Autocar magazine 4 September: on sale now

In this week’s issue, we uncover Aston Martin’s caller flagship GT, springiness our verdict connected the Volvo EX90 electrical SUV and the Ferrari Roma Spider meets 1 of its ancestors from 1964. 

News

Aston Martin has revived the Vanquish sanction for a caller flagship sports GT that boasts 824bhp from a twin-turbocharged V12, making it the British firm’s astir almighty pure- combustion-engined car yet. We stock each the details of the stunning caller sports car. 

Audi has unveiled the adjacent iteration of its best-selling model, the Q5. The SUV, which made up 17% (334,480) of Audi’s full planetary income past year, volition beryllium utilized to anchor the marque arsenic it shifts distant from combustion engines and into electrical cars. 

Also successful the quality section: we uncover each the details connected the caller Hyundai Ioniq 9, Land Rover’s Defender restomods, Prodrive’s last-mile transportation EV and Toyota’s hydrogen plans.

Reviews

The EX90 seven-seat SUV volition soon articulation the XC90 successful showrooms arsenic a technological trailblazer for Volvo’s all-electric future. Mark Tisshaw gets a archetypal sensation of the caller EV successful Los Angeles. 

We besides thrust the revised Kia EV6, AC Schnitzer’s outlandish mentation of the BMW M2, the Maserati Grecale Folgore EV and the BYD Dolphin Boost.

And the Peugeot e-3008 73kWh Allure is roadworthy trial fig 5690. 

Features

The caller soft-top Roma Spider tin hint its roots backmost 60 years to the 275 GTS that revolutionised front-engined Ferrari convertibles. Simon Hucknall takes these stunning drop-tops for a drive. 

The Eurotunnel work turns 30 this year, arsenic does different groundbreaking cross-continent shuttle, the Audi RS2. Stephen Dobie toasts their success. 

Opinion

Matt Prior riffs connected astir the caller influx of caller – and alternatively costly – classical Defender Restomods.

Steve Cropley, meanwhile, explains wherefore he’s joined the Allard Owners’ Club, and visits a Jaguar dealership pursuing the announcement that caller Jaguar accumulation volition extremity wrong months.

Used

Sam Phillips explains wherefore the humble-looking third-generation Toyota Yaris is an fantabulous utilized bargain for caller drives arsenic good arsenic municipality commuters.