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Behind the wheel of BMW’s tyre-shredding M5 super-saloon

COVER STORY

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Alfa Romeo’s new flagship saloon revealed

Four generations of used M5s examined

‘The RAV4 was an early example of the stylish, compact, road-biased SUV’ Richard Bremner p114

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54 BriSCA F1 stockcar driven

THIS WEEK

Don’t dream it’s oversteer

NEWS Alfa Romeoshake-upNew flagship due in 2014 8 Jeep to expandFirm plans six-model line-up 11 Skoda Citigo Up-based city car due next year 13 Peugeot 208GTINew hot hatchback planned 15 Jensen Interceptor Reborn GT coming in 2014 16 Cadillac ATSNew saloon to rival BMW3-series 19 TeewaveAR1GMD’s one-off electric roadster 20 Analysis Germany’s premium-car stranglehold 25

TESTED Mini Coupé Cooper SDEnjoyable oil-burner 30 BMW520dEfficient DynamicsFrugal exec 33 Subaru Forester 2.0DUprated diesel engine 35 Peugeot 508 1.6 HDiSo-so mid-size saloon 37 Toyota Yaris ROADTEST 58

FEATURES BMWM5New552bhpV8 super-saloon driven 38 UsedM5sThe good, the bad and the awesome 46 Newignition tech Spark plugs of the future 52 BriSCAstockcardrivenIt’s like F1, but cheaper 54

EVERYWEEK Steve Cropley Revelling in the Revival

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Hilton Holloway Can Mini get much bigger? 19 Steve Sutcliffe The thinking behind the new M5 21 Alan HenryHas Hamilton lost the plot? 27 Mail Cars should be restricted to 80mph 66

EXTRA

Buyingusednews

JamesRuppert

Buyingused

Ourcars

Buyingnew

NewcarsA-Z

Roadtestresults

Carsforsale

RichardBremner

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52 The future of the spark plug

Road test: Toyota Yaris goes under the microscope

Used buying guide: Mercedes-Benz SLK

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