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The Beat Cancer Bus • Fred Hayes has had a love for air cooled Volkswagens since childhood, and he credits this particular T2 with saving his life

Five spice • Alpine’s new A290 is a hot-hatch makeover for the new EV Renault Five. Is it a Oui or a non?

HIT or MISS • Two titans of the editorial team fight it out

coffee break • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working

COMMENTS BMW M135

Date night • Leave the calendar at home and get yourself a mechanical watch that tells you the time and day

EPIC FAIL • 1976 ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA

THRILLS WITHOUT THE BILLS • Fast(ish) cars you can actually afford

Bugatti-baiting 2,000bhp Audi R8 V10 • Exactly how far can you push development of Ingolstadt’s supercar? Not far enough, says Tony

MYTH BUSTER • “LOCKED DIFF MEANS EQUAL TORQUE”

THE VAPOURWARE FILES • THIS MONTH: THE DEVEL SIXTEEN

MIKE’S CHANNEL • Q: ARE CHARGING STOPS A GAMING OPPORTUNITY?

BOV • We all have a ‘Ferrari’ from our youth. Jethro’s is Japanese

PINKS • Park your prejudice about Monaco, says F1 presenter Natalie. It’s a race like no other and a must attend event

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NEED FOR TWEED • Aston’s 110th birthday present to itself is a machine so old school it has a wooden gearlever and recycled geography teacher upholstery. Analogue heaven, or expensive anachronism?

Monster Muncher • The new Aston Martin Valiant is what happens when Fernando Alonso wants a new company car, but doesn’t think the Valour is quite aggressive enough…

CIRCUIT BREAKER • Looking for the ultimate flex at your local track day? A long tail tribute to the ’67 Le Mans winning GT40 Mk IV, and most extreme iteration of the third-gen Ford GT, should do it…

MAC MONO • From Vision GT to visceral reality, the V10 Solus GT is a single seater, lightweight hit of pure violence. You’re on your own, Jethro…

the BROTHERS RING • In deepest Wisconsin lurks a family business building scary horsepower monsters and genre twisting freaks

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DEAD RUBBER? • Shouldn’t the hybrid Ferrari 296 be taking on the hybrid McLaren Artura? Nope, it’s stepping up a division to fight the 750S, in a supercar battle for the ages

CULTURE SHOCK • China’s automotive dominance seems inevitable, but what is it exactly that makes Chinese buyers tick? We take a Zeekr 009 to Shanghai to find out

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DARK ARTS • HWA – the most influential company you’ve never heard of. Meet the minds behind this murdered out 190E Evo II tribute

Car ads that time forgot • PORSCHE, 1983

That time we… • TOOK A MASSIVELY UNSUITABLE CARRALLYING

Emergency Call Ambulance • ARCADE, 1999

ELECTRIFIED ESTATES • If it’s a large electrified estate you’re after, it’s been slim pickings… but now the BMW i5 Touring and Mercedes E300e have entered the fray. Which should you take to the beach this summer?

THE OVERRUN • Small but perfectly formed reviews. The best of this month’s drives

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