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COVER STORY

THIS WEEK

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Can a heavyweight softtop deliver M-car thrills? We drive BMW’s new M6 convertible and find out

M-CAR SPECIAL

46 Autocar designs the ultimate M-car

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Andrew Frankel drives BMW’s thoroughbred M1

54 Bargain M-cars from the classifieds

‘The Volvo V40 stands on the same level as the BMW 1-series and new Audi A3’

Steve Cropley, p30

70 Chevrolet Cruze road test

58 Audi/Ducati deal investigated

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Oddball driver’s choices: Morgan vs Grinnall and Caterham

NEWS New Alfa Spider Roadster to be based on MX-5 10 Renault Alpine A110-50 New concept stuns 12 Peugeot 301 Small saloon targets big sales 15 BMW Z4 Zagato concept Production possible 17 Aston AM310 DBS replacement previewed 18 VW Golf GTI Mk7 hot hatch to get 260bhp 21 BMW 7-series Facelift brings hot diesel 24 Dany Bahar suspended What next for Lotus? 26

TESTED Volvo V40 D2 SE Impressive premium hatch 30 Vauxhall Mokka 1.4T Small SUV has promise 34 Audi R8 GT Spyder Scintillating but civilised 37 Porsche Panamera GTS Hits the sweet spot 39 Audi A3 1.4 Clever eco tech for slick new hatch39 Chevrolet Cruze 1.7 VCDi LT ROAD TEST 70

FEATURES BMW M6 convertible Rapid drop-top driven 40 Autocar’s ultimate M-car M division’s best bits 46 BMW M1 revisited Iconic supercar revisited 48 Used M-cars Affordable M-car options 54 Audi/Ducati deal So what happens now? 58 Morgan 3 Wheeler vs rivals Unusual suspects 60 Gert Hildebrand interview Mini designer talks 68

OUR CARS Chevrolet Volt Range extender joins the fleet 80 Lexus CT200h Luxury hybrid update 83 Mini Coupé JCW Fun in the French sun 85

EVERY WEEK Steve Cropley Everything starts with an E63 23 Steve Sutcliffe Finding his feet in an FF 25 Alan Henry The Indy 500’s changing status 29 Mail Motoring nirvana in a secondhand MX-5 78 Colin Goodwin Dear Ulrich Bez… 79 Richard Bremner Ford GT90 concept 122

DEALS

Used buying guide Toyota MR2 Mk2 86 Used car bargains Cut-price golf caddies 90 New car deals Dealer finance deals 93 New cars A-Z All the latest models rated 94 Road test results Autocar’s data archive 109 Classifieds Cars, number plates, services 113

How to buy a used Toyota MR2 Mk2

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