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THIS WEEK

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COVER STORY

New Mercedes-Benz ML350 Bluetec meets Range Rover TDV6 and Porsche Cayenne Diesel

4x4 SPECIAL

‘A new Lamborghini SUV is crucial to securing the company’s future’

Greg Kable, p12

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

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Land Rover DC100 concept wows New York

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Revisiting Lamborghini’s 444bhp LM002

32 First drive: V6 Lotus Exige S

NEWS Lamborghini Urus Concept previews firm’s 4x4 12 Beckham Evoque Spiced-up SUV to cost £80k 17 Audi Q5 Engine and styling updates unveiled 19 MG Icon Concept reveals firm’s SUV plans 20 Jaguar 4x4 Customers give it the thumbs up 23 Aston Martin DBS First spy pics of new coupé 26 Spotlight How SUVs are killing luxury saloons 28

TESTED Lotus Exige S Hardcore coupé gets blown V6 32 Ferrari California Updates raise cabrio’s game 36 Audi S7 Twin-turbo V8 for four-door coupé 39 Audi S6 Slick, rapid saloon lacks cohesion 41 Mini Roadster Cooper SD Entertaining drop-top 41 Mazda CX-5 SkyActiv 2.2D Impressive SUV 43 Chevrolet Colorado 2.5 LTZ Practical pick-up 43 Fiat Panda 1.2 Easy ROAD TEST 64

FEATURES ML350 vs rivals Diesel SUVs fight for honours 46 DC100 in NYC Defender concept visits the US 54 Lamborghini LM002 Off-road leviathan driven 58

OUR CARS Mini Coupé JCW Off piste and on message 74 Vauxhall Astra GTC Playful but practical 77 BMW 320d Join the queue to drive it 79

EVERY WEEK Steve Cropley Petrol prices and politics

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Steve Sutcliffe Skoda vs Noble: what’s fastest? 27 Alan Henry Politics and protest in Bahrain 31 Mail Car makers can survive the bad times 72 Colin Goodwin Dear Jonathan Palmer… 73 Richard Bremner Peugeot 908 RC revisited 122

DEALS

Used buying guide Audi A6 Avant

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Used car bargains Bangers of tomorrow 84 New car deals Petrol or diesel? 87 New cars A-Z All the latest models rated 88 Road test results Autocar’s data archive 105 Classifieds Cars, number plates, services 111

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36 First drive: new Ferrari California

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Fiat’s all-new Panda goes under the road test microscope

Petrol vs diesel: the new-car conundrum

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