Innholdsfortegnelse for 23/11/2016 i Autocar

An autonomous Hyundai Ioniq concept has been revealed in LA featuring affordable technology that could appear on production models by the end of the decade. The autonomous hardware includes parts already in use on the production Ioniq for its driver assist systems. Hyundai USA product boss Mike O’Brien said: “We’re developing the tech in-house using lower computing power than most, as we want people to be able to afford it. Which is no different to the existing Hyundai ethos.””…

THE THIRD GENERATION of the Mercedes-AMG E63 is expected to be the most successful in the UK yet, according to AMG boss Tobias Moers. Launched at the LA motor show, the brand’s performance saloon is the most suited yet to the UK market, Moers explained. He said: “It’s going to be more important [than before] because it’s a four-wheel drive in right-hand drive. That’s the first time we’ve had a performance car available for the UK with a four-wheel drive system. So it’s my expectation that sales will rise.” Despite the introduction of a slightly milder Mercedes-AMG E43 in April, Moers said the traditional performance cars, such as the E63, are “very, very strong”. He acknowledged that the volume of 43s was increasing but the 63s were still dominating. The…

The all-new Jeep Compass, revealed at the Los Angeles motor show, is likely to become the marque’s best-selling model when production hits its stride in the middle of next year, with global sales approaching 300,000. The model will be built in India, Mexico, China and Brazil and sell in about 110 countries. It replaces both the outgoing Compass and ageing Patriot and will slot into the range between the recently launched Renegade and the Cherokee. Jeep’s British-born boss, Mike Manley, said the opportunity to sell more vehicles in Europe’s booming C-segment SUV market is likely to be the key driver behind the Compass’s expected future status as Jeep’s top seller. The model, whose styling has been modernised along the lines of the Renegade, continues with time-honoured design features such as…

“It’s right up there with the best cars in the class” The Micra was once so integral to Nissan’s success that there was higher public awareness of the name ‘Micra’ than there was of the word ‘Nissan’. But, well, the Micra hasn’t exactly had things all its own way of late. For a start, because of the Qashqai, it’s not so pivotal to the Nissan range. And then came the just-gone-generation Micra, built to sell in major world markets and given only minimal alterations before its arrival in Europe, where the best superminis were far, far better than it. Heck, even the generation-before Micra was better than it. But now there’s a new Micra, heralded by some pretty bold claims by Nissan that it doesn’t just want to make the…

For those with a short commute and seeking to avoid the congestion charge or urban-based car buyers wanting to contribute to a cleaner planet, the new Fortwo Electric Drive could be an interesting alternative to the petrol-powered version. Compared with its predecessor, the two-seat electric city car features a roomier cabin, a newly developed motor from Renault and a more efficient battery that brings both reduced charging times and a small increase in range. Set to reach the UK by the middle of next year, the Fortwo ED comes in coupé and cabriolet bodystyles. A four-seat Forfour ED is also planned. Power for the Fortwo ED is provided by a new rear-mounted electric motor. Producing 80bhp and 118lb ft, the three-phase synchronous unit delivers 5bhp and 22lb ft more than…

Amid a flurry of new SUVs that could bury a wannabe buyer up to his or her neck in choice, the Kodiaq does almost all of the important things well: practicality, economy, driveability and convenience. And it’s most impressive of all for its delivery of appealing quality, distinguishing versatility and smart and modern SUV desirability at a competitive price. Where the car falls short is on luxurious richness and dynamic sophistication. The richness seems a lot to expect of Skoda from its first attempt at a big 4x4, although the price of our test car would buy more of it from more premium brands. We find it harder to overlook the dynamic shortfall from our driver-focused viewpoint, because there’s just a little bit of naïvety about how the Kodiaq attempts…

“No one has ever called the GT-R a wall lower, but the i8 garners more stares” The latest Nissan GT-R has just been launched and can be yours from £79,995. A decade after its debut, it’s still a tech bargain that’s loaded with performance hardware, sensors and processors to help it change direction like Godzilla’s own thrashing tail. Of course, the 2017 version is more powerful than the last, making 562bhp from its twin-turbo 3.8 V6, but Nissan has also added a number of refinements that edge the car further into grand tourer territory. Which is where you’ll find another tech-intensive steal in the form of BMW’s i8 plug-in hybrid. Only two years since its launch, you can buy used ones from just £63,000 – a bargain for a car…

“The Lotus is quicker to 60mph, but a rolling sprint reveals comparable mid-range from the TT” It’s seven years since the Lotus Evora appeared, and although consensus says 2010’s supercharged S is superior, the original, naturally aspirated version was still good enough to take our Best Driver’s Car crown in 2009. You can’t buy a non-supercharged Evora new these days, but with early examples having lost £20,000 of their £50,000 list price to the winds, the car we branded a ‘handling benchmark’ has never been so tempting. But much has changed in the interim, including the emergence of the third-generation Audi TT – a car that handles better than ever and which comes packed with technology the Evora would study as a marmot might ponder a weaponised laser. Your £30k…

FIRST DRIVE New Mercedes-AMG E63 Supercar-slaying pace on paper. Does that make it a spectacular driver’s car on the road? COMPARISON New Audi TT RS vs rivals Jaw-droppingly raucous TT against Ford Focus RS and Merc-AMG A45 INDUSTRY Autocar designs a new car Part two of our project to create a people’s car for 2025 and beyond ROAD TEST Maserati Levante After 13 years in the planning, Maserati’s SUV is finally here to face our testers SUBSCRIBE autocar.co.uk/subscribe or see p36…

I CAN’T TELL you how great it is to be back in a car that cocks an inside rear wheel. Since the DS 3 Performance’s ride is firm and the rear in particular is stiff, if I want to mimic a peeing dog, I simply flick the wheel right or left at pace and up goes the back. Hilarious. It’s useful, too, because if you’re really pressing on, that lifted inside rear makes the back end significantly more agile. But mostly it’s just great, childish fun, and a trait that sets the best driver’s hot hatches apart from the average ones. I like the suspension set-up in the Performance. Some might say it’s a little too firm for urban driving, but it certainly gives the car focus. The 3 never…

MILEAGE 154,980 BMW 530D SPORT Warning sirens could be heard from space when the 530d’s dashboard indicated that water was required. It wasn’t a false alarm. It really did need water — in the washer bottle. Phew. I know people who pre-mix their washer fluid and decant it into bottles like it is something special. I prefer to just add what I think, and when there is a faint aroma of soap, then it is probably about right. Meanwhile, it’s been an expensive month, because I’ve given the government £235 to keep the Land Rover on the road and £295 for the BMW X5. You’re welcome.…

“The rotary engine is located behind the front axle for 50/50 weight distribution” The most amazing thing about the Mazda RX-8 of 2003 to 2010 is not its rotary engine, located behind the front axle for 50/50 weight distribution, or that it can crack 0-62mph in 6.3sec or that, contrary to its coupé design, it has a roomy, four-seat cabin with rear-opening ‘suicide’ doors for easy access. Rather, it’s that you can pick up used ones for around £500. One such is a 2006-registered model that has done just 47,000 miles. The seller’s description reveals a knowledge of the problems that prospective buyers will be wise to. “Low price reflects some corrosion around the rear brake light on the bootlid” but, the seller continues, “it’s good at both hot and…

1 McLaren 570S From £143,000 A supercar-slayer for a new age. Blisteringly fast and exciting, with handling appeal far in advance of its price. 2 Porsche 911 Turbo S From £142,000 Still rules the everyday-use, any-occasion sporting ranks. Practical, easy-going and monstrously quick. 3 BMW i8 From £104,500 If BMW’s plug-in hybrid is what the future of the sports car looks like, we welcome it. Not quite mind-blowing to drive — but close. 4 Audi R8 V10 Plus From £134,500 Massive grip and pace, with an engine ready to drown out the apocalypse. Less sweet-handling than the Mk1. 5 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S From £138,000 Soulful, sultry Brit is part sports car, part GT. Wonderful engine, with simple, engaging, old-school handling.…

“The 503bhp, all-wheel-drive Stelvio Quadrifoglio can accelerate from 0-60mph in just 3.9sec” Alfa Romeo’s new four-wheel-drive Stelvio Quadrifoglio, unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show last week, stands to be the fastest SUV yet built, its makers claim. The 503bhp Stelvio Quadrifoglio packs an impressive 65bhp more than the most powerful Porsche Macan, can accelerate from 0-60mph in just 3.9sec and is predicted to lap the Nürburgring in less than eight minutes. The hot new SUV uses much of the running gear of the potent twin-turbo 2.9-litre V6 Giulia Quadrifoglio saloon shown in Frankfurt last year and it sits on the same unique-to-Alfa Giorgio platform. The Stelvio Quadrifoglio sits above a range of three equipment levels and a line-up in Europe that will include 2.0 petrol and 2.2 diesel engines…

Half of all Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will be offered with hybrid or electric powertrains within five years, company chief Ralf Speth has pledged. In the wake of the launch of the Jaguar I-Pace battery electric vehicle, which has been described by Jaguar design boss Ian Callum as being as significant as the E-Type, the British manufacturer has committed to an ambitious programme of electrification. In addition to fully electric cars and a range of diesels and petrols, JLR is developing plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid powertrain options. The company showcased plug-in and mild hybrid versions of the Range Rover Evoque last year. However, one fuel type that is unlikely to feature in JLR’s future plans is hydrogen (see sidebar). “We are shaping the future, developing our own approach to…

The success of the all-new CX-5 SUV is crucial if Mazda is to put into production a rotary-powered sports car inspired by the RX Vision concept of 2015. Mazda R&D boss Kiyoshi Fujiwara said there was no official update on the RX project a year on from the car’s debut at the 2015 Tokyo show, because the project is struggling for both a business case and the kind of technological breakthrough that would make rotary power viable for production again. However, he revealed the business case aspect could be solved by the second-generation CX-5, unveiled at the LA motor show, being a success. Fujiwara said the Mazda business was “back at its original starting point” after the company’s successful relaunch, underpinned by its innovative Skyactiv technology announced in 2011. The…

MERCEDES HAS NO plans to make Maybach its own “pure brand” again, despite recent speculation after the launch of the Vision 6 concept earlier this year. Talking to Autocar, global sales boss Matthias Luhrs said: “There are currently no plans to have a pure Maybach brand and there is no need.” He pointed out that more than 15,000 S-Class Maybachs have been sold since its launch, half of them in China. “It shows we’ve found the sweet spot,” Luhrs said. However, he did admit that Mercedes is considering a number of different options for Maybach, including an SUV. If Mercedes is to continue its strategy of building on existing models, this would most likely be based on the GLS. “A Maybach SUV is definitely one of lots of options, but…

Subaru revealed its Viziv-7 concept at the LA motor show — the largest model it has yet built. At 5200mm long, 2030mm wide and 1860mm tall, the seven-seat Viziv-7 is described by Subaru as a mid-sized SUV, even though it’s 1mm longer and 20mm taller than the long-wheelbase Range Rover. It’s somewhat narrower, though. The Viziv-7 is powered by a four-cylinder petrol boxer engine and has four-wheel drive. The production version will take a different name and be sold in North America only.…

CHINESE-BACKED ELECTRIC car company NextEV launched a new road car division called NOI at the unveiling of its limited-run 1360bhp hypercar last week. Called the NOI EP9, the hypercar is a two-seater with four inboard electric motors and gearboxes developed in collaboration with NextEV’s Formula E team. The car’s combined power output equates to one megawatt and enables it to cover 0-62mph in 2.7sec and reach 194mph. NextEV claims the car has lapped the Nürburgring in 7min 5.12sec, just eight seconds slower than the Porsche 918 Spyder’s time, and produces twice the downforce of a Formula 1 car. This halo model, of which just six examples will be made, will be preceded by the launch of a mainstream, mass-produced EV for China next year. Details of this are still top…

“The triple’s performance ought to satisfy most owners and it’s almost silent at 70mph” There seems little doubt that the Seat annals will mark 2016 as the year of the Ateca, the thorough, appealing and well-rounded compact crossover that (if there’s any justice) ought to significantly fatten the slender profit reported by the Spanish brand recently. Nevertheless, an update to its family-sized Leon should not be understated; the Ateca may be the tree branch with all the blossom on it, but it is only there by the grace of the hatchback trunk. That is possibly truer in this year than any before it because the current Leon has been such a conspicuous hit. There are several good reasons for this, although primary among them is the model’s cleverly creased appearance.…

MODEL TESTED 2.0 TDI 150 EDITION 4X4 Price £32,695 Power 148bhp Torque 251lb ft 0-60mph 9.5sec 30-70mph in fourth 13.2sec Fuel economy 37.2mpg CO2 emissions 144g/km 70-0mph 45.0m It’s so typical of Skoda, while the car industry as a whole is rushing to build new 4x4s, not to launch just another typical modern compact SUV but instead to give us something a bit more useful in this week’s road test subject: the new Kodiaq. This car gives us the perfect opportunity to take stock of the complexity that phenomenal sales growth has now brought to the SUV market and the remarkable choice that a British consumer with about £30,000 to spend now enjoys. If you want to trade outright practicality for style, a zesty drive and a premium brand, you…

“The Ghibli’s performance is brisk, but it never feels particularly involving” Vignale and Maserati have crossed paths before. Alfredo Vignale’s Italian coachbuilding company counted Maserati as one of its clients in the late 1960s, but, after selling the company to De Tomaso, the Vignale name eventually ended up in the hands of Ford in 1973. Vignale as a moniker disappeared soon after, resurfacing briefly on a Lagonda concept car in 1993 before its most recent revival as an upmarket trim level, which has, helpfully, created an ideal match for this new versus used test. On one hand you’ve got Maserati, a low-volume Italian car maker with a rich heritage looking to move into the mainstream with a lavish diesel saloon, namely the Ghibli. On the other hand there’s Ford, car…

For the past few weeks, and many to come, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer has been stopping his day job at 6pm. He then heads for the Aston Martin production line, just a minute or two from his Gaydon office, walks into a glass room and slides on a pair of white cotton gloves. With these, he will caress certain parts of whichever DB11 happens to be presented to him, devoting a good 40 minutes to the task. He will perform the same ritual with three or four DB11s in an evening, and every 10th car he will take for a short, low-speed test drive around an unusual road laid in Aston Martin’s back yard. Palmer is fulfilling a promise. Back in July he announced that he would personally inspect…

“I’m told that London to Paris and back should be a doddle. I hope to test that” As you may know, Autocar was first published in 1895 when Henry Sturmey, founder of The Cyclist, a popular journal dedicated to pedal power, noticed the arrival of cars on the carriageways around Coventry. He was certain these newfangled contraptions had a future and, within a week, he launched a pamphlet on the subject. Autocar was born. What is most astonishing about Sturmey’s prescience is that he made this leap of faith at such an early stage in the evolution of the car. Accurate records are hard to find, but it seems likely that you wouldn’t have needed to go much beyond your fingers, thumbs and toes had you been counting the total…

A few days after my first report on my Mustang 5.0 GT in August, Ford announced that the Mustang had topped the league for UK sales of performance cars packing more than 250bhp. This came as no surprise to me, because even the 5.0 GT is relatively cheap, and I reckon it’s also one of the most fun cars you can get for the money with power north of 410bhp. You may have noticed, however, that the car I am now driving is not the same car that I wrote the first report about, so let me explain. I got into the swing of Mustang ownership properly after a couple of faults were sorted on my seven-month-old car, bought from Lookers Ford Sunderland. However, the smiles evaporated fairly quickly the…

Toyota Avensis Mark Baker has just bought himself another banger, an 02-plate Toyota Avensis. It’s a one-owner car with a full service history and just 49,000 miles on the lock, and Mark paid £880 for it. “I got it through a mate in the trade,” he says. “This time I went Japanese. My Avensis is solid and a very tight old thing. I went back to a banger because I just like the feeling that you get from driving something different that costs in total what some friends are spending in a couple of months on the lease costs for their new cars. So this is a new banger journey for me.” SEND YOUR USED CAR TALES TO james@bangernomics.com…

An expert’s view MARK MCLEOD, HEXTABLE ROTARIES “What sports cars with the performance of the RX-8 are you going to get for £3000? We sell lots at this price. With the RX-8, mileage is more important than age. In our experience, engines last around 95,000 miles, so you buy one with 50,000 for £3000. You put another 40,000 on it and then one day you might, if you’re unlucky, have to fit a replacement engine for £2000. Now you’ve got another 90,000 miles in it. That’s the mindset you need with the RX-8.” Buyer beware • OIL Check if Mazda’s recommended 5W-30 Dexelia has been used. The engine is designed to burn oil, so check for a top-up bottle. • IGNITION COILS There are four and they should be replaced…

STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED 0-20% Inherently dangerous/ unsafe. Tragically, irredeemably flawed. 20-35% Appalling. Massively significant failings. 35-50% Very poor. Fails to meet any accepted class boundaries. 50-60% Poor. Within acceptable class boundaries in a few areas. Still not recommendable. 60-65% Off the pace. Below average in nearly all areas. 5-70% Acceptable. About average in key areas, but disappoints. 70-75% Competent. Above average in some areas, average in others. Outstanding in none. 75-80% Good. Competitive in key areas. 80-85% Very good. Very competitive in key areas, competitive in secondary respects. 85-92% Excellent. Near class leading in key areas, and in some ways outstanding. >93% Brilliant, unsurpassed. All but flawless.…

THE FIFTH AND final model in Mini’s all-new line-up will be an electric version of an existing model when it launches in 2019. Mini boss Peter Schwarzenbauer has previously revealed his desire to trim the Mini range to five models, which he describes as “superheroes”. The three and five-door hatches are considered one, the Convertible, Clubman and Countryman three others. There has been mystery surrounding the fifth, with speculation suggesting that it could be a production version of the well-received Rocketman or Superleggera concepts, but Schwarzenbauer has now confirmed the fifth ‘superhero’ will be an electric version of an existing model, throwing further doubt on the prospects of either of those concepts ever making production. The 2019 launch date is significant, Schwarzenbauer said, because there will have been a breakthrough…

The decision to shift the 4.0-litre six-cylinder motor of the new Porsche 911 RSR racing car to a mid-engined configuration does not spell the beginning of the end for iconic rear-engined 911s, according to Porsche’s motorsport boss, Frank Walliser. The latest iteration of the 911 racer has been entirely rebuilt to fully exploit the Le Mans GTE regulations, with only the door handles carried over. Resiting the engine has enabled the addition of a rear diffuser. GTE homologation rules dictate that the car must be closely based on a road version, but Walliser said moving the engine’s position was within the existing regulations, so Porsche would not have to produce a run of mid-engined 911 road cars to comply.…

The Nissan Juke-rivalling MG ZS SUV was unveiled at last week’s Guangzhou motor show and is set to go on sale in the UK in mid-2018 at the earliest. The ZS will join the MG line-up beneath the existing GS SUV, although its styling differs quite dramatically from its larger sibling as the brand attempts to push upmarket. It has a much bolder front end that features the Anglo-Chinese car maker’s new Jaguar-like grille, headlights that extend into the grille frame and a heavily structured bumper. When the car arrives in the UK, engines are expected to include the 1.5-litre diesel unit used in the GS, where it produces 164bhp and 184lb ft of torque and is sold with the choice of six-speed manual and seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearboxes. The…

“The Giulia rewards its driver at least as deftly as anything else in the segment” The arrival of a Giulia in the UK feels like a watershed moment. For now, the steering wheel remains on the wrong side, but soon that will change and the nation’s compact exec buyers will have the option of a proper rear-drive Alfa for the first time since the mid-1980s 75. The 75’s successors were uniformly front-wheel drive, uniformly pretty and uniformly undeserving of the model cull that left the 159 without a successor in 2011. The Giulia remedies that with not only an expensively developed rear drive platform but also a raft of new engines, including the crucial all-aluminium 2.2-litre Multijet II four-cylinder diesel. That unit comes in 148bhp and 178bhp forms, and while…

You can spend aeons agonising over which new car to buy. Choose a budget, a body style. Read the reviews, check out the rivals. It’s not easy – after all, new cars have never been so competitive. But gen up, appraise, step back and – at last – make your call. But hang on. Throw a quick sideways glance out of the brochures and into the classifieds. Where your budget dictated four cylinders, now there are six. Where there was mundane, now there’s exotic. Where there was restraint, now there’s a bloody enormous bolted-on rear wing. Welcome back to the world of temptation that is Used vs New……

These tests are always utterly straightforward. In the good half a dozen or more new versus used features I’ve written, the outcome has always been the same: you buy the used car. For why? Because I always think car ownership is more pleasing if you invest some time and emotion into it, rather than just signing up to a direct debit and driving the thing. And, yes, perhaps the odd unexpected expenditure will come your way, but the chances are that you’ll be driving something more interesting and more classy than the new alternative and which will have dispensed with the heaviest part of its depreciation. In the long run, then, you’ll pay less for it and enjoy it more than you would a new car. Simple arithmetic, simple advice,…

“Yes, this is almost a DTM race car for the road” If you’re shopping for lightly glamorous wheels on a suboptimal budget, you can get yourself a first-generation 2004 Mercedes-Benz CLK Coupé for around £1500. There will be risks, not least the possibility of a measles-like scabbing of the paintwork and similar, structure-threatening chemical reactions occurring beneath. The unmissably modified CLK you see here, on the other hand, will this weekend sell for around a quarter of a million pounds, perhaps more. Among the CLK DTM AMG’s many arresting vital statistics, and one of the reasons we’re revisiting this high point of AMG history, is that this car is rare. Mercedes produced only 100 examples, of which 40 were right-hand drive. This was a below-the-radar Benz, launched with little publicity…

Few people are more qualified than Luis Moya to teach me how to be a rally co-driver. It was Moya’s voice that guided Carlos Sainz to two World Rally Championship (WRC) titles and now, as he explains the basics of how to read a rally stage course, it’s his voice that’s going straight over my head. “This is just like Google Maps. We all know how to use that,” he says. Moya points at the image of a start line on my road book. “You see this here, this is where you hand over the time card,” he says. “You must make sure not to hand it over too early, or too late. Hand it over at exactly the right time.” A mistimed handover of the card would result in…

Fine addition to the Range Attending the Coy’s auction at Alexandra Palace in London recently, I saw the very first Range Rover sell under the hammer for £80k. Inspecting the car, it struck me: isn’t this what a modern-day Defender should be? Roomy, adaptable, simple construction, rubber mats so it can be hosed out, but fundamentally a comfortable car to drive whether in Chelsea or farm or desert. Range Rovers are now luxury cars. Modern Defenders should be utilitarian but not uncomfortable or noisy, just rugged. Take a look at a 1970/71 Range Rover and you’ll get that idea. David Driscoll St Albans WIN Letter of the week wins this ValetPRO exterior protection and maintenance kit worth £58.95…

After it was dinged in a car park a few weeks ago, I’m glad to report the Smart is, well, smart again after having its rear bumper replaced. I then finally got the chance to take the Fortwo out of its urban driving comfort zone and into the wilds of East Sussex for a few days on a yoga retreat. This meant doing a round trip of roughly 250 miles on mostly motorways and fast A-roads, so I was interested in how the Smart would cope and how stable it would feel at higher speeds. I couldn’t have chosen a worse day for it: the trip there was cold, windy, very wet, with driving rain the entire way, and dark. But I was pleasantly surprised by how the Fortwo could,…

Big estate with French polish What could be better than a great big wafty estate car made by Citroën in 2010? It may not be a CX, or even an XM, but this big diesel-powered V6 C5, which is stuffed full of extras, seems a neat way to ride. Its 72,000 mileage is reasonable and the car comes from a dealer with a warranty, which is what you want with all those electronics on board. Which way is Le Mans? A Ford GT40 is a wonderful thing, but even the more recent genuine articles are £250,000-plus. In that case, then, a decent recreation is the fallback position and this, by Tornado, seems like a daily driver. Made in 1996, it has a Ford V8, of course, plus a huge list…

BMW M3 (E46) from £6000 Finding a modern car that’s on the cusp of becoming a classic is a savvy way to dodge depreciation, and the E46-generation BMW M3 is just that. Revered when new (between 2000 and 2006) for being able to dust up a Porsche 911 yet offer more practicality, this iteration of the M3 can still be used daily while avoiding any drop in value. Burgeoning classic status comes from the car’s loyal following and also the used car experts at Glass’s Guide. They reckon the mix of its 338bhp straight six engine, 0-62mph in 5.1sec and sensible ownership costs makes this a sure-fire used car winner. Aside from problems with Nikasillined cylinders and boot floors that crack, the E46 M3 has low running costs. Find one…

ATALANTA SPORTS CAR | SPRING 2017 Atalanta was a luxury marque that built just 21 cars before closing its doors. Back in 1941, we said: “One hopes to hear more of Atalanta some day; it seems to deserve a future.” Belatedly, it has been revived. The new Atalanta features hand-beaten aluminium panels mounted on an ash wood chassis. Pricefrom £149,950 DECEMBER 2016 Lamborghini Centenario, Mini Clubman JCW, Tesla Model X EARLY TO MID-2017 AC Cobra, Cobra 378, Alpina B3S, B4S update, D4 update, Alpine A120, Atalanta sports car, Audi RS1, RS3 saloon, BMW 5 Series saloon, 5 Series Touring, M4 facelift, M5, X2, Bristol Bullet, Bentley Bentayga Diesel, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Citroën C3, C3 Picasso, Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T, LaFerrari Aperta, Fiat Panda facelift, Ford Ecosport facelift, Fiesta, Honda Civic,…