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COVER STORY

Is this the future of urban motoring? We drive the all-electric Renault Twizy

THIS WEEK

NEWS BMW i8 Spyder Green supercar loses its roof 8 New Jaguar sports car Prouction confirmed 10 Mercedes-Benz MLC Coupé-SUV to get 400bhp12 Maserati Quattroporte New V6 and V8 engines 15 FIsker Atlantic 5-series rival revealed 16 Honda NSX Hybrid supercar gets global appeal 20 Spotlight AC’s ambitious expansion plans 22

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

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Bentley Continental GTC V8 road test

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BMW i8 Spyder revealed, here in 2015

‘Forget about its value, give it some stick and the GTO will penetrate your soul’

Andrew Frankel, p44

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New Subaru BRZ meets its rear-drive Japanese rivals

74 Premium compact execs from £13k

TESTED Renault Twizy Oddball electric urban transport 26 Audi A8 hybrid Compromised eco-limousine 31 Audi A6 Allroad 3.0 TDI Obliging all-rounder 33 Nissan Note 1.5 dCi N-Tec Top-spec mini MPV 33 Porsche 911 cabriolet Outstanding drop-top 35 Hyundai Veloster 1.6 GDi DCT Auto coupé 35 Bentley Continental GTC V8 ROAD TEST 54

FEATURES Subaru BRZ vs rivals MX-5 and 370Z step up 36 Ferrari 250GTO Intoxicating icon driven 44 European car industry Is it facing disaster? 50

OUR CARS BMW 320d Sublime saloon joins the fleet 64 Nissan Leaf Highs and lows of living with an EV 67 Mercedes-Benz E63 Ceramic brake concerns 69

EVERY WEEK Steve Cropley AC cars is back at Brooklands 19 Steve Sutcliffe The SARTRE philosophy 21 Alan Henry Down on the farm with Jody 25 Mail Is the car industry unfairly targeted? 62 Colin Goodwin The trouble with COTY… 63 Richard Bremner Buick Y-Job revisited 98

DEALS

Used buying guide Toyota Yaris from £3k 70 Used car bargains Classy compact execs 74 New car deals Save on family hatches 77 New cars A-Z All the latest models rated 78 Road test results Autocar’s data archive 89 Cars for sale Hundreds up for grabs 98

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50 Europe’s car industry faces a crisis

Toyota Yaris: what to look for, how to buy

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