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The best estate cars

1 week ago | msn.com | Illya Verpraet |Jack Warrick

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Skoda Kodiaq vRS

1 week ago | msn.com | Illya Verpraet

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Alfa, Alpine, Cupra, Mini, MG or... Mika

1 week ago | msn.com | Matt Saunders |Illya Verpraet |Jonathan Bryce

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Suzuki's first EV faces tough competition | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Illya Verpraet

The company has taken its sweet time, and has had to use an architecture that’s loosely derived from the one it uses for its piston cars. On the face of it, though, the new eVitara shares little more with its piston-powered counterpart than a name. At 4275mm in length, it’s 100mm longer than a petrol Vitara, and somewhere in between a Kia EV3 and a Renault Megane E-Tech.
These are the best estate cars you can buy right now - number 1 is just superb… | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Illya Verpraet |Jack Warrick |Matt Saunders

While the vast majority of drivers enjoy life with their family SUV, the estate is still going strong. Packed with bags of appeal, versatility and practicality in equal measure, the best estate cars combine the versatility of an SUV with the dynamic precision of a saloon. Many argue they satisfy the cliché of being 'all the car you'll ever need' more than their raised and blocky SUV counterparts.
Can EVs be fun? Alpine takes on the world - and one wildcard | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Matt Saunders |Illya Verpraet |Jonathan Bryce

Close It’s more than 18 months since we first collected a field of affordable electric cars together along with a similar number of Autocar road testers. The aim was to perform some proper back-to-back testing and decide if any – or perhaps how many – of the former could be considered genuinely good fun to drive.
Citroen ë-C4 and ë-C4 X review

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Illya Verpraet |Matt Saunders

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Lotus Emira V6

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Illya Verpraet |Felix Page

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Where we're going, we don't need roads: the best 4x4s on sale today | Autocar

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | James Disdale |Matt Saunders |Jonathan Bryce |Illya Verpraet

If you want to climb every mountain and ford every stream, a proper rough-and-tumble vehicle is exactly what you need. The best 4x4s and off-roaders are genuinely capable, mud-plugging machines designed to tackle terrain that would make a mountain goat think twice. But which is the best?
Lotus Emira: full road test reveals this is one of the all-time Brit sports car greats | Autocar

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Illya Verpraet |Felix Page

Temperatures were in the single digits during our test, which aren’t the favoured conditions of the Lotus-spec Goodyear tyres. As a result, it was short on grip at times, and the traction and stability control can be rather permissive even when left on. However, thanks to the transparent steering, you always know where you stand, and when the Emira loses traction, it does so progressively. Track notesWith its 399bhp, the Emira naturally makes light work of the straights.