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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 25 Apr '21
Reviews of the new 911 GT3 are in, plus Ferrari reveals a hardcore 812 that revs to 9,500rpm
The Mercedes-Benz EQB is an all-electric seven-seat SUV
"Another day, another all-new electric SUV. But the Mercedes-Benz EQB brings something different to the party: it’s a proper seven-seat family car."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe new four-wheel-drive BMW M3 xDrive costs £77k
"BMW tells us there’s a rear-bias in the system – “in classic M style” – though each car is comfortably quicker than its rear-drive counterpart. BMW quotes 0-62mph in just 3.5secs, which is 0.4secs faster. Three point five."
Review: Toyota Highlander
"The Highlander suffers mainly from an excess of middle-of-the-road. It’s fine. But fine isn’t quite good enough"
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe Toyota bZ4X is a new electric SUV concept
"Nope, it’s not your WiFi network name, but a new electric SUV concept from Toyota. And this new ‘bZ4X’ previews the first of Toyota’s incoming series of fully electric cars."
This is the Audi A6 e-tron concept
"There’s more to this initial concept than just design, because the A6 e-tron represents our first proper look at Audi and Porsche’s new PPE platform. Slightly awkward name these days, but here it stands for Premium Platform Electric."
Meet the new Maserati Levante Hybrid
"This is not the electrified Maserati you’ve been waiting for, sorry. That’d probably be the MC20 EV, which we’re assured will arrive at some point in the next few years. Fingers crossed."
Should this Ford Evos replace the Mondeo?
"To little surprise (and perhaps even less fanfare), Ford recently called time on the Mondeo, the surge of SUV demand simply too strong for the one staple saloon car. But perhaps this is a glimpse at the kind of car we can expect to replace it."
Advertisement - Page continues belowPolestar 1 production will end later this year
"Bad News: Polestar has confirmed it will end production of its first model, the halo performance hybrid Polestar 1, later this year."
Audi's made an A7 Sportback saloon and huh?
"Ready to have your brain slightly scrambled? Welcome to the Audi A7 L, an elongated A7 Sportback for China. Which makes it – ahem – the saloon version of the hatchback version of a saloon."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe ID.6 is Volkswagen’s biggest EV yet
"Meet the Volkswagen ID.6. We’ve had the 3, 4 and… well, they appear to have missed one out. To confuse numerical matters yet further, the ID.6 can have seven seats."
Mercedes E-Class review: 316bhp plug-in hybrid tested
"It’s got a 2.0-litre petrol engine and a 13.5kWh battery for a combined 316bhp/516lb ft of motive force, and Mercedes claims up to 35 miles of electric range and 37g/km of CO2. 0-62mph takes 5.7 seconds, so it’s pretty quick."
The 'Electrified G80' is the very first electric Genesis
"Range? Apparently 311 miles (500km) on the NEDC cycle, and a 350kW rapid charging system allows 10 per cent to 80 per cent recharge in 22 minutes. Genesis quotes 4.3km/kWh of efficiency when running on 19in wheels."
The Venom F5 has hit 200mph in its quest for 311mph
"Hennessey has today confirmed its Venom F5 hypercar has completed the first of a three-part development programme. Basically: It Go Really Fast."
Review: Porsche 911 GTS (992)
"It’s more apparent than ever that the 911 GT3 is part of a famous motorsport bloodline. Another phenomenal car"
Review: Volkswagen Arteon Shooting Brake
"A fine, good looking practical estate. Just don't buy it for the thrills"
This ‘special’ 812 Superfast is Ferrari's highest revving road car
"We don’t yet know what this new iteration of Ferrari 812 Superfast will be called, so let us temporarily christen it the Ferrari 812 ReallyVerySuperfast. Principally because underneath that new bonnet sits the most powerful road-going Ferrari engine ever built."
Behold: it’s the facelifted Volkswagen Polo
"The big news is all tech. The new Polo gets LED headlights and taillights as standard, but you can upgrade to clever ‘Matrix’ LEDs up front. Moreover you can specify VW’s ‘Travel Assist’ driver aid that bundles together adaptive cruise control and lane-assist to keep you a set distance from the car ahead and centred in your lane. Clever stuff for a supermini."
The Lyriq is Cadillac’s first production EV
"We actually saw the Lyriq in concept form in August last year, and Cadillac says development is running ahead of schedule, so we’ll now get the full production version nine months earlier than was originally planned. "
Ferrari 330 LMB review: driving a reborn Sixties hero
"If it looks a bit like the 250 GTOs that fetch squillions at auction, that’s because it’s effectively an evolution of them. Which is why it looks way more like a GTO than it does the 330 GT road car that lies beneath its bespoke alloy panels. Shorthand for Le Mans Berlinetta, Four LMBs were built for the 1963 Le Mans 24 Hours, where just one finished, in fifth place."
Review: Jaguar I-Pace
"Jaguar stepped bravely into the unknown and nailed it. A rapid, desirable, good-looking SUV that happens to be powered by electricity"
Review: Jaguar XF Sportbrake
"A wilfully traditional, likeable and keenly priced estate car. Tech and powertrains now improved too"
Does the Mugen Honda HR-V look a bit silly?
"For Japanese market cars - where the HR-V is known as the Vezel - at least. This is the Mugen Vezel, and besides the offer of a new exhaust and air filter, it’s not any gnarlier beneath the skin."
Chris Harris Drives: the new Porsche 911 GT3
This is what happens when Chris Harris is tasked with running that glorious 4.0-litre flat-six engine in, just so he can open the taps and thrash the new ' 992' Porsche 911 GT3 around a track.
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