handling. But it scores highly for
refinement and interior space. The
Renault Captur and Mazda CX-3
are highly commendable.
Compact SUVs are a little
bigger and perhaps a touch more
rugged as well, with some degree
of off-road ability. Best of the lot
is the new Range Rover Evoque,
which recently knocked the Volvo
XC40 off the top spot. They lead
the class ahead of the Mazda CX-5
and Volkswagen Tiguan.
Of the crossover hatchbacks –
bigger than compact crossovers
but unlikely to venture off road
– the Seat Ateca is our favourite.
It does everything a buyer in this
sector could want it to do, with
plenty of cabin space, attractive
SUBARU styling, good economy and
he hardscrabble town
of Boudenib, the base
T for the opening stages
of this year’s Carta
Rallye, is nestled on
the edge of the Sahara desert, 10
miles or so from the Algerian border
in the far east of Morocco. Not that
you’d know it from the weather.
As the assembled crews prepare
all manner of outlandish rally-
raid machinery for the seven-day,
1250-mile marathon, including
Dakar-honed Mitsubishi Pajeros,
spaceframe buggies and monstrous
trucks, the rain is lashing down, a
bracing wind is causing havoc and
the desert scrubland has become a
Glastonbury-esque mud bath.
In the unexpected downpour,
the spirits of the competitors are as
leaden as the grey skies. But one crew
stands out – and not just because,
amid all the heavily modified rally
cars, their three Dacia Dusters look
as though they’ve been wheeled in
from a showroom. They’re briskly
carrying out their tasks with no
regard for the rain, pausing only to
trade jokes and banter.
“This is what we do,” says Scott
Garthley, shrugging. “It’s just basic
training for us.” Given the 14 members
of the Future Terrain team are all
current or former military service
personnel, he’s not exaggerating.
Many of the team have severe
physical injuries. Others have mental
injuries, such as post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). Yet there are no
complaints, no excuses. They’ve been
preparing for the Carta Rallye for
months. Rain isn’t going to stop them.
Future Terrain isn’t the first
motorsport initiative for injured
service personnel, or even the first
rally-raid one: Race2Recovery raised
money for charity by twice running
a team on the Dakar Rally. Although
inspired by that project, Future
Terrain is very different – and that’s
shown by the team’s desert orange
Dusters. “We’re here for motorsport,
Several but it’s a background to what we’re
team members really trying to achieve,” says
admit they were co-founder Grant White. “We could
sceptical when told they’d be doing anything, really.”
be rallying Dacia Dusters. That White, a former British Cross
quickly changed. “I’m a Disco Country Championship (BCCC)
guy, but I’ve been blown away,” competitor, helped establish Future
says Scott Garthley. “The Duster Terrain in 2016 after meeting some of
is capable of so much more the original Race2Recovery team. At
than you think. It’s a good the time, BCCC crews could feature
analogy for the a disabled driver or co-driver. The ◊
team.”
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Briefings focus on well-being as well as rall
ying
To prepare
It can’t rain on their the Dusters for
parade: this fails to competition, the team
dampen team spirit had to completely strip out
the insides. The process took
them around 45 minutes
Δ charity successfully argued for with external cages – quicker than Dacia’s
crews made up of two disabled for use in demos technical staff thought
competitors. But while cross-country and events such as possible.
rallying is the focus, there are no the Carta.
Dakar ambitions. White says: The Dusters allowed
“What Race2Recovery achieved by Future Terrain to expand its
becoming the first team of amputees ambitions, but still at an accessible
ever to finish the Dakar Rally was level: the Carta Rallye is an amateur-
incredible, but the costs of competing level event and the Dusters ran
weren’t sustainable. Future Terrain in the GPS Cup section, in which
was inspired by their success but we crews navigate between a series
want to be more accessible and put the of co-ordinates within a set time.
emphasis on real-world training. We The emphasis is on navigation and
hope we’re building on their legacy.” reading the terrain, rather than
By focusing on the BCCC, initially flat-out driving. For armed forces
in Land Rover Freelanders, Future veterans, especially in the desert
Terrain could reach 40-50 veterans environment, it’s familiar conditions.
on a far more modest budget The aim is to show veterans how
compared with competing in the the skills they’ve learned serving
Dakar Rally and appeal to a wider can be applied outside the armed
audience. The team would run one forces. “Being in the military is
car in the event, giving passenger consuming,” says White. “People
rides in a second. define themselves by their roles.
“The driving becomes a Once people leave, they need to
background activity,” says White. redefine themselves and that’s not
“Where the real magic happens is easy when you were the sniper or
in camp. It’s where people open up explosives expert.”
about their issues.” It’s tougher still when you have
The push beyond the BCCC came life-changing physical or mental
after Dacia supplied Future Terrain injuries. White says the armed
with four diesel Dusters. Three forces offer a “fantastic” support
were ready for the Carta: one with a network, but adds such support “can
competition-spec roll-cage (allowing re-emphasise the injury. We want
it to compete in the BCCC), two to pull people away from defining
Team-mates guide themselves by their injuries.” multiple injuries from a scud missile
the driver through The 14-strong Future Terrain strike in Iraq in 2003. His injuries
the tricky sections Carta team are a diverse group, with caused ongoing heart issues and
varying service histories, injuries recently required the amputation
and motorsport experience. of a limb. Garthley has carved out a
For example, Dan Grimes is career as an HR manager but admits
currently in the army, and it shows. he was “looking for something to get
When the team encountered another involved with. The moment I saw
crew surrounded by local kids pelting what the team was doing, I could see
their car with rocks, Grimes jumped the value. It’s teaching skills we can
out to scare them off through sheer take elsewhere.”
presence. Grimes joined the team After a cold desert night,
after hearing about it at the Defence conditions are still miserable the
and National Rehabilitation Centre following day for the start of the
in Nottinghamshire, where he’s event. To share the experience,
undergoing treatment for a severely the team are three-up in the two
injured knee and ankle. His injuries Dusters with external cages, with
were traced to bone chips to his tibia, two members in the third. They run
sustained after a fall in a military together on the stage, negotiating
base in Germany. His injury went their way through dried river beds,
undiagnosed for 14 years, during large rock fields and steep hills.
which time he served in the infantry, Often, one or more team members
including two tours in Afghanistan. are out of the car, guiding it carefully
Grimes doesn’t just look tough. through. Progress is slow, but steady.
There’s Garthley, who suffered The weather improves, but the
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Carta Rallye featured a staggering and crest the bank airborne, barely
array of desert-honed machinery lifting from the throttle.
– and each tackles the terrain in a Craziest? The lumbering DAF
that even when you have We found one at a dried river bed, with
steep, rocky slopes on either side.
The classic Dakar off-roaders
infallible: shortly afterwards, it ends
its day wedged in a wadi. Brute force
only gets you so far out here.
Progress can be
slow but you still
need full throttle
used to fix tanks for a living. cars are checked, toughened and struggled. I still had to transition. I
In war zones. Under fire. worked on. And the team takes the hadn’t learned to accept my injury.”
Bodging a fix for a Duster opportunity to offer more training Taylor’s role is to help ensure that
Rallye radiator? Easy. and personal development. Future Terrain provides members
Donkey derby? No, it’s the 2019’s Carta The problem is the bolts Ironically, it shows what Future with a step into a new life.
holding the radiators, Terrain is really all about. “We The resolve he’s charged with
shattered by the force of emphasise vocational training,” says helping to build in the team shows.
team’s luck dips. Hobbled by a compacted, wet mud being pushed White. Every crew member has done Spares sourced, the team return
damaged radiator, one Duster is into them. Had it been dry, it a Lantra off-road course, while many to action on day three, and for the
forced to stop. The other two press wouldn’t have been an issue. attended a Dacia technical event or rest of the event. And there is no
on, but the time lost means they don’t Whatley sorts a fix, but there did HSE-certified first aid courses. more stopping them as they battle
visit all the checkpoints in time. No are no spares and going out for the “They’re qualifications that can be the elements, and perceptions – of
shame in that: only one car in the second day with patched radiators used in other walks of life,” says White. themselves and the Dusters – to
GPS Cup makes all 20 checkpoints. risks more substantial damage. There’s also a focus on well-being, reach the finish in third, fourth and
The lead Duster ends the day third. Dacia is Morocco’s best-selling car led by former Dakar team manager fifth places.
It hasn’t been easy: 10 hours of brand, but local Dusters use pre- and military veteran turned life But White notes: “Winning a
non-stop, intense focus. George Euro 6 diesels, with different bolts. coach Andrew ‘Pav’ Taylor. The cup is not what we’re about.” It’s
Frost, dealing with leg injuries and Spares are sourced but won’t arrive team are encouraged to reflect more important than that – and
PTSD, has driven virtually the whole for 24 hours, so the decision is made and talk about their emotions and inspirational to watch.
day. He’s exhausted but is “buzzing”. to sit out day two. experiences. Taylor’s lessons are “We have a responsibility:
While the hobbled Duster is When White tells the team late that shaped by his experiences with it’s important to show that even
lowered off a recovery truck, it’s evening, there is no grumbling, no Race2Recovery. “I threw myself when you have injuries, you have
discovered one of the others also complaint. The following morning into it for two-and-a-half years,” he value,” says Garthley. “If we can do
has a damaged radiator. Crew chief – under blue skies – the team sets to says, “but it just replaced being in something that inspires people, we
Sean Whatley is nonplussed. He work with a renewed purpose. The the forces, and when it finished, I should do something about it.” L
ituated in the heart Whittaker, the CEO of Warrantywise. Since 2002, it has also been covering How does Warrantywise calculate
of Blackburn’s motor Given his taste for expensive motors, supercars and, says Whittaker, has a premium on a hypercar for
S dealer district and
with a ground-floor
showroom filled
I’m not surprised when he arrives
behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce
Dawn. It seems that luxury cars and
“thousands” of them on cover.
However, in 2016, it put a warranty
on its first hypercar – a Bugatti
which very little publicly available
workshop and reliability data exists?
“When we took on the Veyron, we
with classic and performance cars, the money to pay for them are not Veyron. The premium was £10,000. looked at our data on its close relative,
Warrantywise, a used car warranty in short supply at Warrantywise, a Today, the company has around 20 the Bentley Continental GT W12,”
company, looks for all the world like a fact that may come as no surprise hypercars on its books, the latest to says Whittaker. “We researched other
car dealership. to motorists sceptical of used car be covered being a Porsche 918. The supercars, too; in particular, hourly
Among the sports cars and warranties… premium was £18,000, compared labour rates, which can be as high
supercars on display are a Jaguar Perhaps sensing my unease, with the company’s current average as £350. The Veyron appeared to be
E-Type and XKR cabrio, Mercedes- Whittaker, looking relaxed in hypercar premium of £15,000 a reliable car that, in all likelihood,
AMG SL55, Honda NSX, Bentley jeans and pullover, explains that and supercar premium of £2000. wouldn’t be driven very much, so
Continental GT and a Ferrari Warrantywise has thousands of
458. There are Lister cars in the cars on cover and pays out 84%
mix, too (Warrantywise bought of claims in full. If a customer
the Cambridge-based sports car disputes its decision, they can appeal
manufacturer in 2013); most notably directly to motoring journalist and
a Knobbly and an LFT-666 prototype, self-styled consumer champion
based on the Jaguar F-Type. The first Quentin Willson, who helped design
production LFT-666, one of 99 that Warrantywise’s policies. He receives
will be built, is awaiting delivery in five calls a week.
an area behind the showroom where Founded in 2000, the company
future LFTs will be produced. covers mostly mainstream cars no Bugatti Veyron premium was £10,000 Porsche 918 was even more: £18,000
I’ve come to meet Lawrence older than 12 years or 120,000 miles.
LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR
ENGINE
£40,701
LAMBORGHINI
GALLARDO
ENGINE
£26,000
need a warranty?
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Warrantywise’s current average
LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR
GEARBOX
£20,291
hypercar premium is £15,000 PORSCHE 911
ENGINE
a £15,052
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 2
Warrantywise has a team putting £400 from every deal into
ENGINE
£11,750
dedicated to its supercar and my warranty fund. It forces me to
hypercar business. They’re old hands buy the best cars and prepare them
at spotting rogue claims. properly before they leave here.
“Recently, a customer rang us As a result, by the end of the year,
NISSAN GTR
wanting cover for his Ferrari 458,” I’ve usually got around £20,000
GEARBOX
£11,100
says Whittaker. “We usually quote an unclaimed in the pot.
individual claims limit of £20,000 “I’ve just sold a Porsche 959 with
but he wanted us to raise it to 3000 miles for £1.3 million. It’s got
£35,000 and for a specific part, too. the same warranty as all my cars. LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR
It was obvious the car had a fault so If it develops a fault in the next 12
COOLING SYSTEM
£9928
we declined to cover it.” months, the customer can take it
The first sunny day in spring is to his local Porsche centre and I’ll
when Whittaker says a short prayer. pick up the bill.”
That’s the day hypercar claims are In fact, Mearn’s repair fund ASTON MARTIN DB9
most likely to occur. sounds like something every GEARBOX
£8315
“These cars aren’t driven very private motorist could consider.
often, but when they are, it’s Put away £50 a month and at the
generally on that first sunny day of end of the year you’ve got a nice
the year. The owners get them out of little repair pot. Naturally, Whittaker LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO F1
storage and go for a blast. After six has his doubts. E-GEAR ACTUATOR
£7437
months without turning a wheel, it’s “When customers suggest it, I say
not surprising some of the cars don’t half the time you’ll get away with it
make the first corner.” but the other half, you won’t.”
Meanwhile, not every supercar and Me? I like a flutter… L
we judged it to be a good risk.” hypercar driver is persuaded of the
Whittaker claims that benefits of a used car warranty.
Warrantywise is able to cover “What would I want one for?” T H E Y ’ V E G O T I T C OV E R E D
supercars and hypercars because asks David Harris, the owner
in 2004 all of its policies ceased of a Lamborghini Murciélago Don’t fancy an independent used car transferable warranty with no claims
to be underwritten by insurers, LP640 worth £215,000, when I warranty for your supercar? Here are limit and no excess to pay.
who are more risk averse. In their contacted him following my visit to six offered by manufacturers.
place, Warrantywise stepped in, Warrantywise. “I did get a quote from ASTON MARTIN
calculating premiums and paying Warrantywise – they wanted £4000 FERRARI Its extended warranties include
claims directly from its income. for 12 months’ cover – but my feeling It’s possible to cover a Ferrari with Premium for cars up to 15 years old
However, it’s a business model that is that a person who can afford to buy a transferable warranty, called New and Classic for cars over 15 years.
can occasionally take a big hit. and own something as expensive as Power15, for up to 15 years from the
“We had a McLaren MP4-12C a Murciélago can afford to repair it. date of first registration. Approved PORSCHE
on cover that developed a gearbox Simply, if it goes wrong, you fix it!” used Ferraris up to 13 years old are Porsche offers an extended warranty
problem,” says Whittaker. “Our Andrew Mearns, owner of Gmund sold with a two-year factory-backed for cars no older than 15 years,
engineer judged it was a simple Cars, a specialist Porsche and VW warranty. subject to the car undergoing a
matter of an oil seal costing about dealership in Knaresborough, mechanical inspection.
£50. We asked George Lister Yorkshire, has his own solution to LAMBORGHINI
Engineering to make and fit a supercar and hypercar warranties. Lamborghini’s approved used car B U G AT T I
replacement seal but the gearbox He funds his standard 12-month programme offers a 12-month The Loyalty Maintenance
software didn’t recognise it, so the warranty entirely from the business. warranty, extendable to 24 months. Programme offers servicing
car remained in limp-home mode. “I believe warranty companies’ packages to complement a factory-
McLaren told us the only solution instinct is not to pay claims,” he says, McLAREN backed warranty for vehicles up to
was to replace the gearbox. It cost “so I’ve cut them out and fund my It offers a manufacturer-backed and 15 years old.
£26,000, including fitting.” own warranty from every car I sell,
Shanghai surprise
I read your excellent online coverage LETTER OF THE WEEK
of the recent Shanghai motor show
with great interest. This event, staged
biennially with the one in Beijing,
is like a kind of Chinese Frankfurt
show – vast in both physical scale
and commercial scope.
It’s amazing to see how the likes of
LandWind and Zotye seem to have Is Norris more interesting than a GP?
evolved out of the copycat phase
and are delivering some genuinely
original vehicles. Aesthetically, they Snook (Letters, 10 April) asserts why
may still be on an upward curve but, he thinks that one should prefer a
by golly, they are learning. Amazing, Porsche Cayman S (“more power...
too, to see a raft of sports car concepts, better seats...better sat-nav...prettier
many electrically propelled, in a bodywork”) to an A110. Crucially,
market where we’ve long been told however, Mr Snook has overlooked
there’s no demand for such models. the 327 reasons to prefer the A110 –
Which brings me neatly to my 327 being the number of kilograms
topic: where was SAIC at what is fewer that the A110 weighs than the
surely the automotive behemoth’s Cayman S.
home show? I have no doubt it Perhaps the nickname ‘Porker’ is
was there on the stands of its local WIN more apt than one presumed.
General Motors and Volkswagen
partners, but there was nothing
The car in front… Letter of the week
wins this ValetPRO
exterior protection
Gary Williams
Richmond-upon-Thames
in your report about the SAIC self- I had a Toyota GT86 until two years ago. I now
and maintenance kit
managed brands, including the have an Alpine A110 with some 500 miles under Another lunar-tic
worth £48
China-only Roewe and the export its wheels. I enjoyed reading John Evans’ report
champion MG. Two years ago at the Recently, I had the opportunity to try the latest (‘Mondeo For Lunar-tics’, 10 April),
previous Shanghai show, we were GT86 with upgraded brakes, damper/steering not least because it reflects my own
frankly shocked and amazed by the settings and so on. What a revelation! The purity experience with high-milers.
promise of the striking all-electric and precise weighting of the controls on the In February 2000, I bought a
MG E-Motion Coupé and it was GT86 and the senses they bring when driving Luton-built Vauxhall Cavalier LS
suggested we’d see a production car hard are just wondrous – and that magnificent turbo diesel with 95,007 miles on
by 2019. Yet here we are and it seems manual gearshift. the clock. I was its third owner. I sold
there is absolutely nothing to report Don’t get me wrong: the Alpine is a great it exactly six years later with over
about MG in particular at this year’s drive but there are others that border on the same 301,000 miles showing.
show. What’s the problem? brilliance. Yes, the GT86 would fall behind in I had known the guy who bought
John Miles outright performance terms, but the rest of its it from me for some years previously
Via email dynamic package is still brilliant even after the passing of time and new (yes, we’re still friends!); and he did
Nothing remiss. It simply didn’t have entrants to this segment. So, Autocar, how about a back to back? at least another 20,000 miles in it.
any new cars to show after a busy I have ordered a Toyota Supra and will know in September if it is a The only problems I ever had
year last year. In China, MG had match for these two exceptional cars. were a radiator core rusted through
already sold 55,000 cars to the end Colin Hunt and two split coolant hoses. Part
of March, which is up on last year. Via email of the credit for this goes to my
It’s a big brand there and growing. It local Vauxhall dealer, York Ward &
wouldn’t be the first car maker not to
put a fanciful concept into production, a London resident and car enthusiast, people. State-of-the-art engineering. Jeep Wrangler’s Euro
either – MT I welcome his efforts. Every mayor Twenty drivers. Ten teams. The NCAP safety rating
wants a legacy, and making the air fit self-styled pinnacle of motorsport. rules it out for David
In defence of Khan to breathe is surely a worthwhile one. And aside from the occasional brief
Seems unfair to describe London David Sutherland moment, spectacularly dull racing.
mayor Sadiq Khan as “strutting, London I’ve followed and loved Formula 1
self-regarding” (My Week in Cars, 17 since the early 1970s, but over the
April) when what he is trying to do is No wrangling with safety past few years, it has totally lost focus
clean up air quality in the capital. As I’m slightly surprised that the Jeep and, in doing so, also lost the plot.
Wrangler can be awarded four stars It’s a poor state of affairs when
New Alpine A110 is sweetness and light and come second in your comparison an interview with Lando Norris (17
despite its one-star Euro NCAP rating April) was infinitely more interesting
(Road Test, 10 April). I wouldn’t go than the woeful Chinese GP. Not
near it because of that score no matter quite the 1000th anniversary we’d all
how good it is otherwise. have hoped for, methinks.
David Macfarlane Jonathan Little
Via email Via email
Lion’s share
Hardly a week goes by without S P E C I A L F E AT U R E
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) being in the
news for the wrong reasons.
The only solution, I think, is
a drastic one. The PSA Group is
interested in JLR and its potential
offer deserves serious consideration.
JLR needs platform-sharing and
electrification capabilities if it is to
survive long term. There’s currently
no model beneath the Range Rover
Evoque and Discovery Sport to bring
new customers into the brand and
become loyal. The PSA Group also
has plenty of platforms ready to go to
rejuvenate the Jaguar brand.
There’s the niggling quality issues,
too, so often talked about. Also,
there’s potentially an opportunity
to increase capacity in the UK, with
Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port, and the
Honda plant up for sale. At the heart
of JLR is its Britishness.
JLR needs urgent help – and
Speed limiters: will they really ruin our fun?
there’s a willing partner available. We look at the upcoming world of speed limiters – while
Seize the opportunity.
Casper Gorniok Andrew Frankel proves that you can have fun in a slow car
Via email
USED SPECIAL FIRST DRIVE
Plane lessons
Given the recent airliner crashes
that appear, according to statements
from Boeing, to have been caused by
autonomous safety software reacting
inappropriately and resulting in both
planes nosediving into the ground,
what lessons does the automotive
industry, licensing authorities and
insurance industry have to learn
about similar systems taking control
of motor vehicles?
Bearing in mind the aviation
industry is so safety focused, if these
systems can go wrong there, what are
the chances something similar could
happen in cars?
Brexit Brits BMW 320d M Sport
Lee Thickett Our best British used cars – a good UK’s favourite 3 Series driven here
Via email
deal all Brits can actually agree on… for the first time in its new guise
EVERY WEEK
KIA CEED McLAREN 720S MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS MG ZS MINI 5DR HATCH TOYOTA LAND CRUISER
KIA CEED
Three different models in six months
gave us valuable insights into why you
might – or might not – want to buy a Ceed
no distractions. Something like the Lawrence was a big
FINAL REPORT MILEAGE 2800
new, third-generation Kia Ceed. fan of the Ceed’s
WHY WE R AN IT During the past six months, I have driving environment
To see if the new, Europe-designed Ceed become intimately familiar with
is a true Volkswagen Golf rival or still a the Ceed range as a whole, not just trajectory off the road into a ditch.
bit of a family hatchback also-ran one specific model. I was spoiled When Kia took it back for repairs identical-spec 1.0 that met a fateful
with luxuries hardly befitting a and said we’d be unable to get an end in February. That’s a fair sum
e all like a bit of surprise humble family hatch with a top-spec identical-spec car to replace it in time for something that is no faster on
None
OPTIONS
ECONOMY
Struggled to get to 45mpg in the 1.0
FUEL CONSUMPTION AND RANGE
Claimed economy 58.9mpg
petrol, so an easy 65mpg at a cruise
Fuel tank 50 litres
from the diesel was welcome.
Test average 61.4mpg
Test best 64.2mpg
Test worst 57.5mpg
Real-world range 665 miles
TECH HIGHLIGHTS
0-62mph 10.6sec
Top speed 116mph
Engine 4 cyls, 1598cc,
diesel
Max power 114bhp at 4000rpm
Max torque 207lb ft at 1500rpm
Transmission 6-spd manual COMFORT
Boot 380 litres Wheels might give away its entry-
Wheels 16in, alloy level spec, but the chunky sidewall
Tyres 205/55 R16 smooths out the low-speed ride.
Kerb weight 1388kg
SERVICE AND RUNNING COSTS
Contract hire rate £190
CO2 99g/km
Service costs None
Other costs None
A windscreen was
Fuel costs £176.00
replaced but the
Running costs inc fuel £176.00
Ceed was fault free
Cost per mile 9.6 pence
Depreciation £6500
` Cost per mile inc dep’n 46.6 pence
DEPRECIATION IS CALCULATED FROM TAKING THE TRADE VALUE FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST PRICE MINUS OPTIONS
fuss-free and welcoming place to with the seats folded flat. All this
Before I had a chance to sit after a long day in the office. Kia and yet Kia still manages to do what
try the regular Ceed, the hasn’t succumbed to the style-over- many others don’t and fit a spare
sporty Proceed really substance cabin design favoured by a wheel in the back. Little things.
impressed me in how it drove. And number of rivals (PSA, we’re looking If I could criticise the Kia, it’s that
while this hatchback long-term car at you), which is just fine by me: there’s little to get excited about.
was of the most basic spec, traces the touchscreen isn’t the dominant It’s a very competent drive but
of that neat handling and tied-down control point and switchgear never something you relish getting
ride promise were evident. I much placement is so logical that you behind the wheel of (particularly
preferred the Proceed’s turbo petrol genuinely never need to take your in diesel form). The design is smart
engine to this diesel, though. KC eyes off the wheel. My stress levels and nicely resolved, but not one of
benefited from that. Peter Schreyer’s boldest efforts. And
Other ways the Ceed was quietly none of the powertrains is notable STYLING
motor’s willing thrum. However, excellent? The ride smoothness for being anything other than quite Without the First Edition’s fancy
there are a couple of reasons why you brought about by the base model’s smooth and acceptably powerful. lights and bright blue paint, the base-
might not choose the diesel. 16in wheels was very welcome on the It’s clear that Kia benchmarked spec car looks a bit anonymous.
The first is the long, economy- cratered, post-winter roads. It also the Volkswagen Golf with this car:
biased gearing that admittedly meant no cabin rattles (unlike the it’s similarly well rounded and well
helps it to be one of the most frugal bigger-wheeled First Edition). thought through, but just as unlikely
real-world cars around, as it sits at The Ceed has more than proven to thrill or intrigue. What’s great
barely over 2000rpm at 70mph. My itself as a practical offering. A recent about the Kia, though, is that it
commute involves a fair bit of 30mph airport trip for a holiday loaded it up does 95% of what a Golf can do for
driving and, in fourth, the revs are with four six-footers, each carrying a chunk less cash, and with more
too low to be comfortable at that two weeks’ worth of luggage, with standard equipment. We know Kia
speed. You can drive around that, of which the Kia was just about able to can do value but, with this generation
course, but the trait you can’t drive cope thanks to one of the most usable of Ceed, we also know it can do
around is the extra weight over the boots in its class. Drop the false floor simplicity, smartness and solidity.
nose. It’s still a tidy handler, but the and four decent-sized suitcases can LAWRENCE ALLAN BLUNTED BY A FULL LOAD
diesel loses some of the petrol’s fleet- be squeezed in with a healthy shove Not a ‘loathe’, but loading up with
footedness and the steering feels less of the tailgate to get it closed. On luggage and passengers exposed
positive on turn-in. another occasion, I was able (with
OWN ONE? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE our 1.6 diesel’s modest output.
What the Ceed has always been, a bit of trimming) to squeeze an old
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Unfamiliar A-roads in an unfamiliar A-Class held no terrors for its latest custodian
MILEAGE 4650 and a brilliant no-contest alternative
to the grim, truck-infested A34.
WHY WE ’ R E RU N N I N G IT On my return to the office, I raved
To see if Merc’s Golf rival has come of to colleagues about my ‘discovery’
age – and to try to pick the ‘perfect’ spec – only to be told it’s a regular and
much-loved Autocar road tester
erfect timing. A stretch haunt… My hopes of a scoop were
OUR CARS
MG ZS
It’s winning over its photographer driver – and not just for its boot
MILEAGE 5435 menu within the infotainment
software, which you access via
WHY WE ’ R E RU N N I N G IT the 8.0in touchscreen. Finding
To see if reborn MG’s poster child is it is a bit too convoluted for my
as easy to live with as the established liking and it can be fiddly on the
names in the class go, even though the screen itself Toyota Land Cruiser
is impressively clear and easy to
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APPRECIATING DEPRECIATION
A sharp drop in value is good news for used car buyers
had to look at some so the Maserati Quattroporte V6 example with just over 100,000 miles
W H A T WS TE
affects the monthly payments, the
used cash buyer wants to hear the
EVs and hybrids the very high cost of buying a fully
electric or hybrid vehicle. Unless
ALMO T
B O U G HE E K
bad resale news because it makes
that model cheaper for them to buy.
retain most value you need to bother with congestion
zones, go diesel or smaller petrol.
THIS W Just so you know, the new car
money is going into the premium
over three years Depreciation is always the used car
buyer’s friend, although, as ever, it
brands. They will be buying Range
Rover Evoque P250 R-Dynamics,
a still pays to shop carefully.
I’m changing my
QUESTION 11-reg Mazda 2 Sport
1.5 for something
as fun to drive but more
economical. I’m thinking
an A-Class-sized Saab 9-2
MILE AGE 129,903
coupé with a Scirocco-esque
LAND ROVER SERIES 3 roofline. Any ideas?
Calum Dalgetty, via email
There I was casually filling up with petrol and something That’s some car you’re thinking
of but you’ve answered your own
came off in my hand: the petrol cap. That’s normal, except ANSWER question: a Scirocco. You say in
your email that you’re a recent
that it’s usually attached to the car by a piece of chain so you architecture graduate, so you’ll
don’t lose it in the jungle. After 35 years, it had given up being appreciate its concept-car styling. Meanwhile,
it’s fun to drive and in diesel form will give you the
attached, which I suppose is some sort of record for a Land economy you’re looking for. We found a 2011/11-
reg 2.0 TDI with 60k miles and full Volkswagen
Rover. Anyway, I don’t think any chain ended up in the tank service history for £7990. JE
and all I had to do was get a pair of pliers out. A wonderfully
simple distraction from the potentially fleet member-ending
issue that has just reared its ugly head.
READER’S RIDE
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AS GOOD AS NEW
JAGUAR F-TYPE
The F-Type is a desirable, if pricey, sporting coupé or convertible, says John Evans
n 2013 when the F-Type convertible. The cheapest we found
JAG UAR
F -T Y P E 5 . 0
OUR PICK V 8 5 5 0 R AW D
COUPE
All the looks with
the power to match: that’s
the F-Type R. We favour the
tin-top but the convertible adds
another dimension with little
trade-off. The SVR is more
powerful but £20,000 dearer.
JAG UAR
F -T Y P E 2 . 0 I 4
WILD CARD CO U PE AUTO
The least powerful
F-Type is actually
one of the better versions to
drive. That it looks like a full-fat
F is a bonus, the cherry on the
cake being that a 2018-reg with
10,000 miles is just £36,950.
ONES WE FOUND
2014 F-Type 3.0 V6 coupé,
68,000 miles, £26,985
2017 F-Type 2.0 i4 coupé,
15,000 miles, £39,950
2015 F-Type 5.0 V8 R,
It’s common for 32,000 miles, £47,750
used F-Types to 2018 F-Type 3.0 R-Dynamic,
have low mileages 2000 miles, £62,975
Most potent engine is the 542bhp V8 in the R coupé
For more lease deals, visit whatcar.com
L AUNCH
EDITION
EVOR A
BRIEF
Find me a mouth-watering
V12-engined something
for £5000 or less.
FERRARI TESTAROSSA
This Testarossa project must be one of the BMW 750iL LWB £4999
more expensive basket cases. It made £29,415, V12-powered cars are complex machines, so I’ve gone for
something a bit more straightforward than my colleague’s E65
although it does at least have a totally restored and 7 Series: a 2000 E38 7 Series. Yes, it has terrible aftermarket
wheels, but it’s still very tidy, is far less leggy and has much less
rust-proofed chassis, all of its panels (in need of troublesome electronics than Mark’s later car. And it has some
truly wonderful period pieces, such as a wired-in car phone and
stripping and restoring) and its seats (they’ve been walnut picnic tables. Buy one now before it becomes sought
retrimmed). It’s got new tyres and all of its glass, too. after, just as the E32 has become in recent years. MAX ADAMS
GET IT
WHILE
YOU CAN BMW 760Li LWB £3495
Imagine the thrill of owning a plush limo that purrs down the
motorway yet leaps like a leopard when you push pedal to the
metal, then think of the sheer joy of opening up the bonnet to
reveal a magnificent naturally aspirated 6.0-litre V12. This is
a Bangle BMW for the price of a knackered Renault Clio, so look
on the 5.5sec 0-62mph performance as a welcome bonus and
the hushed, luxurious and capacious interior as your birthright.
This clean 2003 example is up for peanuts, so don’t be a fool.
MARK PEARSON
VERDICT
Nissan Juke Bose Personal Edition 1.6 112 That Max Adams really should
Price new £19,355. Price now £13,480 be a car salesman. One
An all-new Juke arrives later this year, so Nissan is clearing out the old one. As a result there
are a number of pre-reg examples on forecourts, at prices that mean they won’t be around BMW 750i sold to the clown
for long. We found a 2019/19-reg 1.6 Bose Personal Edition with five miles on the clock for
£13,480. It costs £19,355 new, although you can get £2200 or so off for cash or, via the PCP
with five grand in his hand.
route, a £2700 deposit contribution from Nissan. Still makes that pre-reg look cheap, though. JOHN EVANS
RENAULT
MEGANE RS
Red Bull
Former partnership
in Formula 1 led to
a special-edition
RS 265
VARIATIONS ON A THEME
The RS Mégane 250 is a hot hatch legend and a great used buy with an
array of models to suit a range of budgets. John Evans investigates
ith a hot hatch on your 2015. These two models alone that only 50 came to the UK. Its party button. Hold it down longer and the
An expert’s view
F L OY D H O L L I N S H E A D ,
attract stone chips and need attention
before corrosion sets in.
RS FOUR ASHES
“I’ve had an RS 250 for four years and Q I N T E R I O R
love it. The engine is strong and can Check underfloor storage cubbies for
handle serious upgrades. I’ve fitted damp and driver’s seat bolsters for
a K-Tec Racing Stage 2 performance splits and cracks. Make sure all the
pack, taking it to 350bhp. It costs warning lights go out after start-up.
£4500 fitted, and you need to upgrade
the brakes and suspension. We do a
Stage 1 upgrade, a remap and panel
filter to 300bhp for £349. It’s enough
Also worth knowing
In 2015, a chain of dedicated Renault
for most people. My favourite is the Sport dealers (renaultsport.co.uk)
275 Trophy R with Akrapovic exhaust was launched, but if you’re disinclined
and Öhlins suspension but have you to pay main dealer rates, there are
seen the prices? Whichever one you’re independent specialists, such as RS
interested in, check that the gearbox, Four Ashes, and servicing, tuning and
flywheel and suspension are sound and styling firms, such as K-Tec Racing
not making odd noises.” (k-tecracing.com).
Buyer beware…
Q E N G I N E
How much to spend
£70 0 0 - £ 8 9 9 9
Depending on age and mileage, check First 250s and 250 Cups from 2010,
the cambelt and water pump were ranging from 40,000 to 70,000 miles.
changed at six years or 75,000 miles.
An RS needs 5W-40 fully synthetic oil. £9 0 0 0 - £ 1 1 , 4 9 9
Check for oil leaks around the rocker As above plus 2011 and 12-reg cars, and
and sump covers. a selection of 265s including a 2012/62
265 Cup with 40k miles for £10,750.
Q T R A N S M I S S I O N
The PK4 gearbox can suffer from noisy £ 1 1 , 5 0 0 - £ 12 , 9 9 9
bearings. The cause isn’t clear but it’s Good choice of 2012 to 14-reg 265s
an expensive job to fix. On cars with with low mileages.
over 60,000 miles, the dual-mass
flywheel can develop a faint clicking or £ 13 , 0 0 0 - £ 1 4 , 9 9 9
tapping noise. It’ll only get worse. Mainly low-mileage, well-specced 2014
and 15-reg 265s.
Q S U S P E N S I O N
Rubber top-mount bushes can split £15,000 AN D ABOVE
and anti-roll bar drop links wear. The first 2015-reg 275s, rising to
The latter make a slight knock. More £30,000 for late Trophy Rs.
serious are worn lower swivel joints,
first heard as a slight knock but in
serious cases as a creaking on full lock.
Thanks to Floyd Hollinshead, RS Four Ashes (rsfourashes.co.uk)
Q B R A K E S A N D T Y R E S
The first RSs had Examine the edges of the discs for
heavy lipping and that the car pulls up
247bhp, rising to
271bhp at the end straight. With the front wheels at full
lock, check the inner shoulders of the
One we found
R E N A U LT M E G A N E R S 2 5 0
tyres for excessive wear. Check the C U P, 2 0 1 0/6 0 , 5 1 k M I L E S ,
` tyres are a premium brand, too. £8500
The Mégane was exceptionally well made, Q B O DY
A rare one-owner car with full Renault
history. The belt was changed at 43k
and today a good used one still feels solid Check the windscreen scuttle drainers
for blockages. Rear wheel arches
miles. Being a Cup model, it has the red
brake calipers and a limited-slip diff.
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ROAD TEST RESULTS
Mpg or equivalent;
Braking 60-0mph
Make and model
Mph/1000rpm
test average/
Torque (lb ft)
Power (bhp)
Weight (kg)
30-70mph
TEST DATE
50-70mph
0-100mph
Top speed
0-60mph
touring
Facts, figures, from the best road tests FORD
Fiesta 3/5dr hatch AAAAC
No one produces as thorough a judgement on a new with an automatic) and demonstrates flexibility. 1.0T Ecoboost 122 9.6 28.1 9.6 13.2 3.2 123 125 29.3 42/52 1147 9.8.17
car as Autocar. As well as acceleration, braking, fuel » FU E L ECO N O MY Figures quoted are the average Fiesta ST 3/5dr hatch AAAAB
ST-3 1.5 T Ecb’st 144 6.6 16.2 5.7 6.4 2.7 197 214 26.0 38/48 1187 15.8.18
economy and noise tests, we carry out benchmark and touring fuel economy as tested. The touring Focus 5dr hatch AAAAB
limit-handling tests, setting lap times if appropriate. figure is representative of a 70mph cruise on a 1.5 Ecob’t 182PS 138 8.9 22.8 7.8 10.0 2.35 180 177 26.9 30/44 1417 20.2.19
RS 165 5.3 13.9 5.3 6.9 3.5 345 325 27.3 28/37 1599 4.5.16
But we don’t just drive at the track, essential as it is for typical UK motorway. For electric cars, the figures S-Max 5dr MPV AAAAC
finding the limits of performance. We also drive on a quoted are for the same average and touring test 2.0 TDCi T’ium 123 10.5 32.0 10.4 13.9 2.5 148 258 39.5 44/46 1725 26.8.15
Grand Tourneo Connect 5dr MPV AAAAC
wide range of roads. Where we have tested more than schedules but are expressed in miles per kWh†. 1.6 TDCi T’ium 103 13.2 — 13.9 19.1 2.9 114 236 26.7 40/45 1785 6.8.14
one model in a range, the rating is for the range overall. **Denotes mpkg (miles per kilogram) for hydrogen- Mondeo 4dr saloon/5dr/estate AAAAC
2.0 TDCi 130 10.0 28.8 9.4 12.7 3.1 148 258 38 53/56 1597 14.1.15
Where a model within the range meets our coveted powered fuel cell vehicles. Mustang 2dr coupé AAAAC
five-star standard, it is highlighted in yellow. » B R AKI N G 60 - 0 M PH Recorded on a high-grip 5.0 V8 GT F’back 155 5.2 11.6 4.2 9.4 2.7 410 391 35.1 19/25 1720 24.2.16
Bullitt 155 5.2 11.2 4.1 10.7 2.7 453 390 37.4 21/33 1782 5.12.18
» 30 -70 M PH Indicates overtaking ability surface at a test track. Ecosport 5dr SUV AABCC
through the gears. » M PH/1000 R PM Figure is the speed achieved 1.5 TDCi 99 14.3 — 15.2 14.4 2.7 89 151 28 39/48 1384 3.9.14
Kuga 5dr SUV AAAAC
» 50 -70 M PH Recorded in top gear (*kickdown in top gear. 2.0 TDCi 122 10.9 44.2 11.8 7.4 2.6 161 251 31.6 34/39 1707 13.3.13
Edge 5dr SUV AAABC
Mpg or equivalent;
Mpg or equivalent;
Braking 60-0mph
Braking 60-0mph
Make and model 2.0 TDCi 131 9.7 27.6 9.2 5.6* 2.6 207 332 37 36/39 1949 27.7.16
Make and model
Mph/1000rpm
Mph/1000rpm
test average/
test average/
H O N DA
Power (bhp)
Power (bhp)
Weight (kg)
Weight (kg)
30-70mph
TEST DATE
50-70mph
30-70mph
TEST DATE
50-70mph
0-100mph
0-100mph
Top speed
Top speed
0-60mph
0-60mph
touring
touring
1.5 i-VTEC Turbo 126 7.8 19.3 7.0 8.7 2.7 180 177 26.6 39/49 1357 19.4.17
Civic Type R 5dr hatch AAAAB
2.0 Type R GT 169 5.7 12.5 4.4 6.1 2.8 316 295 25.4 29/43 1380 25.10.17
A L FA R O M E O 330e M Sport 140 6.3 15.7 5.7 6.9 2.9 249 310 40.8 40/47 1660 4.10.17 Clarity FCV AAAAC
Giulia 4dr saloon AAAAB 4 Series 2dr coupé AAAAC Clarity FCV 104 9.0 29.2 8.3 5.3* 2.9 174 221 na 51/72** 1872 12.7.17
Quadrifoglio 190 4.5 9.2 3.2 10.3 2.57 503 443 38.7 34/49 1580 29.3.17 435i M Sport 155 5.5 13.2 5.2 6.3 2.7 302 295 28.2 28/37 1585 18.9.13 CR-V 5dr SUV AAABC
Stelvio 5dr SUV AAABC M4 155 4.1 8.8 3.2 6.1 2.4 425 406 34.0 29/36 1585 9.7.14 1.5T EX CVT AWD 124 9.2 26.1 8.4 5.2* 3.3 190 179 39.5 32/38 1669 7.11.18
2.2D 210 Milano 134 6.8 20.6 7.0 7.3 3.01 207 347 41.3 38/50 1659 3.1.18 5 Series 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAB HR-V 5dr SUV AAABC
Quadrifoglio 176 4.0 9.4 3.3 5.9 3.31 503 443 36.4 22/32 1931 9.1.19 520d M Sport 146 7.4 21.3 7.4 14.3 2.7 188 295 42.2 40/52 1635 31.5.17 1.6 i-DTEC SE 119 10.5 34.9 10.4 11.2 — 118 221 34.4 56/57 1324 16.9.15
4C 2dr coupé/convertible AAACC M5 155 3.3 7.5 2.7 8.9 3.1 591 553 41.1 22/28 1855 18.4.18 NSX 2dr coupé AAAAB
Spider 160 5.1 12.4 4.0 5.8 2.97 237 258 29.6 32/44 940 27.1.16 6 Series GT 5dr hatch AAABC NSX 191 3.3 7.3 2.6 4.3 2.7 573 476 35.8 25/32 1725 5.10.16
630d xDrv M Spt 155 5.9 15.7 5.4 7.6 2.8 261 457 50.2 40/54 1880 8.11.17
ALPINA 7 Series 4dr saloon AAAAC HYU N DAI
B3 Biturbo 4dr saloon AAAAB 730Ld 153 6.4 17.1 6.0 8.2 3.1 261 457 50.2 40/49 1795 11.11.15 i10 5dr hatch AAABC
B3 Biturbo 155 4.7 10.3 3.8 6.8 2.9 404 443 41.5 27/35 1610 29.8.13 8 Series 2dr coupé AAAAC 1.0 SE 96 14.7 — 16.2 19.9 2.9 65 70 20.0 44/51 925 29.1.14
840d xDrive 155 5.0 12.8 4.6 8.6 3.05 315 501 46.5 40/49 1901 16.1.19 i20 5dr hatch AAAAC
ALPINE i3 5dr hatch AAAAC 1.4 SE 114 12.2 42.4 12.1 17.3 3.0 99 99 21.8 43/54 1060 7.1.14
A110 2dr coupé AAAAA 1.3S Range Ext 99 7.7 — 6.6 4.0* 3.0 181 199 — 2.6/34† 1385 21.2.18 i30 5dr hatch/estate AAABC
Premiere Edit’n 155 4.7 10.8 3.8 6.5 2.6 248 236 28.1 28/46 1103 16.5.18 i8 2dr coupé AAAAB i30 N 155 6.4 14.8 5.6 6.1 3.1 271 260 27.4 31/43 1478 27.12.17
i8 155 4.5 10.6 3.7 3.3 2.8 357 420 33.3 50/40 1560 17.9.14 1.4 Premium SE 129 9.5 28.9 9.7 10.9 2.7 138 178 28.1 39/49 1423 13.9.17
ARIEL X1 5dr SUV AAAAC Kona Electric 5dr SUV AAAAC
Atom 0dr open AAAAB xDrive20d xLine 136 8.2 24.2 8.0 11.8 2.8 187 295 35.1 43/49 1625 14.10.15 64kWh P’m SE 104 6.7 17.4 5.8 3.5* 3.1 201 291 — 3.7/4.0† 1734 31.10.18
V8 170 3.0 5.7 1.9 3.7 2.55 475 268 16.4 21/37 650 10.8.11 X3 5dr SUV AAAAC Santa Fe 5dr SUV AAABC
Nomad 0dr open AAAAA xDrive20d M Spt 132 8.3 26.6 8.6 17.5 3.3 188 295 41.2 37/49 1825 17.1.18 2.2 CRDi P’m SE 127 9.3 26.4 9.8 — 2.78 197 325 40.2 38/51 2003 6.3.19
Nomad 125 4.5 12.7 3.9 7.7 3.10 235 221 26.7 —/— 735 24.6.15 X4 5dr SUV AAABC
xDrive30d 145 5.9 16.9 5.8 11.1 2.6 255 416 43.7 34/45 1895 27.8.14 JAG UAR
ASTON MARTIN X5 5dr SUV AAAAC F-Type 2dr convertible/3dr coupé AAAAB
Vantage 2dr coupé AAAAB xDrive30d M Spt 143 6.6 18.9 6.6 15.1 3.36 261 457 47.1 35/43 2279 2.1.19 V8 S Convertible 186 4.0 9.4 3.4 8.0 2.8 488 460 46.8 19/29 1655 12.6.13
V8 195 3.7 8.3 3.0 10.5 2.7 503 505 42.6 18/25 1720 23.5.18 M 155 4.2 9.8 3.5 10.2 2.8 567 553 42.3 21/26 2350 13.5.15 V6 S Coupé 171 4.9 12.1 4.2 12.7 2.7 375 339 36.2 24/33 1594 11.6.14
DB11 2dr coupé AAAAB X6 5dr SUV AAAAC 2.0 Coupé R-Dy 155 5.8 14.7 5.1 9.5 2.8 296 295 33.2 31/44 1640 22.11.17
Launch Edition 200 4.0 8.4 3.0 10.1 2.6 600 516 46.2 24/34 1910 21.9.16 xDrive35d 147 7.3 21.2 7.1 4.1* 2.6 282 428 34.0 26/31 2275 11.6.08 XF 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAABC
Rapide 4dr saloon AAAAC R-Sport 2.0 136 9.4 26.1 9.0 16.1 2.9 178 317 44.1 47/56 1595 2.12.15
Rapide S 190 5.3 11.3 4.3 8.3 3.0 550 457 33.6 19/23 1990 20.3.13 C AT E R H A M S’brake 300 R-S 155 6.6 16.8 6.2 10.6 2.81 296 295 44.1 24/37 1727 17.4.19
DBS Superleggera 2dr coupé AAAAA Seven 2dr roadster AAAAC XE 4dr saloon AAAAB
DBS Superl’era 211 3.7 7.4 2.7 9.5 2.5 715 664 42.7 19/26 1910 21.11.18 160 100 8.4 — 8.7 7.6 4.8 80 79 16.7 39/45 490 20.11.13 R-Sport 2.0 147 7.6 19.0 6.9 13.3 2.7 197 206 33.8 30/49 1530 1.7.15
620S 145 3.8 9.2 3.2 5.7 2.7 310 219 21.2 25/29 610 9.3.16 XJ 4dr saloon AAAAC
AU D I 3.0d LWB 155 6.3 16.5 6.6 3.6* 2.7 271 443 43.5 28/36 1960 9.6.10
A3 3dr/5dr hatch AAAAC CHEVROLET E-Pace 5dr SUV AAABC
S’back e-tron 138 7.9 20.9 6.6 8.5 3.0 201 258 30.7 45/49 1540 31.12.14 Camaro 2dr coupé AAAAC D180 AWD SE 127 9.9 30.9 10.5 14 3.6 178 317 45.8 36/49 1843 11.4.18
RS3 Saloon 155 4.0 9.9 3.5 9.0 2.7 394 354 33.7 29/35 1515 6.9.17 6.2 V8 155 5.6 12.4 4.5 12.2 2.7 426 419 43.3 23/29 1175 20.6.12 F-Pace 5dr SUV AAAAC
A4 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAC Corvette 2dr coupé AAAAC 2.0d AWD 129 9.2 30.9 9.7 7.4 — 178 317 41.3 37/40 1775 11.5.16
2.0 TDI S line 147 8.4 22.2 7.3 11.2 3.1 187 295 37.1 45/50 1940 4.11.15 Stingray 181 4.4 9.4 3.3 11.7 2.3 460 465 48.4 22/33 1539 8.10.14 I-Pace 5dr SUV AAAAB
†
RS4 Avant 155 4.0 9.6 3.5 11.0 3.0 444 443 38.4 24/37 1790 14.2.18 EV400 S 124 4.5 11.0 3.5 2.0 2.8 394 512 — 1.8/2.4 2133 12.9.18
A5 2dr coupé/convertible AAABC CITROEN
S5 155 4.9 11.7 4.4 9.7 3.0 349 369 40.5 26/33 1615 11.1.17 C3 5dr hatch AAABC JEEP
A5 Sportback 4dr saloon AAABC P’tech 110 Flair 117 9.6 36.6 9.4 10.5 2.6 109 151 27.0 47/62 1050 28.12.16 Compass 5dr 4x4 AAACC
2.0 TFSI S line 155 5.7 15.1 5.3 17.2 2.5 249 273 42.2 30/41 1535 8.3.17 C3 Aircross 5dr hatch AAABC 2.0 M’jet 4x4 L’d 118 11.0 39.0 11.4 10.9 2.8 138 258 34.2 38/45 1540 3.10.18
A6 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAC P’tech 110 Flair 115 11.5 36.4 10.7 12.3 3.5 109 151 27.5 35/39 1159 7.3.18 Renegade 5dr 4x4 AAABC
40 TDI S l’e Avant 149 8.4 22.6 7.5 — 3.1 201 295 51.0 39/50 1710 14.11.18 C4 Cactus 5dr hatch AAACC 2.0 M’jet 4x4 L’d 113 10.8 37.6 11.2 10.0 3.5 138 258 34.0 41/53 1502 28.10.15
RS6 Avant 155 3.7 8.7 3.1 12.8 2.4 552 516 40.0 20/28 2010 3.7.13 1.6 BlueHDi 100 114 11.8 41.2 11.7 7.2 2.9 99 187 36.1 47/62 1225 16.7.14 Cherokee 5dr 4x4 AABCC
A7 Sportback 5dr hatch AAABC C5 Aircross 5dr SUV AAABC 2.0 140 4x4 Ltd 117 12.3 43.4 13.0 13.8 2.7 138 258 34.7 39/43 1846 24.6.14
50 TDI Sport 155 5.8 14.9 5.3 — 2.8 282 457 49.0 29/53 1880 11.7.18 BlueHDi 180 131 9.0 25.6 8.5 — 2.83 174 295 40.1 37/48 1540 13.2.19 Wrangler 5dr 4x4 AAAAC
TT 2dr coupé/convertible AAAAC 2.2 M’Jet-II Ov’d 112 9.0 29.9 9.1 — 2.37 197 332 38.3 29/38 2044 10.4.19
RS 155 3.6 8.4 3.0 7.8 2.7 394 354 35.1 27/37 1440 7.12.16 CUPRA
Q2 5dr SUV AAAAC Ateca 5dr SUV AAABC KIA
1.4 TFSI Sport 132 8.1 23.9 8.2 9.8 2.7 148 184 29.4 45/56 1265 9.11.16 2.0 TSI 4Drive 153 4.9 12.3 4.4 9.4 3.03 296 295 33.8 29/37 1615 23.1.19 Stinger 4dr saloon AAABC
SQ2 Quattro 155 4.5 11.6 4.1 9.2 2.72 296 295 33.4 27/35 1530 20.3.19 2.0 T-GDI GT-L S 149 7.4 18.2 6.4 10.9 2.9 244 260 36.7 32/43 1717 25.4.18
Q5 5dr SUV AAAAC DACIA Rio 5dr hatch AAABC
2.0 TDI S line 135 8.3 26.4 8.5 14.7 3.1 187 295 42.0 37/43 1770 15.3.17 Sandero 5dr hatch AAACC 1.0 T-GDI 3 Eco 115 10.0 37.0 10.5 12.3 3.2 99 127 27.1 40/50 1228 1.3.17
SQ5 Quattro 155 5.5 13.7 5.0 11.1 2.6 349 369 45.2 26/32 1870 21.6.17 1.2 75 Access 97 15.3 — 17.6 23.0 3.0 74 79 20.3 32/38 941 27.2.13 Ceed 5dr hatch AAABC
Q7 5dr SUV AAAAC Duster 5dr hatch AAAAC 1.6 CRDi 115 2 119 9.9 30.8 9.6 15.3 2.9 113 207 41.4 50/70 1388 29.8.18
3.0 TDI S line 145 6.2 17.6 6.2 3.8* — 268 443 47.6 32/36 2245 12.8.15 SCe 115 Comfort 107 13.1 — 12.5 23.9 2.9 113 115 24.0 37/42 1179 22.8.18 Proceed 5dr shooting brake AAABC
SQ7 4.0 TDI 155 5.1 12.6 4.4 7.0 2.9 429 664 47.6 24/38 2330 26.10.16 1.4 T-GDi 127 9.5 28.1 8.9 13.2 2.87 138 179 24.1 34/43 1475 27.2.19
Q8 5dr SUV AAAAC DS Niro 5dr SUV AAABC
50 TDI S Line 152 6.9 19.1 6.6 10.1 2.8 282 443 44.9 29/40 2285 26.9.18 3 5dr hatch AAABC 1.6 GDI DCT 2 101 9.7 30.0 9.5 12.8 3.5 139 108/125 31.9 49/50 1500 31.8.16
R8 2dr coupé AAAAC BlueHDi 120 118 9.9 32.2 9.4 11.1 3.1 118 210 36.4 59/67 1150 23.3.16 e-Niro First Ed’n 104 7.2 19.0 — 3.7* 2.70 201 291 — 3.5/3.6† 1776 1.5.19
V10 Plus 205 3.1 6.7 2.6 5.7 2.8 602 413 26.8 15/23 1555 30.12.15 4 Crossback 5dr hatch AAACC Sportage 5dr SUV AAABC
BlueHDi 120 117 12.0 48.8 12.3 18.0 2.9 118 221 36.7 49/50 1290 6.1.16 1.7 CRDi ISG 2 109 12.1 46.4 13.1 16.8 3.3 114 207 34.4 50/51 1500 2.3.16
BENTLEY 7 Crossback 5dr SUV AAABC Sorento 5dr 4x4 AAABC
Continental GT 2dr coupé AAAAB Puretech 225 141 8.6 20.2 7.0 15.1 2.9 221 221 34.0 35/45 1425 19.9.18 2.2 CRDi KX-4 128 9.3 28.6 9.4 5.7* — 197 325 35.2 35/39 1953 8.4.15
W12 First Edition 207 3.6 8.1 2.9 8.9 2.8 626 664 52.4 20/26 2244 2.5.18
Flying Spur 4dr saloon AAABC FERRARI LAMBORGHINI
W12 200 4.5 10.4 3.6 8.4 3.0 616 590 44.5 18/26 2475 7.8.13 488 GTB 2dr coupé AAAAA Huracán 2dr coupé AAAAB
Mulsanne 4dr saloon AAAAC 488 GTB 205 3.0 5.9 2.0 3.7 2.43 661 561 28.9 —/— 1525 25.5.16 Performante 201 2.9 5.9 2.0 4.9 3.0 630 442 24.5 17/22 1382 11.10.17
6.75 V8 184 5.7 13.7 4.8 2.8* 2.6 505 752 44.8 18/21 2745 21.9.11 812 Superfast 2dr coupé AAAAC
Bentayga 5dr SUV AAAAA F12 Berlinetta 211 3.1 6.2 2.2 4.9 2.6 789 530 30.0 —/24 1630 25.7.18 L AN D ROVE R
W12 187 4.9 11.6 4.4 8.7 3.0 600 664 48.2 20/25 2440 18.5.16 Discovery Sport 5dr SUV AAAAB
Diesel 168 5.2 12.6 4.6 7.6 2.9 429 664 48.7 29/39 2499 5.4.17 F I AT TD6 HSE Luxury 130 8.7 27.7 8.7 8.9 3.4 254 443 37.1 26/34 2230 12.4.17
Panda 5dr hatch AAAAB Range Rover 5dr SUV AAAAB
BMW 4x4 Twinair 103 14.6 — 15.8 16.0 3.0 84 107 20.8 37/44 1050 17.4.13 4.4 SDV8 135 7.0 19.0 6.7 3.8* 2.9 334 516 41.8 25/35 2625 12.12.12
1 Series 3dr/5dr hatch AAABC 500 3dr hatch AAAAC Range Rover Evoque 5dr SUV AAAAC
116d ED Plus 124 10.2 30.0 10.0 17.3 — 114 199 37.7 54/60 1395 27.5.15 Abarth 595 130 7.5 20.1 6.4 7.0 2.8 158 170 23.9 34/39 1035 26.2.14 2.2 DS4 121 8.4 30.8 9.5 5.7* 3.1 187 310 37.3 30/36 1815 13.7.11
2 Series 3dr coupé/convertible AAAAB 500 Twinair 108 11.7 — 13 15.3 3.3 84 107 22.9 35/39 1070 24.11.10 Range Rover Velar 5dr SUV AAABC
220d C’vble 140 8.5 24.7 8.4 9.0 2.1 187 295 34.5 50/53 1610 1.4.15 Tipo 5dr hatch AABCC D240 HSE 135 9.3 27.4 9.0 15.7 3.8 237 369 41.8 33/48 2089 30.8.17
M2 155 4.4 10.3 3.6 6.2 2.6 365 343 33.7 31/37 1595 15.6.16 1.6 M’jet Lounge 124 9.6 31.6 9.8 8.7 2.9 118 236 35.0 49/62 1295 2.11.16 Range Rover Sport 5dr SUV AAAAB
2 Series Active Tourer 5dr MPV AAAAC 124 Spider 2dr roadster AAABC 3.0 TDV6 130 7.8 22.5 7.5 12.2 3.1 255 442 43.1 33/42 2115 2.10.13
218d Luxury 129 8.9 26.5 8.7 12.1 3.0 148 243 40.4 42/56 1450 24.12.14 Lusso Plus 134 7.3 20.9 7.1 7.2 2.8 138 177 24.9 34/38 1050 28.9.16 SVR 162 4.4 10.3 3.8 12.6 2.6 542 502 41.8 22/19 2335 15.4.15
3 Series 4dr saloon/5dr estate/5dr hatch AAAAB Abarth 124 Spider 2dr roadster AAAAC
320d Sport 146 7.7 20.9 7.6 9.7 2.6 181 280 36.2 41/57 1535 22.2.12 124 Spider 144 6.8 18.6 6.5 6.5 2.8 168 184 25.2 35/45 1060 22.3.17
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LEXUS MORGAN S S A N GYO N G
LC 2dr coupé AAAAC Plus 8 2dr roadster AAACC Tivoli XLV AAACC
LC500 Sport+ 168 5.2 11.3 4.2 12.0 3.1 471 398 60.6 27/39 1970 18.10.17 4.8 V8 — 4.9 11.1 4.0 8.3 3.2 390 370 36.0 24/32 1230 22.8.12 ELX auto 107 12.0 44.5 12.6 7.9 3.1 113 221 33.2 45/58 1425 14.9.16
NX 5dr SUV AAACC 3 Wheeler 2dr roadster AAAAA
300h 112 9.7 30.4 9.1 5.6* 2.7 194 na — 32/38 1905 1.10.14 3 Wheeler 115 8.0 29.9 7.7 5.1 3.56 80 103 21.3 30/— 520 6.6.12 SUBARU
RC F 2dr coupé AAACC XV 5dr SUV AAACC
RC F 168 4.8 10.7 3.9 12.9 2.9 471 391 39 24/28 1765 18.2.15 NISSAN 2.0i SE L’tronic 120 10.1 27.7 9.0 27.0 3.4 154 145 41.5 31/39 1451 28.2.18
ES 4dr saloon AAABC Micra 5dr hatch AAAAC Levorg 5dr estate AAACC
300h Takumi 112 8.7 21.8 7.6 4.6* 2.91 215 na — 42/49 1742 6.2.19 0.9 N-Connecta 109 12.1 44.7 11.7 15.6 2.8 89 103 24.3 45/57 1068 26.4.17 GT 1.6i L’tronic 130 8.4 24.6 7.9 21.0 2.6 168 184 31.9 34/36 1537 13.1.16
LS 4dr saloon AAACC DIG-T 117 N-Sport 121 10.2 28.8 9.4 16.5 3.2 115 148 31.2 33/55 1105 27.3.19 Forester 5dr SUV AAACC
500h Prem AWD 155 5.9 15.4 5.3 12.4 2.8 295 258 36.9 30/42 2380 6.6.18 Note 5dr hatch AAAAC 2.0d XC 118 9.9 36.5 10.5 11.0 2.9 145 258 33.0 41/49 1540 5.6.13
1.2 Acenta Pr’m 106 12.6 — 13.4 20.3 2.9 79 81 21.8 42/54 1036 9.10.13 WRX 4dr saloon AAACC
LOTUS Juke 5dr SUV AAABC STi Type UK 159 5.4 13.3 5.1 9.4 2.8 296 300 27.6 23/31 1534 25.6.14
Elise 2dr roadster AAABC Acenta 1.6 111 10.3 41.6 9.9 12.7 3.0 115 117 19.5 36/46 1230 3.11.10
Cup 250 154 4.7 11.9 4.5 7.2 2.5 243 184 24.7 27/32 920 29.6.16 Nismo 1.6 134 6.9 17.2 6.0 7.2 2.5 197 184 23.8 31/39 1295 22.5.13 SUZUKI
Evora 2dr coupé AAAAC Qashqai 5dr SUV AAAAB Swift 5dr hatch AAABC
Evora S 2+0 172 4.5 11.3 4.0 6.8 2.4 345 295 34.8 21/26 1430 30.3.11 1.5 dCi 2WD 113 10.8 39.2 11.1 12.9 2.9 109 192 35.0 49/56 1365 19.2.14 1.0 SZ5 121 10.5 33.0 10.3 11.8 2.9 110 125 26.3 45/56 925 17.5.17
Exige S 2dr coupé AAAAB X-Trail 5dr SUV AAABC Celerio 5dr hatch AAABC
Exige S 170 4.1 9.6 3.7 5.5 2.5 345 295 27 21/30 1176 3.4.13 1.6 dCi 2WD 117 11.2 39.7 11.7 11.2 3.0 128 236 32.8 42/48 1550 13.8.14 1.0 SZ4 96 12.9 — 14.3 25.0 3.0 67 66 22.4 54/57 835 25.3.15
GT-R 2dr coupé AAAAB Baleno 5dr hatch AAABC
M A S E R AT I Recaro 196 3.4 7.8 2.7 5.3 2.7 562 470 28.0 22/31 1752 16.11.16 1.0T B’jet SZ5 124 9.8 29.5 9.7 11.2 2.9 110 125 26.3 50/55 950 3.8.16
Ghibli 4dr saloon AAABC SX4 S-Cross 5dr SUV AAABC
Diesel 155 6.5 17.2 6.0 5.1 2.7 271 443 43.3 31/40 1835 12.3.14 NOBLE 1.6 DDiS SZ4 111 10.0 32.6 10.1 8.9 2.6 118 236 35.1 57/67 1290 30.10.13
Levante 5dr SUV AAACC M600 2dr coupé AAAAB Jimny 3dr SUV AAABC
Diesel 143 6.8 19.9 6.9 4.3 3.4 271 443 46 26/42 2205 30.11.16 M600 225 3.5 6.8 2.5 4.7 2.45 650 604 29.9 18/25 1305 14.10.09 1.5 SZ5 Allgrip 90 11.9 — 11.6 15.1 4.4 100 95 19.8 29/35 1112 28.11.18
Vitara 5dr SUV AAABC
MAZDA PEUGEOT 1.6 SZ5 112 9.5 29.8 9.5 15.5 — 118 115 24.3 49/47 1075 29.4.15
2 5dr hatch AAAAC 208 3/5dr hatch AAACC
1.5 Sky’v-G SE 114 10.4 38.0 7.0 20.2 3.1 89 109 27.9 51/55 1050 22.4.15 1.2 VTI Active 109 14.2 — 14.5 9.1 2.9 81 87 21.2 41/45 1080 18.7.12 TESLA
6 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAC GTi 30th 143 6.5 16.1 5.8 6.7 2.9 205 221 25.6 41/42 1160 11.2.15 Model S 4dr saloon AAAAB
2.2 Sport Nav 139 7.9 21.2 7.1 7.9 2.7 173 309 35 44/56 1480 23.1.13 308 3/5dr hatch AAAAC P90D 155 5.2 9.1 3.0 1.9 2.9 525 713 8.5 2.4/3.3† 2200 20.4.16
MX-5 2dr roadster AAAAB 1.6 e-HDi 115 118 10.1 32.6 10.4 13.9 3.0 114 199 38.5 48/59 1395 15.1.14 Model X 5dr SUV AAAAC
1.5 SE-L Nav 127 8.4 24.8 7.9 14.7 3.3 129 111 24.5 46/49 1050 2.9.15 508 4dr saloon AAAAC 90D 155 4.7 13.1 2.8 2.5 2.7 416 487 8.5 1.6/2.0† 2508 15.2.17
CX-3 5dr SUV AAABC GT Bl’HDi 180 146 8.8 23.4 8.5 10.8 2.6 174 295 43.9 35/52 1535 24.10.18
1.5D SE-L Nav 110 10.3 34.7 10.3 10.3 — 104 199 34.8 59/60 1275 22.7.15 2008 5dr SUV AAABC T OYO TA
CX-5 5dr SUV AAAAC 1.6 e-HDi 117 10.7 37.8 11.5 11.8 3.2 114 199 32.7 49/59 1180 19.6.13 Yaris 3dr hatchback AAABC
2.2D Sport Nav 127 9.4 26.3 9.1 10.4 3.0 148 280 37.0 43/53 1594 28.6.17 3008 5dr SUV AAABC GRMN 143 6.4 15.4 5.4 9.8 2.9 209 184 27.7 27/39 1135 28.3.18
1.6 Bl’HDi GT L’e 117 12.0 44.3 12.1 13.2 3.2 118 221 34.6 42/53 1300 18.1.17 GT86 2dr coupé AAAAA
McLAREN 5008 5dr MPV AAABC 2.0 manual 140 7.4 18.8 6.8 10.6 2.6 197 151 23.5 30/45 1235 4.7.12
570S 2dr coupé AAAAA 2.0 Bl’HDi GT L’e 129 10.8 28.8 9.7 11.5 2.7 148 273 37.6 51/60 1490 1.11.17 Prius 5dr hatch AAAAC
3.8 V8 204 3.1 6.4 2.2 10.2 2.6 562 443 36.5 23/37 1440 30.3.16 Business E’tion 112 11.1 32.0 10.7 6.4* 3.1 121 — — 53/63 1400 16.3.16
720S 2dr coupé AAAAA PORSCHE Mirai 4dr saloon AAAAC
4.0 V8 212 2.9 5.6 2.0 7.7 2.4 710 568 35.4 19/24 1420 24.5.17 718 2dr coupé/roadster AAAAB Mirai 111 10.1 36.5 10.2 6.5* 3.3 152 247 22.5 44/62** 1400 27.4.16
Senna 2dr coupé AAAAA Boxster 171 5.4 12.2 4.3 5.2 2.5 296 280 25.8 26/36 1335 8.6.16 C-HR 5dr SUV AAAAC
4.0 V8 208 3.1 5.5 1.9 8.0 2.4 789 590 35.7 16/25 1345 10.10.18 Cayman S 177 4.8 10.5 3.9 4.8 2.5 345 310 25.8 28/29 1430 10.8.16 Excel 1.8 Hybrid 106 11.6 43.5 11.9 7.3* 2.7 121 — — 49/60 1420 4.1.17
P1 2dr coupé AAAAA Cayman GTS 180 4.8 10.2 3.5 4.7 2.5 361 310 25.8 28/39 1375 9.5.18
P1 217 2.8 5.2 2.2 6.0 2.3 903 664 36.0 19.6/— — 7.5.14 911 GT2 2dr coupé AAAAC VA U X H A L L
GT2 RS 211 3.0 6.1 2.2 5.6 2.6 691 553 32.1 19/28 1470 18.7.18 Adam 3dr hatch AAACC
MERCEDES-AMG 911 2dr coupé AAAAB 1.2 Jam Ecoflex 103 14.3 — 15.3 20.8 2.8 68 85 21.8 39/45 1086 6.2.13
C63 4dr saloon AAAAB Carrera S 190 4.5 9.4 3.4 7.3 2.9 414 369 36.4 27/31 1535 20.1.16 Viva 5dr hatch AAABC
C63 155 4.4 9.7 3.4 7.5 2.7 469 479 38.1 19/25 1715 3.6.15 918 Spyder 2dr coupé AAAAA 1.0 SE A/C 106 13.0 — 14.1 19.0 — 74 70 20.3 49/55 938 15.7.15
C63 S C’vertible 155 4.6 10.2 3.4 7.1 2.7 503 516 35.6 21/27 1850 8.2.17 4.6 V8 214 2.6 5.3 1.9 2.2 2.3 874 944 41.2 28/44 1740 22.10.14 Corsa 3/5dr hatch AAABC
C63 S Coupé 180 4.3 9.2 3.2 10.7 2.69 503 516 43.2 26/34 1745 24.4.19 Panamera 4dr saloon AAAAA 1.4T SRi VX-Line 115 11.7 45.1 12.1 15.3 2.9 99 148 34.8 37/42 1176 19.11.14
CLS53 4dr saloon AAAAC 4S Diesel 177 4.1 10.3 3.8 — 3.0 416 627 50.7 32/43 2050 1.2.17 VXR 143 7.2 18.3 6.4 7.8 2.4 202 181 23.8 29/34 1280 6.5.15
CLS53 4Matic+ 155 4.3 10.3 3.7 9.1 2.7 429 384 43.8 31/39 1980 17.10.18 Macan 5dr SUV AAAAB Crossland X 5dr SUV AAACC
GT 2dr coupé AAAAC Turbo 165 4.7 11.8 4.3 7.9 2.4 394 406 35.7 22/31 2000 4.6.14 1.2T 130 Elite 128 9.8 31.4 10.3 8.9 2.9 128 170 30.5 40/54 1199 7.6.17
S 193 3.6 7.8 2.8 5.5 2.5 503 479 34.7 20/29 1715 29.7.15 Cayenne 5dr SUV AAAAC Astra 5dr hatch/estate AAAAC
R 198 3.6 7.3 2.7 4.6 2.4 577 516 30.7 19/23 1555 10.5.17 Turbo 177 3.9 9.3 3.3 5.3 2.8 542 568 44.7 21/31 2250 5.9.18 1.6 CDTi 136 SRi 127 8.8 25.7 8.8 8.6 2.6 134 236 33.4 55/58 1350 30.9.15
GT 4-Door Coupé 4dr coupé AAAAB ST CDTi B’tbo SRi137 8.4 22.2 7.7 8.1 2.6 158 258 33.7 57/59 1435 13.4.16
GT63 4Matic+ 193 3.3 7.7 2.7 10.7 2.8 577 590 42.6 22/30 2135 13.3.19 R E N A U LT Combo Life 5dr MPV AAABC
SLC 2dr convertible AAABC Twingo 5dr hatch AAABC 1.5 TD 100 En’gy 109 14.7 — 16.2 14.4 2.8 99 184 32.0 45/60 1552 27.12.18
SLC43 155 5.5 12.3 4.2 12.7 3.0 Dynamique 94 17.6 — 19.1 29.4 2.9 69 67
362 384 40.4 27/33 1595 6.7.16 20.8 42/52 865 29.10.14 Insignia Grand Sport 4dr saloon AAAAC
GLC 5dr SUV AAABC Zoe 5dr hatch AAABC 2.0D SRi VX-Line140 8.7 23.8 7.9 8.9 2.7 168 295 36.1 39/51 1507 3.5.17
GLC63 S 4Mtic+ 155 3.7 8.9 3.2 15.4 2.8 503 516 43.4 19/26 2020 13.6.18 Dynamique 84 12.3 — 13.9 9.1 2.9 87 162 7.8 4.0/3.4† 1468 31.7.13 Insignia Sports Tourer 5dr estate AAACC
Clio 5dr hatch AAAAC GSI 2.0 B’tbo D 144 8.4 23.1 7.7 9.5 2.7 207 354 38.6 36/47 1807 30.5.18
MERCEDES-BENZ 0.9 TCE 113 13.4 — 13.9 19.1 2.8 89 100 23.8 38/47 1009 6.3.13 VXR8 4dr saloon AAAAC
A-Class 5dr hatch AAAAC RS 200 Turbo 143 7.4 20.9 6.9 9.1 2.8 197 177 20.8 32/37 1204 23.10.13 GTS-R 155 4.8 9.6 3.3 6.6 3.1 587 546 34.9 20/27 1858 10.1.18
A200 Sport 139 8.7 22.4 7.9 — 3.2 161 184 33.6 39/57 1379 4.7.18 Mégane 3dr hatch AAAAB
B-Class 5dr MPV AAAAC 275 Trophy-R 158 6.4 14.0 5.0 6.4 3.1 271 266 27 26/33 1297 5.11.14 V O L K S WA G E N
B180 Sport 132 8.4 23.5 8.3 — 2.73 134 148 33.6 33/51 1405 3.4.19 New Mégane 5dr hatch AAACC Up 3/5dr hatch AAAAC
C-Class 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAC 1.5 dCi Dyn. S Nav 116 11.1 35.2 11.1 13.2 2.8 108 192 33.9 47.2 1387 17.8.16 GTI 1.0 TSI 115 122 8.5 25.7 7.8 7.6 2.8 114 147 24.7 39/54 1070 21.3.18
C220 Bluetec 145 8.1 22.9 8.1 11.7 2.8 168 295 42.4 41/51 1700 23.7.14 Grand Scenic 5dr MPV AAABC Polo 5dr hatch AAAAB
CLA 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAABC dCi 130 Dyn. S Nav 118 11.4 35.8 11.3 10.2 3.4 129 236 32.1 47/61 1601 25.1.17 1.0 TSI 95 SE 116 10.7 34.4 11.1 12.1 2.8 94 129 27.1 43/57 1145 31.1.18
220 CDI Sport 143 8.3 23.1 8.0 4.8 2.9 168 258 37.3 44/54 1525 26.6.13 Kad jar 5dr SUV AAAAC GTI 147 6.7 17.4 5.9 8.6 2.8 197 236 — 37/47 1355 1.8.18
200 CDI S’t S’Brk 134 10.1 29.7 9.6 11.9 3.4 134 221 33.5 53/59 1555 18.11.15 dCi 115 Dyn. S Nav 113 14.5 — 14.6 17.2 2.3 108 192 35.0 52/69 1380 21.10.15 Golf 3/5dr hatch AAAAB
E-Class 4dr saloon/5dr estate/2dr convertible/2dr coupé AAAAC Koleos 5dr SUV AAACC GTI Perf. DSG 155 6.5 16.4 5.9 8.9 2.8 227 258 34.4 32/38 1402 10.7.13
E400 Coupé 155 5.6 13.4 4.9 14.8 2.9 328 354 46.7 30/39 1845 14.6.17 dCi 175 4WD Sig. 126 9.8 31.3 10.1 14.3 2.9 175 280 — 34/38 1747 20.8.17 GTE 138 7.7 18.2 6.1 7.7 2.5 201 258 7.6 44/45 1599 20.5.15
S-Class 4dr saloon/2dr coupé AAAAA 1.5 TSI R-line 134 8.8 22.7 8.1 9.9 2.1 148 184 28.0 40/52 1324 2.8.17
S350 Bluetec 155 7.3 19.0 6.8 3.9* 2.7 255 457 45.6 34/44 1975 16.10.13 R O L L S - R OYC E T-Roc 5dr SUV AAAAB
S63 AMG Coupé 155 4.5 9.6 3.4 6.8 2.7 577 664 42.8 22/25 2070 3.12.14 Phantom 4dr saloon AAAAA 2.0 TSI SEL 4Mn 134 6.7 20.2 6.5 13.3 3.2 187 236 35.6 31/37 1495 24.1.18
GLA 5dr SUV AAABC Phantom 155 5.5 11.8 4.4 2.5* 2.8 563 664 51.2 8/28 2560 4.4.18 Arteon 5dr hatch AAABC
GLA220 CDI SE 134 8.1 23.8 7.8 4.7 2.65 168 258 36.4 40/48 1535 14.5.14 Ghost 4dr saloon AAAAC 2.0 BITDI 240 152 6.5 17.7 6.2 8.9 3.3 237 369 37.8 38/56 1828 27.9.17
GLC 5dr SUV AAAAC Ghost 155 4.9 10.6 3.9 2.3* 2.6 563 575 46.0 18/23 2450 7.7.10 Passat 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAC
GLC250d 143 7.8 23.5 7.8 15.7 3.2 201 369 46.9 39/43 1845 10.2.16 Wraith 2dr coupé AAAAB 2.0 TDI 190 GT 144 8.7 23.6 8.1 13.1 3.2 187 295 37.9 45/52 1614 4.2.15
GL 5dr SUV AAAAC Wraith 155 4.6 10.0 4.5 2.1* 2.9 624 590 45.9 15/27 2435 21.5.14 GTE 140 7.6 19.0 6.1 7.8 3.3 215 295 32.3 38/43 1722 7.9.16
GL350 AMG Sp’t 137 8.3 24.8 8.2 5.0* 2.6 255 457 37.7 28/33 2455 24.7.13 Dawn 2dr convertible AAAAC Touran 5dr MPV AAAAC
X-Class 4dr pick-up AAABC Dawn 155 5.2 11.6 4.2 2.4* 2.9 563 575 47.7 19/25 2560 1.6.16 2.0 TDI 150 SE 128 9.9 29.3 9.7 13.6 3.2 148 251 37.0 54/60 1571 3.2.16
X250d 4Matic 109 11.2 38.9 11.6 — 3.2 187 332 31.3 27/36 2159 20.6.18 Tiguan 5dr SUV AAAAB
SL 2dr convertible AAAAC S E AT 2.0 TDI 150 SE 127 10.4 33 9.6 12.4 3.2 148 251 40.0 44/52 1683 22.6.16
SL500 155 4.3 9.9 3.6 6.5 2.7 429 516 39.6 10/24 1815 8.8.12 Ibiza 5dr hatch AAAAB Caravelle 5dr MPV AAAAC
SE Tech’y 1.0 TSI 113 10.0 34.1 10.0 10.1 3.0 94 129 27.2 45/56 1047 19.7.17 2.0 BITDI Exec. 126 11.6 36.1 11.7 10.2 3.2 201 332 22.7 38/45 2386 23.12.15
MG Leon 3/5dr hatch AAAAC Touareg 5dr SUV AAABC
3 5dr hatch AAABC SC 2.0 TDI FR 142 8.0 22.1 7.5 9.6 2.9 181 280 35.6 47/54 1350 4.9.13 3.0 TDI R-Ln Tch 146 7.2 18.6 6.5 21.5 2.8 282 442 47.6 37/42 2070 8.8.18
1.5 3Form Sp’t 108 11.4 41.5 11.6 19.6 2.8 105 101 22.2 37/41 1150 25.12.13 Cupra SC 280 155 5.9 13.6 4.4 7.1 2.7 276 258 27.2 28/36 1441 26.3.14
GS 5dr SUV AAACC Arona 5dr SUV AAAAC V O LV O
1.5 TGI Excite 118 8.9 25.5 8.3 12.4 2.8 164 184 29.3 29/38 1395 20.7.16 SE Tech’y 1.0 TSI 107 10.5 — 10.6 11.9 3.1 94 129 26.2 37/41 1165 15.11.17 XC40 5dr SUV AAAAB
Ateca 5dr SUV AAAAB D4 AWD First Ed. 130 8.5 24.8 8.5 13.7 3.0 188 295 39.8 38/44 1735 7.2.18
MINI 1.6 TDI SE 114 10.5 35.6 9.3 14.0 2.9 114 184 36.4 50/62 1300 19.10.16 S60 4dr saloon AAAAC
Mini 3dr hatch AAAAB D4 SE Nav 143 7.6 20.4 6.9 9.2 3.0 179 295 39.4 46/59 1580 5.3.14
Cooper S 146 6.9 17.1 5.9 6.7 2.5 189 221 26.4 35/54 1235 2.4.14 SMART S90 4dr saloon AAAAC
C’per S Wks 210 146 7.2 16.4 6.0 6.5 3.0 207 221 26.5 31/47 1235 6.12.17 Forfour Electric Drive 5dr hatch AABCC D4 Momentum 140 8.2 22.1 7.9 11.1 2.6 188 295 40.1 40/51 1717 13.7.16
Clubman 5dr hatch AAABC Prime Premium 81 13.2 — 14.5 10.6 2.8 80 118 — 3.1/3.9† 1200 23.8.17 V60 5dr estate AAAAC
Cooper D 132 8.6 25.9 8.2 10.0 2.9 148 243 34.9 51/52 1320 25.11.15 D4 M’tum Pro 137 8.9 23.8 8.2 12.7 2.8 188 295 41.0 35/43 1847 27.6.18
Convertible 2dr convertible AAAAB S KO DA XC60 5dr SUV AAABC
Cooper 129 9.2 25.4 8.8 12.4 2.7 134 162 31.0 46/53 1280 6.4.16 Fabia 5dr hatch AAAAC D4 AWD R-Des’n 127 8.9 26.2 8.8 14.2 2.8 188 295 38.9 40/49 1836 5.7.17
Countryman 5dr hatch AAABC 1.2 TSI 90 SE-L 113 12.6 46 12.5 15.0 3.4 89 118 26.1 45/49 1109 21.1.15 XC90 5dr SUV AAAAC
Cooper D 129 9.0 26.4 8.4 11.5 2.8 148 243 36.2 42/48 1480 22.2.17 Octavia 4dr saloon/5dr estate AAAAC D5 Momentum 137 8.3 23.9 8.3 5.0* — 222 347 33.6 37/39 2009 17.6.15
Plug-in Hybrid 123 6.7 24.4 6.2 5.5 3.5 221 284 30.1 42/50 1735 26.7.17 vRS 245 Estate 155 6.9 16.2 5.8 7.3 2.9 242 273 29.8 33/39 1392 16.8.17
Superb 5dr hatch/estate AAAAB WESTFIELD
MITSUBISHI 2.0 TDI SE 135 8.8 24.9 8.2 11.2 2.8 148 251 37.2 47/54 1505 9.9.15 Sport 0dr roadster AAAAC
Eclipse Cross 5dr SUV AAACC Karoq 5dr SUV AAABC Sport 250 142 3.6 11.1 6.4 4.0 2.7 252 270 22.7 32/42 665 29.11.17
1.5 First Ed 2WD 127 9.0 26.5 8.3 13.8 3.0 161 184 30.9 34/45 1455 14.3.18 2.0 TDI 150 Scout 122 8.9 28.7 9.6 12.8 2.86 148 251 36.1 38/47 1629 30.1.19
Outlander 5dr SUV AAABC Kodiaq 5dr SUV AAAAC ZENOS
PHEV GX4hs 106 10.0 30.5 9.5 6.2 3.0 200 245 — 44/38 1810 16.4.14 2.0 TDI Edition 121 9.5 34.7 10.1 12.2 2.8 148 251 33.5 37/48 1751 23.11.16 E10 0dr roadster AAAAB
S 140 4.3 11.2 4.1 5.3 2.9 250 295 33.9 21/23 725 7.10.15
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ABARTH D5 S 4dr saloon £62,000 AAAAC 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.6 TBC TBC
Between the various figures produced on 595 3dr hatch/2dr open £16,130–£21,430 AAABC The excellent 5 Series receives some Alpina tweaking to make it a 2.0 35 TDI 148 136 8.9 TBC TBC
the old-style ‘NEDC’, transitional ‘NEDC The Fiat 500’s Abarth makeover makes it a true pocket rocket. brilliant cruiser. LxWxH 4956x1868x1466 Kerb weight 1870kg 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 146 7.4 TBC TBC
correlated’ and new-style ‘WLTP’ lab emissions LxWxH 3657x1627x1485 Kerb weight 1070kg 3.0 BiTurbo 345 171 4.9 TBC TBC
and fuel economy tests, it’s become tricky to 1.4 T-jet 145 143 130 7.8 37.2 134 A4 Avant 5dr estate £30,125–£34,825 AAAAC
1.4 T-jet 160 Trofeo 157 135 7.4 35.3 134 ALPINE Classy and demure estate lacks the dynamic sparkle of rivals.
compare manufacturers’ claimed efficiency 1.4 T-jet 165 Turismo 162 135 7.3 38.2 139 A110 2dr coupé £46,905-£50,805 AAAAA LxWxH 4725x1842x1434 Kerb weight 1370kg
on the latest new cars. When you see a fuel 1.4 T-jet 180 Competizione 177 140 6.9 36.2 155 A much, much greater car and achievement than the sum of its 2.0 35 TFSI 148 136 8.9 TBC TBC
economy and CO2 figure reference elsewhere, parts suggest. LxWxH 4180x1980x1252 Kerb weight 1080kg 2.0 40 TFSI 187 148 7.5 TBC TBC
it’s often without explanation. 695 3dr hatch/2dr open £23,530 AAABC 1.8 Turbo 252 155 4.5 TBC TBC 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 6.0 TBC TBC
So, to provide as fair and clear a basis for A convincing track-day 500 with decent dynamic ability, but overly 2.0 35 TDI 148 132 9.2 TBC TBC
comparison as possible, you’ll only ever read firm ride spoils it. LxWxH 3657x1627x1485 Kerb weight 1045kg ARIEL 2.0 40 TDI 187 144 7.9 TBC TBC
1.4 T-jet 180 Rivale 177 140 6.7 36.2 155 Atom 0dr open £39,950 AAAAB 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 143 7.6 TBC TBC
‘WLTP combined’ fuel economy and CO2 figures Simple, purist concept remains but everything else has changed…
in Autocar’s first drive reviews, features and 124 Spider 2dr open £29,775–£33,775 AAAAB for the better. LxWxH 3520x1880x1122 Kerb weight 595kg A5 2dr coupé £34,255–£48,875 AAAAC
comparison tests – and on these data pages. Only a mildly upgraded version of the standard car – but what a 2.0 turbo 320 162 2.8 TBC TBC Refreshed coupé gets a sharper look and a refreshed interior. Still
Those are the aggregated result of four lab revelation it is. LxWxH 4054x1740x1233 Kerb weight 1060kg mundane to drive. LxWxH 4673x1846x1371 Kerb weight 1390kg
tests carried out across as many different 1.4 T-jet 170 167 142-144 6.9 TBC AAAAA 2.0 35 TFSI
148-153 Nomad 0dr open £38,000
148 140 8.9 47.9 133
cruising speed ranges – although they’re 2.0 40 TFSI Well inside the top 10 list of our favourite cars. A revelation and a
187 150 7.2 47.1 135
A L FA R O M E O riot to drive. LxWxH 3215x1850x1425 Kerb weight 670kg
3.0 V6 TFSI S5 quattro 349 155 4.7 38.2 170
sometimes expressed as a range rather than as Mito 3dr hatch £15,505–£21,385 AAACC 2.4 K24 i-VTEC 235 125 3.4 TBC TBC 2.9 V6 TFSI RS5 quattro 443 155 3.9 32.5 197
one specific figure to show the different results Likeable, good-looking hatch is practical, too, but dynamic flaws 2.0 40 TDI 187 150 7.7 62.8 118
recorded by the heaviest and lightest available make it an also-ran. LxWxH 4063x1720x1446 Kerb weight 1080kg ASTON MARTIN 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 146 7.4 54.3 137
examples of the car in question (depending on 0.9 TB Twinair 105 103 114 11.4 TBC TBC Vantage 2dr coupé £120,900 AAAAB
optional equipment). Not all car makers have 1.4 TB Multiair 170 167 136 7.3 TBC TBC The faster, cleverer, more hardcore entry-level Aston tops its A5 Sportback 5dr coupé £33,365–£49,525 AAAAC
published these figures yet, however. 1.3 JTDM-2 95 93 112 12.5 TBC TBC class. LxWxH 4465x1942x1273 Kerb weight 1630kg Refined, good-looking four-door coupé is sadly short on charm and
4.0 V8 503 195 3.5 11.6 TBC finesse. LxWxH 4733x1843x1386 Kerb weight 1425kg
In road tests, you’ll also see our own Giulietta 5dr hatch £19,750–£25,850 AAACC 2.0 35 TFSI 148 139 9.1 TBC TBC
independently produced real-world fuel Long in the tooth but still seductive, shame it’s not rounded or DB11 2dr coupé £147,900–£161,900 AAAAA 2.0 40 TFSI 187 150 7.5 TBC TBC
economy test results for comparison with the lavish enough. LxWxH 4351x1798x1465 Kerb weight 1305kg The stunning replacement for the already seductive DB9 is tyre- 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.8 TBC TBC
lab test claims. We produce an ‘average’, ‘track’ 1.4 TB 120 118 121 9.4 36.2 164 shreddingly good. LxWxH 4739x2060x1279 Kerb weight 1875kg 2.0 35 TDI 148 135 9.1 TBC TBC
and ‘touring’ figure for each car we test – as 1.6 JTDM-2 120 148 121 10.0 49.6 123-125 4.0 V8 503 187 4.0 10.6 TBC 2.0 40 TDI 187 150 7.5 TBC TBC
often as possible on a brim-to-brim test basis. 5.2 V12 AMR 630 208 3.7 13.4 TBC 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 146 7.6 TBC TBC
Giulia 4dr saloon £33,190–£62,500 AAAAB
While ‘average’ represents the overall economy Handsome and special dynamically but lacks finesse and only DBS Superleggera 2dr coupé £225,000 AAAAA A5 Cabriolet 2dr open £38,185–£49,995 AAAAC
returned by a new car over a full road test, and comes as an auto. LxWxH 4643x1860x1436 Kerb weight 1429kg Effortlessly fast, intoxicating to drive: the big Aston is better than More practical than smaller options. Lower-powered, steel-sprung
‘track’ is relevant only to intensive performance 2.0 Turbo Petrol 200 197 146 6.6 36.2 153 ever. LxWxH 4712x2146x1280 Kerb weight 1693kg trim is best. LxWxH 4673x1846x1383 Kerb weight 1600kg
testing (the length and conditions of which can 2.0 Turbo Petrol 280 276 149 5.7 33.6 158 5.2 V12 715 211 3.7
2.0 40 TFSI 13.5 TBC 187 150 7.9 TBC TBC
vary slightly), ‘touring’ gives the best guide of 2.2 Turbo Diesel 160 158 137 8.2 53.3 128 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 6.5 TBC TBC
the kind of economy you might see from a car at 2.2 Turbo Diesel 190 187 143 7.1 52.3 128 Rapide S 4dr saloon £149,500–£152,000 AAAAC 2.0 40 TDI 187 150 8.4 TBC TBC
2.9 BiTurbo Quadrifoglio 503 191 3.9 TBC TBC The Rapide is one of the most elegant four-door sports cars in the 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 145 8.0 TBC TBC
a steady 70mph UK motorway cruise. world. LxWxH 5019x1929x1360 Kerb weight 1990kg
We do real-world efficiency and range Stelvio 5dr SUV £34,035–£69,500 AAAAB 6.0 V12 552 203 4.4 TBC TBC A5 Sportback 4dr saloon £34,255–£48,875 AAABC
testing on electric cars, too, expressing the Alfa’s first SUV is a solid effort. Choosing the petrol version gives it Mid-sized sleek exec is still short of a selling point beyond its style.
former in terms of miles per kilowatt hour, charisma. LxWxH 4687x1903x1671 Kerb weight 1604kg AU D I LxWxH 4711x1843x1386 Kerb weight 1605kg
as EV manufacturers do increasingly widely 2.2 Turbo Diesel 190 187 130 7.6 46.3 138 A1 Sportback 5dr hatch £17,700–£25,655 AAABC 2.0 35 TFSI 148 138 9.1 TBC TBC
by convention. 2.2 Turbo Diesel 190 Q4 AWD 187 130 7.6 44.1 147 Quite pricey, but a rounded car with plenty of rational appeal. 2.0 40 TFSI 187 150 7.5 TBC TBC
2.2 Turbo Diesel 210 Q4 AWD 207 134 6.6 43.5 147 LxWxH 4029x1746x1418 Kerb weight 1105kg 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 6.0 TBC TBC
2.0 Turbo 200 Q4 AWD 197 134 7.2 30.4 176 1.0 25 TFSI 94 118 10.5 TBC TBC 2.0 40 TDI 187 150 7.9 TBC TBC
S TA R R AT I N G S E X P L A I N E D
2.0 Turbo 280 Q4 AWD 276 143 5.7 30.4 175 1.0 30 TFSI 114 126 9.5 TBC TBC 2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 146 7.6 TBC TBC
2.9 BiTurbo Quadrifoglio 503 197 3.8 TBC TBC 1.5 35 TFSI 148 137 7.7 TBC TBC
CCCCC Inherently dangerous/unsafe. Tragically, 2.0 40 TFSI 197 146 6.5 TBC TBC A6 4dr saloon £37,750–£50,870 AAAAC
irredeemably flawed. 4C Spider 2dr open £59,835 AAABC Supremely well-constructed but a bit soulless to drive. A smart
BCCCC Appalling. Massively significant failings. It may be flawed but it’s rewarding to drive, if not the last word in A3 Sportback 5dr hatch £21,340–£26,845 AAAAC office on wheels. LxWxH 4939x1886x1457 Kerb weight 1645kg
ACCCC Very poor. Fails to meet any accepted finesse. LxWxH 3989x1864x1183 Kerb weight 934kg All the above but with the added convenience of five doors and a 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 6.0 TBC TBC
1.75 TBi 240 236 160 4.5 TBC TBC usefully larger boot. LxWxH 4313x1785x1426 Kerb weight 1180kg 3.0 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.1 TBC TBC
class boundaries. 1.0 30 TFSI 114 128 9.9 TBC TBC 2.0 40 TDI 201 152 8.1 TBC TBC
ABCCC Poor. Within acceptable class ALPINA 1.5 35 TFSI 148 137 8.2 TBC TBC 2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 153 7.6 TBC TBC
boundaries in a few areas. Still not B3 S 4dr saloon/5dr touring £62,000–£63,000 AAAAC 2.0 40 TFSI 187 152 6.8 TBC TBC 3.0 50 TDI quattro 282 155 5.5 TBC TBC
recommendable. Previously falling behind in the power stakes, but the recent 1.6 30 TDI 114 126 10.4 TBC TBC
facelift rectifies that. LxWxH 4632x1811x1431 Kerb weight 1705kg A6 Avant 5dr estate £40,740–£52,970 AAAAC
AACCC Off the pace. Below average in nearly 3.0 BiTurbo 433 188-190 4.3 TBC TBC A3 Saloon 4dr saloon £23,910–£27,410 AAAAC A capable and high-tech throwback that’s a timely reminder of
all areas. Undercuts the case to own an A4. Upmarket interior and good to what Audi does best. LxWxH 4939x1886x1467 Kerb weight 1710kg
AABCC Acceptable. About average in key areas, B4 S 2dr coupé/open £73,100–£78,600 AAABC drive. LxWxH 4458x1796x1416 Kerb weight 1240kg 2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 6.2 TBC TBC
but disappoints. A retuned version of the 4 Series that feels more at home on the 1.0 30 TFSI 114 131 9.9 TBC TBC 3.0 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.3 TBC TBC
track than the road. LxWxH 4640x1825x1373 Kerb weight 1690kg 1.5 35 TFSI 148 139 8.2 TBC TBC
AAACC Competent. Above average in some 3.0 BiTurbo 433 189-190 4.2-4.3 TBC TBC 1.6 30 TDI 114 131 10.4 TBC TBC
areas, average in others. Outstanding
in none. B5 4dr saloon/5dr touring £89,000–£91,000 AAAAC A3 Cabriolet 2dr open £29,985–£32,135 AAAAC
AAABC Good. Competitive in key areas. Is it the best alternative to an M5? Yes, at least from a practicality Compact, affordable, usable and refined. Strong performance, too.
viewpoint. LxWxH 4956x1868x1466 Kerb weight 2015kg LxWxH 4423x1793x1409 Kerb weight 1380kg
AAAAC Very good. Very competitive in key 4.4 V8 BiTurbo 599 200-205 3.5-3.7 TBC TBC 1.5 35 TFSI 148 137 8.9 TBC TBC
areas, competitive in secondary 2.0 40 TFSI 187 155 7.2 TBC TBC
respects. B7 4dr saloon £115,000 AAAAC
AAAAB Excellent. Near class-leading in key A 7 Series with a power boost gives BMW a worthy challenger to A4 4dr saloon £28,725–£33,425 AAAAC
the AMG S-Classes. LxWxH 5250x1902x1491 Kerb weight 2060kg High quality and competent but leaves the dynamic finesse to its
areas and in some ways outstanding. 4.4 V8 BiTurbo 599 205 4.2 TBC TBC rivals. LxWxH 4726x1842x1427 Kerb weight 1320kg
AAAAA Brilliant, unsurpassed. All but flawless. 2.0 35 TFSI 148 139 8.6 TBC TBC
2.0 40 TFSI 187 155 7.3 TBC TBC
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2.0 40 TDI 201 149 8.3 TBC TBC 3 Series 4dr saloon £37,660–£39,700 AAAAB 540i xDrive 335 155 5.1 28.2-30.4 TBC
2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 150 7.8 TBC TBC Latest 3 Series has a growth spurt, but size is no obstacle for an 520d 187 147 7.8 44.1-47.9 TBC
3.0 50 TDI quattro 282 155 5.7 TBC TBC engaging drive. LxWxH 4709x1827x1442 Kerb weight 1450kg 520d xDrive 187 144 7.9 42.2-46.3 TBC
330i 254 155 5.8 38.2-41.5 TBC 530d 261 155 5.8 40.9-43.5 TBC
A7 Sportback 5dr coupé £46,250–£76,455 AAABC 320d 187 146 6.8-7.1 49.6-56.5 TBC 530d xDrive 261 155 5.6 37.7-41.5 TBC
Easy on the eye and to live with, but let down by stolid dynamics. 320d xDrive 187 144 6.9 47.1-49.6 TBC
LxWxH 4969x1908x1422 Kerb weight 1880kg 6 Series Gran Turismo 5dr hatch £47,930–£58,865 AAABC
2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 6.2 TBC TBC 3 Series Touring 5dr estate £29,340–£47,825 AAAAB A large improvement on the 5GT and dynamically sound. Still an
3.0 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.3 TBC TBC There are newer, more practical estates, but dynamism makes the oddball, though. LxWxH 5007x1894x1392 Kerb weight 1720kg
2.0 40 TDI 201 152 8.3 TBC TBC Touring sparkle. LxWxH 4633x1811x1429 Kerb weight 1470kg 630i 254 155 6.3 32.1-34.9 TBC
2.0 40 TDI quattro 201 155 7.0 TBC TBC 318i 134 130 9.2-9.3 33.2-36.7 TBC 640i xDrive 335 155 5.3 26.9-29.1 TBC
3.0 45 TDI quattro 227 155 6.5 TBC TBC 320i 181 146 7.5 34.0-35.8 TBC 620d 198 137 7.9 42.8-46.3 TBC
3.0 50 TDI quattro 282 155 5.7 TBC TBC 320i xDrive 181 144 7.7-7.9 32.5-34.9 TBC 620d xDrive 198 135 8.0 40.4-44.8 TBC
330i 248 155 5.9-6.0 33.6-34.9 TBC 630d 261 155 6.1 40.4-43.5 TBC
A8 4dr saloon £68,755–£78,545 AAAAC BENTLEY 340i 321 155 5.1 30.1-31.0 TBC 630d xDrive 261 155 6.0 37.2-40.9 TBC
Technical tour de force benefits from Audi’s knack of making very Continental GT 2dr coupé £156,700 AAAAC 316d 114 127 11.3-11.4 44.1-47.9 TBC
good limousines. LxWxH 5172x1945x1473 Kerb weight 1920kg Refined and improved in every area, making the Conti a superb 318d 148 133 8.9-9.0 44.1-47.1 TBC 7 Series 4dr saloon £64,260–£85,605 AAAAC
3.0 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.6 TBC TBC grand tourer. LxWxH 4850x1966x1405 Kerb weight 2244kg 320d 187 146 7.5-7.7 44.1-53.3 TBC Rules on in-car entertainment and diesel sophistication; otherwise
3.0 55 TFSI quattro LWB 335 155 5.7 TBC TBC 6.0 W12 626 207 3.6 24.1 308 320d xDrive 187 144 7.7 41.5-46.3 TBC too bland. LxWxH 5098x1902x1478 Kerb weight 1755kg
3.0 50 TDI quattro 282 155 5.9 TBC TBC 330d 254 155 5.6 39.8-40.9 TBC 725d 227 152 6.9 42.8-46.3 TBC
3.0 50 TDI quattro LWB 282 155 5.9 TBC TBC Continental GT Convertible 2dr open £175,890 AAAAB 330d xDrive 254 155 5.4 37.7-38.2 TBC 730d 261 155 6.1 41.5-43.5 TBC
Immensely capable and refined open-top cruiser with effortless 335d xDrive 308 155 4.9 38.2-39.2 TBC 730d xDrive 261 155 5.8 39.2-40.9 TBC
Q2 5dr SUV £22,960–£37,375 AAAAC performance. LxWxH 4850x2187x1399 Kerb weight 2414kg 740d xDrive 315 155 5.2 37.7-39.8 TBC
Audi’s smallest SUV is a decent stepping stone from the A3 to the 6.0 W12 626 207 3.7 20.2 317 3 Series Gran Turismo 5dr hatch £34,510–£47,165 AAAAC 740e 254 155 5.4 94.2-104.6 TBC
Q range. LxWxH 4191x1794x1508 Kerb weight 1205kg Hatchback practicality meets 3 Series dynamic talent. Dull but 740Le xDrive 254 155 5.3 80.7-88.3 TBC
1.0 30 TFSI 114 122 10.3 TBC AAAAC decent. LxWxH 4824x1828x1508 Kerb weight 1580kg
TBC Mulsanne 4dr saloon £229,360–£275,000
1.5 35 TFSI 148 131 If the Rolls Phantom is best from the back seat, the Mulsanne is
8.5 TBC TBC 320i 181 146 8.0-8.1 34.0-36.7 TBC 8 Series 2dr coupé £76,270-£99,525 AAAAC
2.0 40 TFSI quattro 187 141 best in the front. LxWxH 5575x1926x1521 Kerb weight 2685kg
6.5 TBC TBC 320i xDrive 181 144 8.1-8.4 32.5-34.9 TBC Has dynamism to spare, but not quite the breadth of ability of the
2.0 SQ2 TFSI 298 155 4.8
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505 184 5.1-5.3 TBC TBC TBC 330i 248 155 6.1 32.8-34.4 TBC best sporting GTs. LxWxH 4843x1902x1341 Kerb weight 1830kg
1.6 30 TDI 114 122 10.5
6.75 V8 Speed TBC
530 190 4.8 TBC TBC TBC 340i 321 155 5.1 30.1-31.0 TBC 840d xDrive 316 155 4.9 39.2-40.4 TBC
320d 187 146 7.8-7.9 44.8-47.9 TBC M850i xDrive 523 155 3.7 26.2-26.9 TBC
Q3 5dr SUV £30,770–£47,075 AAABC Bentayga 5dr SUV £135,800–£232,000 AAAAB 320d xDrive 187 144 7.8 42.2-44.1 TBC
Typically refined and competent but feels more like an A3 than an Crewe’s first attempt at a luxury SUV is a solid effort. The Diesel is 330d 254 155 5.7 39.8-40.9 TBC X1 5dr SUV £28,210–£36,970 AAAAC
Audi SUV. LxWxH 4388x1831x1608 Kerb weight 1385kg wondrous. LxWxH 5140x1998x1742 Kerb weight 2505kg 330d xDrive 254 155 5.4 37.7-38.7 TBC Pick of the premium bunch but a tad unrefined and has ordinary
1.5 35 TFSI 148 128-131 9.2-9.6 TBC TBC 4.0 V8 542 171 4.4 21.7 296 335d xDrive 308 155 4.9 38.7-39.2 TBC handling. LxWxH 4439x1821x1598 Kerb weight 1395kg
2.0 40 TFSI quattro 187 136 7.4 TBC TBC 6.0 W12 600 187 4.0 TBC TBC sDrive18i 138 127 9.7 39.2-40.9 TBC
2.0 45 TFSI quattro 227 144 6.3 TBC TBC 4 Series 2dr coupé £34,990–£68,545 AAAAC sDrive20i 189 138 7.4 36.7-38.2 TBC
2.0 35 TDI 148 128 9.2 TBC TBC BMW A talented GT and a brilliant B-road steer that is very well-equipped. sDrive18d 148 126 9.3-9.4 47.9-49.6 TBC
2.0 35 TDI quattro 148 131 9.3 TBC TBC 1 Series 3dr/5dr hatch £23,050–£37,785 AAABC LxWxH 4640x1825x1377 Kerb weight 1475kg xDrive18d 148 126 9.3-9.4 46.3-47.9 TBC
2.0 40 TDI quattro 188 137 8.0 TBC TBC Strong on performance and economy and as good as it could be. 420i 181 146 7.3-7.5 35.3-37.7 TBC xDrive20d 187 136 7.8 45.6-47.9 TBC
LxWxH 4329x1765x1421 Kerb weight 1375kg 420i xDrive 181 144 7.6-7.8 33.6-36.2 TBC
Q5 5dr SUV £41,200–£51,955 AAAAC 118i 134 130 8.5-8.7 35.8-38.2 TBC 430i 248 155 5.8-5.9 34.9-37.2 TBC X2 5dr SUV £27,950–£42,785 AAAAC
Appealing combination of Audi allure, affordable SUV practicality 120i 181 139-142 7.1 35.8-36.7 TBC 440i 321 155 5.0-5.2 31.0-33.6 TBC Proves crossovers aren’t always worse than the hatchbacks on
and attractiveness. LxWxH 4663x1893x1659 Kerb weight 1720kg 125i 220 151 6.1 35.8-36.2 TBC M4 425 155 4.1-4.3 27.7-28.5 TBC which they’re based. LxWxH 4360x1824x1526 Kerb weight 1460kg
2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 147 6.4 TBC TBC M140i 335 155 4.6-4.8 32.1-32.5 TBC M4 Competition pack 444 155 4.0-4.2 24.7-28.5 TBC sDrive18i 138 127 9.6 39.8-43.5 TBC
2.0 40 TDI quattro 187 136 8.1 TBC TBC 116d 114 124 10.5 49.6-53.3 TBC 420d 187 146 7.2-7.4 46.3-50.4 TBC sDrive20i 188 141 7.7 37.2-39.8 TBC
118d 148 131 8.2-8.4 47.9-52.3 TBC 420d xDrive 187 144 7.3 43.5-45.6 TBC M35i 302 155 4.9 33.6-34.0 TBC
Q7 5dr SUV £53,250–£80,095 AAAAC 120d 187 141 7.1-7.2 47.9-49.6 TBC 430d 254 155 5.5 40.9-42.2 TBC sDrive18d 148 129 9.3-9.8 47.9-52.3 TBC
Unengaging to drive and light on feel, but the cabin is both huge 120d xDrive 187 138 6.9 43.5-45.6 TBC 430d xDrive 254 155 5.2 38.7-39.2 TBC xDrive18d 148 128 9.2 46.3-49.6 TBC
and classy. LxWxH 5052x1968x1740 Kerb weight 2060kg 125d 220 149 6.4 46.3-47.9 TBC 435d xDrive 308 155 4.7 39.2-40.4 TBC xDrive20d 185 137 7.7 45.6-50.4 TBC
3.0 V6 45 TDI quattro 228 142 7.3 TBC TBC
3.0 V6 50 TDI quattro 282 152 6.3 TBC TBC 2 Series 2dr coupé £25,640–£53,100 AAAAB 4 Series Convertible 2dr open £41,370–£68,545 AAAAC X3 5dr SUV £39,870–£77,070 AAAAC
A proper compact coupé now. Could be better equipped, however. A talented gran tourer with the ability to remove the roof. What’s Continues where the last one left off. Dynamically good and more
Q8 5dr SUV £65,970–£83,790 AAAAC LxWxH 4432x1774x1418 Kerb weight 1420kg not to like? LxWxH 4640x1825x1384 Kerb weight 1700kg luxurious inside. LxWxH 4708x1891x1676 Kerb weight 1750kg
Striking and effective coupé-SUV range-topper leaves us wanting 218i 134 130 8.8-8.9 35.8-38.2 TBC 420i 181 146 8.2-8.4 34.0-35.8 TBC xDrive20i 181 134 8.3 29.4-31.4 TBC
more. LxWxH 4986x1995x1705 Kerb weight 2145kg 220i 181 143 7.2 36.2-38.2 TBC 430i 248 155 6.3-6.4 32.8-35.3 TBC M40i 355 155 4.8 25.7-26.6 TBC
3.0 V6 55 TFSI quattro 335 155 5.9 230i 31.0-31.7 TBC
248 155 5.6 35.8-36.7 TBC 440i 321 155 5.4 29.7-30.4 TBC X3M 473 155 4.2 26.9 239
3.0 V6 45 TDI quattro 228 144 7.1 M240i 42.2-44.1 TBC
335 155 4.6-4.8 32.5 TBC M4 425 155 4.4-4.6 27.2-28.0 TBC X3M Competition 503 155 4.1 26.9 239
3.0 V6 50 TDI quattro 282 152 6.3 M2 Competition TBC TBC
404 155 4.2-4.4 28.2-29.1 TBC M4 Competition pack 444 155 4.3-4.5 26.9-28.0 TBC xDrive20d 187 132 8.0 39.2-41.5 TBC
218d 148 132 8.3-8.5 47.9-52.3 TBC 420d 187 146 8.1-8.2 44.1-46.3 TBC xDrive30d 261 149 5.8 36.7-38.7 TBC
TT 2dr coupé £32,105–£46,765 AAAAC 220d 187 143 7.1-7.2 47.1-50.4 TBC 430d 254 155 5.9 39.2-39.8 TBC M40d 321 155 4.9 35.3-36.7 TBC
Still serves up plenty of pace, style and usability for the money. It’s 220d xDrive 187 140 7.0 43.5-46.3 TBC 435d xDrive 308 155 5.2 37.7-38.2 TBC
better to drive, too. LxWxH 4191x1966x1376 Kerb weight 1365kg 225d 220 151 6.3 46.3-47.9 TBC X4 5dr SUV £43,740–£79,990 AAABC
2.0 40 TFSI 194 155 6.6 TBC TBC 4 Series Gran Coupé 4dr coupé £34,940–£49,895 AAAAC Downsized X6 is respectable enough if not loveable, but the X3 is a
2.0 45 TFSI 242 155 5.8-5.9 TBC TBC 2 Series Convertible 2dr open £28,840–£42,940 AAABC Essentially a prettier 3 Series. Good, but not better than the better option. LxWxH 4671x1881x1624 Kerb weight 1735kg
2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.2 TBC TBC Better than its 1 Series forebear but lacks truly distinguishing regular saloon. LxWxH 4640x1825x1404 Kerb weight 1520kg M40i 336 155 4.9 25.9-26.9 TBC
2.0 TTS 302 155 4.5 TBC TBC premium qualities. LxWxH 4432x1774x1413 Kerb weight 1440kg 420i 181 146 7.5-7.7 34.9-37.1 TBC X4M 473 155 4.2 26.7 239
218i 134 130 9.4-9.6 33.6-36.2 TBC 420i xDrive 181 144 7.8-8.1 33.2-25.8 TBC X4M Competiton 503 155 4.1 26.7 239
TT Roadster 2dr open £33,855–£48,515 AAAAC 220i 181 143 7.7 34.4-35.8 TBC 430i 248 155 5.9 34.4-37.2 TBC xDrive20d 187 131 8.0 39.2-41.5 TBC
Plenty of pace and driver reward, along with prestige and design- 230i 248 155 5.9 34.0-34.9 TBC 440i 321 155 5.1 30.7-31.7 TBC xDrive30d 254 145 5.8 36.7-40.9 TBC
icon style. LxWxH 4191x1966x1355 Kerb weight 1455kg M240i 335 155 4.7-4.9 31.4 TBC 420d 187 146 7.4-7.6 46.3-51.4 TBC M40d 322 155 4.9 35.3-27.2 TBC
2.0 40 TFSI 194 155 6.9 TBC TBC 218d 148 132 8.8-9.0 45.6-47.9 TBC 420d xDrive 187 144 7.5 43.5-46.3 TBC
2.0 45 TFSI 242 155 6.0-6.1 TBC TBC 220d 187 143 7.5-7.6 45.6-48.7 TBC 430d 254 155 5.6 40.9-41.5 TBC X5 5dr SUV £57,495–£71,475 AAAAC
2.0 45 TFSI quattro 242 155 5.5 TBC TBC 225d 220 151 6.5 44.1-44.8 TBC 430d xDrive 254 155 5.3 38.2-39.2 TBC More capable, convenient, refined and classy SUV that’s a more
2.0 TTS 302 155 4.8 TBC TBC 435d xDrive 308 155 4.8 39.2-39.8 TBC satisfying drive. LxWxH 4922x2004x1745 Kerb weight 2110kg
2 Series Active Tourer 5dr hatch £25,480–£37,445 AAAAC xDrive40i 335 155 5.5 25.0-27.2 TBC
R8 2dr coupé £112,520–£141,200 AAAAC BMW’s FWD hatch is a proper contender but not as practical as 5 Series 4dr saloon £36,275–£97,925 AAAAB xDrive30d 261 130 6.8 34.0-37.7 TBC
Usable but no less involving or dramatic for it. V10 is deliciously some of its rivals. LxWxH 4342x1800x1555 Kerb weight 1360kg The perfect compromise between the comfy E-Class and dynamic M50d 395 155 5.3 32.5-33.6 TBC
brutal. LxWxH 4426x1940x1240 Kerb weight 1590kg 218i 134 127 9.3 39.8-44.1 TBC XF, and then some. LxWxH 4936x2126x1479 Kerb weight 1530kg
5.2 V10 FSI RWS 532 198 220i 3.7 TBC TBC 520i 181 146 7.8 181 142
38.2-40.4 TBC X6 5dr SUV £62,235–£74,045
7.4 AAABC
37.2-38.7 TBC
5.2 V10 FSI quattro 532 198 225xe 3.5 TBC TBC 530i 248 155 6.2 248 125
35.8-38.2 TBC The world’s first off-road coupé, but appearances make it difficult
6.7 88.3-100.9 TBC
5.2 V10 FSI Plus quattro 601 205 216d 3.2 TBC TBC 540i xDrive 335 155 4.8 335 121
29.4-31.4 TBC to love. LxWxH 4909x1989x1702 Kerb weight 2065kg
11.1 55.4-58.9 TBC
218d M5 592 155 3.4 148 129
23.5-24.1 TBC 9.0-9.1 49.6-55.4 TBC
R8 Spyder 2dr open £121,210–£149,890 AAAAC 220d M5 Competition 616 155 3.3 187 141
23.5-24.1 TBC 7.6 50.4-53.3 TBC
Taking the roof off the R8 enhances the drama tenfold. 220d xDrive 530e 248 146 6.2 187 138
117.7-128.4 TBC 7.5 47.9-51.4 TBC
LxWxH 4426x1940x1245 Kerb weight 1680kg 518d 148 132 8.8 47.1-52.3 TBC
5.2 V10 FSI RWS 532 197 3.8 TBC TBC 2 Series Gran Tourer 5dr MPV £27,345–£37,305 AAAAB 520d 187 147 7.5 44.1-52.3 TBC
5.2 V10 FSI quattro 532 197 3.6 TBC TBC Brings a proper premium MPV to the table. Third row seats aren’t 520d xDrive 187 144 7.6 43.5-48.7 TBC
5.2 V10 FSI Plus quattro 601 204 3.3 TBC TBC adult-sized, though. LxWxH 4556x1800x1608 Kerb weight 1475kg 530d 261 155 5.7 43.5-45.6 TBC
218i 134 127 9.5-9.8 38.2-40.9 TBC 530d xDrive 261 155 5.4 39.2-41.5 TBC
BAC 220i 181 137 7.8 35.3-36.2 TBC
Mono 0dr open £165,125 AAAAB 216d 335 119 11.8 53.3-55.4 TBC 5 Series Touring 5dr estate £39,765–£55,755 AAAAB
An F-22 Raptor for the road, only significantly better built. 218d 148 127 9.6 47.9-51.4 TBC The excellent 5 Series made in more practical form. The 520d is
LxWxH 3952x1836x1110 Kerb weight 580kg 220d 187 138 8.2 47.9-49.6 TBC still the best. LxWxH 4942x2126x1498 Kerb weight 1630kg
2.5 VVT 305 170 2.8 TBC TBC 220d xDrive 187 135 8.0 45.6-47.1 TBC 520i 181 139 8.2 34.9-38.2 TBC
530i 248 155 6.5 34.0-36.7 TBC
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GT 2dr coupé £420,000 AAAAC i40 Tourer 5dr estate £21,610–£29,630 AAABC 3.0d V6 300 295 155 6.6 40.1-42.1 TBC 1.0 T-GDi 99 112 10.1 48.7 133
The GT is back as a race car for the road. Compelling if not perfect. A practical estate but still rather dull and ordinary. 2.0t 250 246 150 7.1 30.8-33.3 TBC 1.25 MPi 83 100-107 11.6-13.2 42.2-49.6 129-151
LxWxH 4808x1928x1692 Kerb weight 1912kg LxWxH 4775x1815x1470 Kerb weight 1514kg 2.0t 300 295 155 6.1 28.9-31.0 TBC
3.5 V6 Ecoboost 650 216 3.0 TBC TBC 1.6 GDI 135 133 121 11.6 38.2 TBC Rio 5dr hatch £12,220–£18,010 AAABC
1.6 CRDi 115 113 116 12.2 54.6 TBC XJ 4dr saloon £62,360–£83,105 AAAAC Looks great and is well-priced, but nowhere near its European
G I N E T TA 1.6 CRDi 136 134 121-122 11.0-11.7 52.3 TBC Mixes dynamism and refinement so well, but not as spacious or rivals. LxWxH 4065x1725x1445 Kerb weight 1155kg
G40 Club Car 2dr coupé £35,000 (+champ pack) AAABC cosseting as some. LxWxH 5130x1899x1460 Kerb weight 1835kg 1.0 T-GDi 99 99 115 10.3 48.7 132-133
A balanced, affordable and fine-looking track-day car. Some of the Ioniq 5dr hatch £21,790–£32,045 AAABC 3.0d V6 300 295 155 6.2 35.7-36.3 TBC 1.0 T-GDi 118 118 118 9.8 44.8-47.1 137-142
finish isn’t quite up to snuff. LxWxH TBC Kerb weight 840kg First attempt at electrification for the masses is a good effort. 1.25 MPi 83 107 12.5 45.6-46.3 138-140
1.8 Zetec 135 125 TBC TBC TBC LxWxH 4470x1820x1450 Kerb weight 1370kg F-Type 2dr coupé £51,925–£113,085 AAAAB 1.4 MPi 98 103-108 11.8-13.4 42.2-46.3 138-151
1.6 Hybrid 141 139 115 10.8-11.1 61.4-62.8 TBC A full-blooded assault on Porsche’s backyard, with noise, power
H O N DA 1.6 Plug-in Hybrid 141 139 110 10.6 247.8 TBC and beauty. LxWxH 4482x1923x1311 Kerb weight 1525kg Ceed 5dr hatch £18,295–£27,185 AAAAC
Jazz 5dr hatch £14,360–£18,460 AAAAC Electric Motor 118 103 10.2
2.0t 300 TBC 0 295 155 5.7 30.3-31.2 TBC Third-generation hatchback can now compete for class honours.
Not the most compact or vivacious but has decent handling and is 3.0s V6 340 335 161 5.3-5.7 25.1-28.3 TBC LxWxH 4310x1800x1447 Kerb weight 1315kg
cleverly packaged.LxWxH 3995x1694x1550 Kerb weight 1066kg ix20 5dr hatch £15,750–£19,200 AAABC 3.0s V6 380 374 171 4.9-5.5 24.6-26.6 TBC 1.0 T-GDi 118 118 116 10.9 47.9-50.4 127-134
1.3 DOHC 99 113-118 11.2-12.3 48.7 TBC Usable high-roofed hatch is short on overall flair. 3.0s V6 380 AWD 374 171 5.1 25.0-25.3 TBC 1.4 T-GDi 138 138 128-130 8.6-8.9 43.5-46.3 139-148
1.5 DOHC 128 113-118 8.7-10.1 42.8 TBC LxWxH 4120x1765x1600 Kerb weight 1267kg 5.0s V8 550 R AWD 542 186 4.1 25.7-25.9 TBC 1.6 T-GDI 201 201 142 7.5 38.2 169
1.6 125 123 112 11.5 34.3-37.1 TBC 5.0s V8 575 SVR AWD 567 200 3.7 25.5 TBC 1.6 CRDi 114 114 118 10.6 57.6-58.9 126-129
Civic 5dr hatch £18,895–£33,525 AAAAC 1.6 CRDI 134 134 122 10.2 57.6 129
A fresh look while remaining practical, refined and upmarket. Lacks Kona 5dr hatch £17,100–£38,645 AAAAC F-Type Convertible 2dr open £57,405–£118,575 AAAAB
some dynamism. LxWxH 4518x1799x1434 Kerb weight 1275kg Hyundai’s first crossover is the perfect blend of practicality, value Costs serious money, but you get a serious car with a likeable wild Ceed Sportswagon 5dr estate £19,295-£28,600 AAAAC
1.0 VTEC Turbo 126PS 124 125-126 10.2-11.2 47.9 TBC and style LxWxH 4165x1800x1550 Kerb weight 1233kg side. LxWxH 4482x1923x1308 Kerb weight 1545kg All of the above, but with cavernous, more practical load space.
1.5 VTEC Turbo 182PS 179 125-136 8.2-8.5 46.3 TBC 1.0 T-GDi 120 2WD 118 112 12.0 44.1-44.8 TBC 2.0t 300 295 155 5.7 30.4-31.1 TBC LxWxH 4600x1800x1465 Kerb weight 1389kg
1.6 i-DTEC 120PS 118 125 10.1
1.6 T-GDi 177PS 4WD 62.8 TBC 175 127 7.9 34.0-33.6 TBC 3.0s V6 340 335 161 5.3-5.7 27.4-27.9 TBC 1.0 T-GDi 118 118 118 10.9 47.1 136-137
2.0 VTEC Turbo Type R 315 169 5.8
1.6 CRDi 115 2WD 33.2 TBC 113 114 10.7 55.4-56.5 TBC 3.0s V6 380 374 171 4.9-5.5 25.9-26.2 TBC 1.4 T-GDi 138 138 128-130 8.8-9.1 44.1-45.6 141-146
1.6 CRDi 136 2WD 134 119 10.2 52.3 TBC 3.0s V6 380 AWD 374 171 5.1 25.0-25.4 TBC 1.6 CRDi 114 114 119 10.7 56.5-58.9 127-132
Civic 4 door 4dr saloon £21,240–£27,120 AAAAC Electric 39kWh 134 96 9.6 TBC 0 5.0s V8 550 R AWD 542 186 4.1 25.7-26.0 TBC
Saloon bodystyle gives Civic a more upmarket feel, without hurting Electric 64kWh 201 104 7.6 TBC 0 5.0s V8 575 SVR AWD 567 195 3.7 25.5 TBC Proceed 5dr hatch £23,835–£28,685 AAABC
its refined drive. LxWxH 4648x1799x1416 Kerb weight 1314kg Alluring and interesting, but not quite as special to drive as it looks.
1.0 VTEC Turbo 126PS 124 130 10.7 47.9 TBC Tucson 5dr SUV £22,045–£34,945 AAABC E-Pace 5dr SUV £28,930–£46,060 AAAAC LxWxH 4605x1800x1422 Kerb weight 1405kg
1.6 i-DTEC 120PS 118 125 9.9 64.2 TBC Classy, roomy cabin and predictable handling. A very competitive Jaguar’s second SUV looks enticing, but can it make an impact like 1.4 T-GDI 138 138 127-130 8.8-9.1 42.8-45.6 142-150
SUV. LxWxH 4475x1850x1650 Kerb weight 1379kg the F-Pace’s? LxWxH 4411x1984x1649 Kerb weight 1775kg 1.6 T-GDI 201 201 140 7.2 39.3 163
HR-V 5dr SUV £19,795–£28,245 AAABC 1.6 GDi 132PS 130 113 11.5 35.3 TBC
2.0 D150 148 124 9.5 39.1-42.6 TBC 1.6 CRDI 134 134 124 9.8-10.0 54.3-56.5 132-136
Cleverly packaged and comfortable. Bland performance and 1.6 T-GDi 177PS 175 125-126 8.9-9.2 34.9-36.2 TBC
2.0 D150 AWD 148 120 9.9-10.1 36.3-41.7 TBC
forgettable, though. LxWxH 4294x1772x1605 Kerb weight 1241kg 1.6 CRDi 115PS 113 109 13.7 48.7-49.6 TBC
2.0 D180 AWD 177 127-128 8.7-9.4 36.1-41.1 TBC Soul 5dr hatch £14,725–£30,495 AAABC
1.5 i-VTEC 130PS 128 116-119 10.2-11.4 42.2 TBC 1.6 CRDi 136PS 134 114-116 10.6-12.0 45.6-47.1 TBC
2.0 D240 AWD 236 139 7.0 34.5-36.9 TBC Looks divide opinion. Better value now but still hardly the best
1.5 i-VTEC Turbo 182PS 180 134 7.8 47.1-47.9 TBC 2.0 CRDi 185PS 182 125 9.5 40.9 TBC
2.0 P200 AWD 198 134 7.7 27.8-30.1 TBC option. LxWxH 4140x1800x1600 Kerb weight 1275kg
2.0 P250 AWD 245 143 6.6 27.1-29.5 TBC
1.6 GDi 130 130 115 10.6 TBC TBC
CR-V 5dr SUV £25,595–£35,445 AAAAC Santa Fe 5dr SUV £33,425–£43,295 AAABC 2.0 P300 AWD 295 151 5.9 26.2-28.1 TBC
1.6 T-GDi 201 201 122 7.5 TBC TBC
Tardis-like SUV stalwart has lots of space for five and a big boot. Another big Korean SUV with lots of space for not a lot of cash. 1.6 CRDi 134 134 112-113 10.7-10.8 TBC TBC
LxWxH 4605x1820x1685 Kerb weight 1515kg Slick and comfy. LxWxH 4700x1880x1675 Kerb weight 1939kg F-Pace 5dr SUV £36,520–£74,835 AAAAC 27kWh Electric Drive 109 90 11.0 TBC 0
1.5 i-VTEC 171 130 9.3 38.7 TBC 2.2 CRDi 200 197 127 9.3-9.4 38.7-43.5 TBC Credible first SUV effort is as refined and dynamic as a Jaguar
1.5 i-VTEC AWD 171 124-129 9.8-10.0 32.5-36.2 TBC 2.2 CRDI 200 AWD 197 127 9.4-9.5 38.7-40.4 TBC should be. LxWxH 4746x2070x1667 Kerb weight 1690kg Optima 4dr saloon £22,260–£25,700 AAACC
2.0 i-MMD hybrid 181 112 9.2 40.9 TBC 2.0d 163 160 121 10.2 40.9-44.8 TBC Looks the part but is well off the pace set by its European rivals.
INFINITI 2.0 20d 180 177 129 8.5 39.9-43.4 TBC LxWxH 4855x1860x1465 Kerb weight 1590kg
NSX 2dr coupé £144,755 AAAAB Q30 5dr hatch £21,300–£37,540 AAABC 2.0 20d 180 AWD 177 129 8.7 36.8-40.0 TBC 1.6 CRDi 134 134 121-122 10.6-11.2 53.3-54.3 137-139
Honda’s supercar given a modern reboot, and it’s some piece of Infiniti’s first hatch uses the A-Class blueprint. Great to look at, not 2.0 25d 240 AWD 236 135 7.2 35.4-38.5 TBC
engineering. LxWxH 4487x1939x1204 Kerb weight 1725kg so good to drive. LxWxH 4425x1805x1495 Kerb weight 1407kg 3.0 V6 30d 300 AWD 295 150 6.2 34.2-36.6 TBC Optima Sportswagon 5dr estate £23,100–£38,995 AAACC
3.5 V6 hybrid 573 191 2.9 TBC TBC 1.6t 122 120 124 9.4 38.2-38.7 TBC 2.0 25t 250 AWD 246 135 6.8 27.2-29.2 TBC Engine and finish leave it well behind rival European estates.
1.6t 156 153 134 8.9 35.8 TBC 2.0 30t 300 AWD 295 145 6.0 26.2-28.0 TBC LxWxH 4855x1860x1465 Kerb weight 1620kg
HYU N DAI 2.0t 211 208 146 7.2 34.9 TBC 5.0 V8 SVR 550 AWD 548 176 4.1 22.1 TBC 1.6 CRDi 134 134 124 9.8-10.7 51.4-52.3 140-143
i10 5dr hatch £9895–£14,425 AAAAC 2.0t 211 AWD 208 143 7.3 32.8 TBC 2.0 T-GDi 241 241 144 7.3 30.4 211
Prioritises maturity over fun, resulting in a car that is practical and 2.2d 170 167 137 8.3 44.1-45.6 TBC I-Pace 5dr SUV £64,495–£74,995 AAAAB 2.0 GDi PHEV 202 119 9.1 188.3 34
well-priced. LxWxH 3665x1660x1500 Kerb weight 933kg 2.2d 170 AWD 167 134 8.5 39.8-40.9 TBC Fast, refined and the first of its kind from a European
1.0 DOHC 64 97 14.7 50.4 TBC manufacturer. LxWxH 4682x1895x1558 Kerb weight 2133kg Stinger 4dr saloon £32,435–£40,535 AAABC
1.2 DOHC 84 103-109 12.1-13.8 40.9-46.3 TBC QX30 5dr hatch £29,720–£35,570 AAABC EV400 398 124 4.5 TBC 0 Sleek coupé-shaped saloon has the appeal and dynamics to rival
Q30 with a more rugged look, but doesn’t improve on the standard Europe’s best LxWxH 4830x1870x1400 Kerb weight 1717kg
i20 5dr hatch £13,995–£18,645 AAAAC car. LxWxH 4425x1815x1530 Kerb weight 1542kg JEEP 2.0 T-GDi 244 149 5.8 29.4 217
Combines decent performance with good practicality and running 2.2d 170 AWD 167 134 8.5 39.2-40.9 TBC Compass 5dr SUV £23,755–£35,325 AAACC 3.3 V6 T-GDi 365 168 4.7 27.7 233
costs. LxWxH 4035x1734x1474 Kerb weight 980kg Wants to be a catch-all crossover, but is beaten by more road- 2.2 CRDi 197 143 7.3 40.9 179
1.0 T-GDI 100 98 113-117 10.8-11.4 47.9-49.6 TBC Q50 4dr saloon £43,415–£50,195 AAACC focused rivals. LxWxH 4394x2033x1629 Kerb weight 1430kg
1.0 T-GDI 120 118 118 10.2 46.3 TBC Credible compact saloon competitor with some novel touches. 1.4 Multiair II 140 138 119 9.9 TBC TBC Venga 5dr hatch £15,625–£19,520 AAACC
1.2 MPI 75 74 99 13.6 46.3 TBC LxWxH 4790x1820x1445 Kerb weight 1676kg 1.4 Multiair II 170 4WD 167 124 9.5 TBC TBC A versatile interior, but firm ride and high price disappoint.
1.2 MPI 84 83 106 12.8 45.6-46.3 TBC 3.5 V6 Hybrid 364 359 155 5.1 31.4 TBC 1.6d MultiJet II 120 118 115 11.0 TBC TBC LxWxH 4075x1765x1600 Kerb weight 1253kg
3.5 V6 Hybrid 364 AWD 359 155 5.4 26.2 TBC 2.0d MultiJet II 140 4WD 138 118 10.1 TBC TBC 1.6 123 111-115 10.4-11.1 34.4-37.2 172-187
i30 5dr hatch £17,125–£29,495 AAABC 2.0d MultiJet II 170 4WD 167 122 9.5 TBC TBC
As good as we’ve come to expect from Hyundai, but not one inch JAG UAR Carens 5dr MPV £19,505–£28,445 AAABC
better. LxWxH 4340x1795x1455 Kerb weight 1194kg XE 4dr saloon £31,505–£45,640 AAAAB Renegade 5dr SUV £23,500–£31,400 AAABC Nicely up to scratch without feeling cheap or austere, but no class
1.0 T-GDi 120 118 118 11.1 45.6 TBC Tops the pile thanks to outstanding driver appeal. Poised and Middling compact crossover with chunky looks but no obvious leader. LxWxH 4525x1805x1605 Kerb weight 1483kg
1.4 T-GDi 140 138 127-130 8.9-9.2 42.2-46.3 TBC engaging but refined. LxWxH 4672x1967x1416 Kerb weight 1450kg charm. LxWxH 4236x1805x1667 Kerb weight 1346kg 1.6 GDi 133 115 10.9 TBC TBC
1.6 CRDi 115 113 118 11.0-11.2
2.0d 163 160 58.9-60.1
132-133 8.3-8.9 47.8-50.7 TBC TBC 1.0 GSE T3 120 118 115 11.2 38.2 TBC 1.7 CRDi 114 114 110 12.7 TBC TBC
2.0 T-GDi 250 N 247 155 6.4
2.0d 180 177 140 34.97.6-7.9 45.7-51.1 TBC TBC 1.3 GSE T4 150 148 122 9.4 38.2-39.8 TBC 1.7 CRDi 139 139 117-120 10.0-10.9 TBC TBC
2.0 T-GDi 275 N Performance 272 155 6.1
2.0d 180 AWD 177 140 34.07.8 40.8-44.7 TBCTBC 1.6d MultiJet II 120 118 111 10.2 45.6-48.7 TBC
2.0d 240 AWD 236 155 6.1 38.9-42.5 TBC 2.0d MultiJet II 140 4WD 138 113 9.5-10.2 37.7-40.4 TBC Niro 5dr SUV £23,490–£30,845 AAABC
i30 Fastback 4dr saloon £20,435–£29,995 AAABC 2.0t 200 197 148 7.2 32.5-35.1 TBC 2.0d MultiJet II 170 4WD 167 122 8.9 35.8 TBC Kia’s first full hybrid is a solid attempt, but it lacks the refinement
Combines good looks with sensible practicalities and dynamic 2.0t 250 246 155 6.2 32.6-25.1 TBC of better rivals. LxWxH 4355x1805x1545 Kerb weight 1500kg
charm LxWxH 4455x1795x1425 Kerb weight 1287kg 2.0t 300 AWD 295 155 5.4 30.0-33.2 TBC Cherokee 5dr SUV £35,750 AABCC 1.6 GDi Hybrid 139 101 11.1 TBC TBC
1.0 T-GDi 120 118 117 11.5 54.3 TBC Hamstrung by poor UK specification. Uninspiring but practical and 1.6 GDi Hybrid PHEV 139 107 10.4 TBC TBC
1.4 T-GDI 140 138 129 9.2 49.6-52.3 TBC XF 4dr saloon £34,950–£53,035 AAAAB roomy. LxWxH 4624x1859x1670 Kerb weight 1738kg
2.0 T-GDI 275 N 272 155 6.1 34.0 TBC Outstandingly broad-batted dynamically, plus a pleasant cabin. 2.2d MultiJet 185 4WD 182 127 8.8 TBC TBC Stonic 5dr SUV £16,540–£21,200 AAABC
LxWxH 4954x1987x1457 Kerb weight 1545kg Kia’s first crossover is striking and reasonably good considering
i30 Tourer 5dr estate £17,625–£26,125 AAABC 2.0d 163 160 132 8.7 46.1-50.4 TBC Grand Cherokee 5dr SUV £49,880 AAABC the value. LxWxH 4140x1760x1520 Kerb weight 1160kg
Another solid car. Good value and practical but lacks excitement. 2.0d 180 177 136 8.0-8.1 44.8-50.9 TBC The best Jeep on sale by some margin. Comfortable and well-
LxWxH 4585x1795x1465 Kerb weight 1245kg 2.0d 180 AWD 177 136 8.4 40.2-44.4 TBC equipped. LxWxH 4828x1943x1792 Kerb weight 2266kg
1.0 T-GDi 120 118 117 11.4 47.9-49.6 TBC 2.0d 240 AWD 236 153 6.5 38.5-42.7 TBC 3.0 MultiJet 250 4WD 247 126 8.2 TBC TBC
1.4 T-GDi 140 138 126-129 9.2-9.5 44.8-46.3 TBC 3.0d V6 300 295 155 6.2 40.8-43.2 TBC
1.6 CRDi 110 108 117 11.3 58.9-60.1 TBC 2.0t 250 246 152 6.6 31.5-34.4 TBC Wrangler 2dr/4dr SUV £44,865–£48,365 AAAAC
1.6 CRDi 136 134 123 10.9 56.5-57.6 TBC 2.0t 300 AWD 295 155 5.8 29.9-32.6 TBC Heavy-duty off-roader goes anywhere, but lacks on-road manners.
LxWxH 4223x1873x1840 Kerb weight 1827kg
i40 4dr saloon £22,995–£29,125 AAABC XF Sportbrake 5dr estate £37,390–£55,035 AAAAB 2.2d MultiJet II 200 4WD 197 114 9.5 28.8-30.4 TBC
Useful, inoffensive and well-priced, but don’t expect any fireworks. Superb XF is now available in the more practical Sportbrake form.
LxWxH 4745x1815x1470 Kerb weight 1497kg It’s a win-win. LxWxH 4954x1987x1496 Kerb weight 1660kg KIA
1.6 GDI 135 133 122 11.5 39.2 TBC 2.0d 163 160 136 9.3-9.4 45.8-48.2 TBC Picanto 5dr hatch £9720–£14,720 AAACC
1.6 CRDi 115 113 117 12.0 56.6 TBC 2.0d 180 177 138 8.8 44.0-48.4 TBC Nice drive and cabin, but now overshadowed by rivals.
1.6 CRDi 136 134 122 10.8-11.5 54.3 TBC 2.0d 180 AWD 177 136 8.9 39.3-43.1 TBC LxWxH 3595x1406x1485 Kerb weight 935kg
2.0d 240 AWD 236 150 6.7 37.8-41.5 TBC 1.0 MPi 66 100 13.8 49.6-50.4 127-129
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For £360k, you’ll
be, um, first away
from traffic lights
Icelandic expedition
29 September 1933
TO CELEBRATE THE thousandth
anniversary of its parliament,
Iceland arranged a gathering at the
historical meeting site Thingvellir.
Three years later, one CDH
Briggs detailed in Autocar driving
in the 800-strong train over the 30
miles from the capital, Reykjavik.
“A standard detachable body
was fitted to trucks, turning them
into rough-and-ready coaches, and
private cars [invariably American]
were commandeered,” he wrote.
“The roads were little better
than tracks, built up with loose
stone consisting of a sort of ash or
lava. The procession was organised
an I hand you this ` thoroughly, with a traffic controller
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