Autocar magazine 29 March: on sale now

This week successful Autocar we uncover details of Alfa Romeo’s electric-only Giulia, get down the instrumentality of the facelifted BMW X7 and pit the Ford Ranger Raptor against the Jeep Wrangler. 

News

Alfa Romeo is preparing to go an electric-only marque with an electrical SUV to beryllium launched adjacent twelvemonth and the Giulia scope acceptable to get EV treatment, bringing a 986bhp Giulia Quadrifoglio edition. Meanwhile, the Skoda Superb volition get a 62-mile plug-in hybrid variation and we screen Kia’s daze uncover of the sharply-styled EV5 SUV. 

Reviews

We get down the instrumentality of the facelifted Mercedes-Benz A-Class to find retired if the plush hatchback tin inactive clasp its ain against the UK’s best-sellers and SUVs. 

Also connected trial is the Bentley Continental GTC S, combining heavyweight luxury and V8 brawn successful a akin vein to the M60i variant of the BMW X7, which features arsenic roadworthy trial 5617.

Features

The V6-propelled Ford Ranger Raptor sports 288bhp, motorsport-inspired dampers and a £58,900 asking price. Can it vie against the £62,280 Jeep Wrangler amid immoderate muddy-shire off-roading?

James Ruppert has been engaged compiling the cleanable utilized buys for each signifier successful your lifetime, from young and escaped to grandkids and dogs. Young oregon old, there’s a car for you. 

Meanwhile, John Evans meets adept detailer Gary Scott whose attraction to car cleaning has earned him a sizeable net fanbase - what are his secrets?

Opinion

Matt Prior comments connected his deficiency of nostalgia for the soon-to-be-defunct Mini Clubman and takes a look astatine the Dodge Challenger Demon SRT 170 - successful different words, a car that tin bash 0-62mph successful 1.66sec.

Steve Cropley recounts his thrust of the Ineos Grenadier astatine Goodwood 75, is amazed by however overmuch of a quality a mates of inches marque successful a car’s agility and considers immoderate similarities betwixt the Lotus Emira and Alpine A110. 

Used

Oliver Young takes a look astatine the Lexus ES arsenic your adjacent imaginable nearly-new bargain and wherefore it’s not simply a Toyota successful a fancy frock. 

Alex Trethewey explains wherefore emotion is each that’s needed to place the Volkswagen T2’s galore faults successful this week’s Cult Hero.

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