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2021 • After the darkness of 2020, there are signs that 2021 offers cause for optimism. And change – plenty of change...

Moers’ Aston plans... Lagonda rethink... hybrid mid-engined Vantage

Hail the hypercar king • As Pininfarina’s electric hypercar completes its first high-speed tests, meet its mastermind

Jag’s digital racing distraction • A bit skint? Design for games instead

‘The car plan has totally changed’ • Under a new CEO, Renault must act differently to survive – just ask UK MD Vincent Tourette

A silly Lamborghini • Behold the SC20. No roof. Any point?

Six questions only we would ask

Alpine A110 sports car could go all-electric • Options being mulled over by Renault for making more of its sporty sub-brand include an EV version.

Bolts from the blue • See through every Blue Monday with these colourful pieces.

The art of safe and spectacular track design • The science of designing a brand new circuit that’s as challenging and rewarding as the classics.

FOUR STEPS TO A BETTER RACETRACK

WEC’s new hybrid heart • Peugeot Sport is returning to endurance racing with an ingenious new hybrid.

The racing coach you always wanted • Garmin’s Catalyst might look like a stick-on sat-nav, but it’s your key to faster lap times and race wins.

THE DRIVER’S FITBIT • HOW IT WORKS

Who Sanderos wins • If it’s transport you’re after, Britain’s cheapest car makes perfect sense – even when touring some of Britain’s most expensive towns

Trigger’s £370k broom • Not much of the ’60s original remains, but the result is fantastic

La dolce volta • A lot like the last one, but now electric-only. Genius. We try the new 500 in soft-top form

Put a socket in it • The first plug-in hybrid Jeep is a Renegade with an electric rear axle. It’s niche, but nice

Sofa so good • New C4 has a look and feel all of its own, despite the many shared parts

The 911 that isn’t • The 911 Le Mans car is mid-engined. And sensational to drive

Posh’s plug-in • Range Rover’s supermodel Evoque goes PHEV – just a pretty face?

Is this love? • If you find yourself falling hard for a plug-in Skoda, you are not alone

The ’Bach of beyond • Already swanky GLS gets extra passenger-pleasing swankiness

Off the beaten track

Opinion • F1 RADIOS + FORD CAPRI + FERRARI ROMA + PONTIAC AZTEK

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THE CLASS OF 2021 • The first V6 Ferrari since the Dino, a clean-sheet electric Ford to take on Tesla and the first AMG C63 without a V8... 2021 promises revolution

What would Enzo say? • Famously sceptical about mid-engined road cars, what on Earth would Ferrari’s founder have made of a mid-engined V6 hybrid capable of silent electric drive? No matter: it’s on its way. And we can’t wait

Ferrari and the beast • Can Ferrari’s design boss pull off the impossible: a handsome 4x4? Critic Stephen Bayley is cautiously optimistic...

McLaren 3.0 • After the F1 and then the 12C, Artura: Woking’s hybrid re-boot

Mach or break • Can Ford’S-first EV really-be a sharp-driving, keenly priced Tesla beater,...