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Car • ISSUE 761 | DECEMBER 2025

Who – or what – could follow Elon at Tesla? • He might get a lot less than a trillion, but the deal should give Elon what he really wants: control

That’s the end of Porsche at Le Mans (for now)

It’s the cleverest car ever built. But who will buy Ferrari’s EV?

The secret to 100 years of keeping zillionaires happy

Lamborghini minus the bling

Extreme E did a lot of good. Pity about the racing

Who’s your hero?

Small, smart and cheap: Dacia’s kei-inspired Hipster

Lotus: time to tell the untold story

Splash and dash • How do you improve on the already mighty 296 GTB? That’s the challenge facing the 296 Speciale, successor to 488 Pista – that and some atrocious weather

Storm bringer • Like a rolling thundercloud, RML’s incredible take on the 911 creates drama and excitement wherever it goes

Plugged into today • Third time round, Nissan’s reinvented Leaf is very 2025

Alternative future • A new petrol-engined city car? Turns out it can still be done

Missing a spark • An electrified addition to the Corvette line-up aims to bring both more power and extra usability

Opinion • OLD AUDIS + TIMELESS RENAULTS + FUTURE RIVIANS

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‘A high top speed was just a happy upshot of the game-changing McLaren F1’s excellence’

‘What sets it apart is the attention to detail, helped by an ecosystem of aerospace suppliers’

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REWIRED • Porsche has hybridised the flagship 911 – and brought it back to life in the process, creating a thrillingly usable new performance car

HOW IT GOT SO QUICK

RULING THE BOOST • Being fired through time and space by a turbo charged Por sche engine is one of life’s great pleasures. We salute the best of the breed

THE TURBO TRAILBLAZER

RACING IN A CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA

‘HI. I’M FROM THE FUTURE’

SMELLS LIKE UNDERDOG SPIRIT

THE 691BHP UNICORN

KING OF THE WILD FRONTERA • The UK’s highest frontier to its most northerly? Sounds like a job for the UK’s next big-selling Vauxhall, the new Frontera

PRESENTS FROM THE PAST • Contrasting traditions go head to head in the form of two brilliant sports coupes: BMW’s latest M2 CS and Porsche’s nicely matured Cayman GTS

NOW THE REALLY TRICKY BIT

PARADISE GLOSSED • The cars at Hampton Court’s concours event combine the weird, the wonderful and the very expensive. And then there’s the people…

Eyes on the prize • Skoda does a lot of things well. But what it currently does better than anyone is big, friendly estates.

The ace of Clubs • How does our Golf GTI Clubsport stack up against the most extreme GTI ever, the Mk7 Clubsport S?

Just out of reach • Every Alfa balances on the brink of brilliance. Will our hot Junior be one of the greats?

‘Dial 2 for Polestar’ • Polestar seems caught between science fiction dreams of a virtual future and a more conventional reality.

Seize the day • If you can afford to buy a Civic Type R, buy a Civic Type R.

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