Innholdsfortegnelse for July 14, 2021 i Autocar

THE CURRENT BMW 5 Series is set to be replaced in 2024, seven years after its launch, by an all-new, boldly redesigned successor with battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and pure-combustion powertrains. EV and PHEV prototypes have been spotted testing at a BMW facility, giving us a first look at how BMW plans to visually reinvent its crucial executive flagship. Notably, the controversial ‘vertical’ grilles from the 4 Series and the new M3 are absent, with the next-generation 5 Series instead adopting what looks to be a more familiar horizontal layout, which will be blanked-off for the EV. The front end itself is a much sharper arrangement, with the grilles angled rearwards to give the bonnet a small degree of overhang, while the rear end moves away from the conventional three-box saloon…

THE FORTHCOMING NEW Audi RS3 comes equipped with a new torque splitter rear-axle torque-vectoring system that does away with rear differential gears and replaces them with two ‘wet’ clutch packs. The downside of a conventional differential is that it allows one wheel to spin if it loses traction, and in powerful cars that becomes a problem. The traditional solution is a limited-slip differential (LSD), which does just that: reacts if one wheel begins to spin by limiting the difference in the speed of rotation between left and right wheels. These can be controlled either mechanically or electronically. Audi’s new torque splitter is a complete departure from its earlier systems in that it places no differential gears in the rear axle at all. Instead, a pair of bevel gears transmit the…

In 2017, Porsche created a Touring Package for the 911 GT3, and in doing so gave us one of the most covetable performance cars ever. Like so many good ideas, it was simple. Zuffenhausen took the 911 GT3, with its jewel of an engine, its manual gearbox and its beautifully honed chassis, then swapped the rear wing for the extending deck from the 911 Carrera and ditched Alcantara in favour of smooth leather. The result was an exceptionally special machine disguised as a moderately special one. And this subtler, more charming alter ego worked so sweetly because the 991-series 911 was very much at home on the road in the first place. Now the GT3 Touring is back, earlier in the model cycle and with optional PDK. Again, simply the…

MODEL TESTED M5 CS Price £140,780 • Power 626bhp • Torque 553lb ft • 0-60mph 3.0sec • 30-70mph in fourth 3.8sec • Fuel economy 18.5mpg • CO2 emissions 256g/km • 70-0mph 40.8m When appearing on the bootlid of a fast BMW, ‘CS’ originally stood for either Competition Sport or Club Sport – depending on exactly when it was applied, and to what. That might lead you to expect this week’s road test subject to be some stripped-out racing machine, but it isn’t. The CS model suffix has, in fact, been used of late by BMW’s Motorsport in-house tuning division to identify all kinds of extra-special M cars, and now it’s being used on a ‘Club Sport’ model of a bigger and more powerful size altogether: the £140,780 BMW M5 CS super-saloon.…

The M5 CS is a mighty driver’s car produced with gimlet-eyed discipline. While rival players have become carried away in recent years with roll-cages and racing harnesses, M division has stayed true to the everyday versatility of its segment-defining super-saloon. Because if the ‘ultimate M5’ became any less usable than any other M5 on its way to its lofty pedestal… well, it would have lost something vital, wouldn’t it? This extra-special M5 has lost almost nothing by way of good manners or usability. And compared with a ‘regular’, £101,000 M5 Competition, it has taken dynamic leaps – not just on outright performance but also for tactile feel, ride composure, handling sophistication and overall driver reward. If there’s any disappointment, it’s learning that the ultimate M5 as M division has just…

There should be a metaphor about slaying giants, here, right? Maybe a David and Goliath simile? Hot hatchbacks don’t have arms, though, which would make the slingshot reference quite tricky. Look, it’s the Ford Fiesta ST I’m talking about. Enough said. You don’t need to me to couch its significance in forced melodrama and myths. It’s not just a great car, it’s a trusted friend that has long been the default solution to the ‘what can I get that’s special to drive, fits the family and doesn’t cost a fortune?’ question. That’s why it has been Autocar’s favourite small hot hatch since 2012. It’s a legend. An icon. All of that. Yet in the new Hyundai i20 N, we have an upstart that could cause a serious upset. After all,…

When you can have any car you want, choosing it, having people searching the market for it and enquiring if what they’ve found is to your liking can be more pleasurable than actually owning it. Welcome to the weird world of supercar buyers, for whom having a Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren or Porsche on their driveway can be an anti-climax. It’s why, when at last they find their perfect car and are committed to purchasing it, the dealer typically has just 48 hours to finalise the sale before their enthusiasm cools and buyer’s remorse takes hold. Key to getting the customer’s signature on the deal is having the finance deal nailed down. Yes, even supercar buyers borrow money – but not because they’re strapped for cash. Instead, it’s because they know…

How to get youngsters interested and then involved is one of many challenges motorsport faces today. So an initiative to attract young drivers into events in the most affordable and accessible way is to be applauded, and it looks like the new Shelsley Walsh Young Drivers Championship has already hit its target. Autocar has given its backing to a series designed to attract youngsters in the cheapest possible way, using standard 1.2-litre Vauxhall Corsas. The championship has now signed up nine drivers aged between 17 and 21, all eager to make their competition debuts. It is run by the Midland Automobile Club (MAC), organiser of the famous Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, and has a social angle in offering youngsters an outlet for their need for speed in a safe and controlled…

MILEAGE 3353 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To find out if PHEV power and eight seats give van greater lifestyle appeal THE CLEAREST SIGN yet that the Tourneo’s range-extender hybrid system has been doing it’s job: a recent close call when I had forgotten to refill the fuel tank before a longer-distance drive and almost got caught short in the middle of the Mendip Hills. Having used electricity almost exclusively for my local journeys, I hadn’t been paying much attention to the fuel gauge – until the dashboard warning lit up at 50 miles remaining. As I’ve mentioned before, the Tourneo really doesn’t like steep inclines, of which the Mendips aren’t in short supply, so that figure dropped rapidly until I had an indicated seven miles of combined range remaining –…

I took the Baby Shark on a parcel run the other day. It started smartly and performed well enough, but there was a new sound: the exhaust. I always hear its burble and I find it rather reassuring, but unfortunately this has been joined by a parp. It’s one of those leaky parps, and my marginal investigation suggested it’s caused by the downpipe from the manifold. It could be a dodgy joint, but I suspect rust. My list for the MOT test that I really must book grows ever longer. I’m happy to invest in a stainless-steel exhaust and a set of tyres; it will encourage me to get it ready for some autumnal adventures and other work.…

You might lust after the premium-badged pantechnicons that are the practical Volvo XC90 and the suave Audi Q7, but if your budget doesn’t stretch to one, even used, then may we introduce you to the Hyundai Santa Fe? This fourth-generation version takes all that made the earlier cars so promising – the space, the practicality and the affordability – and adds a bit of style and an extra dollop of refinement into the mix. When it was first introduced three years ago, this seven-seater offered just one engine: a 197bhp 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel, with either front- or four-wheel drive. It was punchy and pleasant and enabled the Santa Fe to cover 0-60mph in 9.5sec and officially return 41.5mpg. It handled well, too, although it was better suited to cruising than…

Large SUVs are far from a rarity in the UK nowadays, but some lesser-spotted gems still appear at auction from time to time. Registered in 1994, this one-family-owned time capsule of a Nissan Patrol has driven just 14,000 miles and looks completely unmarked, which is why it went for a strong £21, 250. It’s said to be one of only 13 left on the road in the UK and is even fitted with its original Dunlop Grandtrek tyres from 1994 (they’re probably due a change). There’s no chassis damage, which is rare on large off-roaders of this age, and it was sold along with its original owner’s manual, factory-fitted spotlights and purposeful roof bars and bull bars.…

The Passat R36 is a lesser-spotted beast in the UK. It never took off in the way Volkswagen hoped, despite performance estates like it being few and far between and examples that maintained a degree of on-road anonymity rarer still. But that rarity counts firmly in its favour today, and its appeal is bolstered by scintillating performance, alluring looks and genuine all-round usability. This B6-generation variant was the last Passat to pack a V6 and was available in both estate and saloon forms. Estates proved to be more popular, despite commanding a premium of around £1200, so they’re easier to find today – but that’s all relative, considering there are only around 125 R36s left on UK roads. You might not know the R36, but you will probably know its…

“I asked our design teams not for their vision of an A8 successor but for something completely new” Audi has signed off the design of the high-tech Project Artemis electric car that will be launched in 2024 as the firm’s new flagship – and will preview it with a concept at the Munich motor show in September. The Grand Sphere will be one of three show cars that the German brand will produce in the next year to showcase its approach to vehicles equipped with level-four autonomous driving systems (allowing for unsupervised self-driving in certain conditions). The production version will succeed the A8 saloon as Audi’s luxury flagship. Audi design chief Marc Lichte told Autocar that the Grand Sphere will be “a very concrete teaser of the Artemis project” that…

The radically restyled and mechanically reinvented eighth-generation Vauxhall Astra has broken cover, with its new-era design underpinned by a new platform and the option of plug-in hybrid power. The Mk8 Astra is the penultimate model in the Vauxhall line-up to move across to a platform developed by parent company Stellantis. It leaves the Insignia saloon as the sole remaining Vauxhall model to still use General Motors-developed mechanicals. The new Astra’s EMP2 architecture is also used by a variety of models from Vauxhall’s sibling brands, including the near mechanically identical third-generation Peugeot 308. This means the Astra, like the 308, is now available with a choice of two PHEV powertrains alongside a more conventional range of petrol and diesel motors. Each PHEV option mates a 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, with…

Polestar has created a one-off hot version of the 2 with design details and powertrain tweaks that give clues to potential performance models from the Swedish EV manufacturer. Borrowing engineering cues from the Polestar 1, the upgraded 2 packs an extra 67bhp, taking power to 470bhp, but still runs the standard car’s twin-motor, four-wheel-drive set-up. Official performance figures haven’t been supplied, but it is clear that the car will dip under the claimed 4.7sec 0-62mph time of the standard 2. Further hardware changes have been made to the chassis. As well as stiffer front and rear springs (by 80% and 40% respectively), there are new Öhlins dampers – this time mounted under the ‘frunk’ and easier to access than on the standard 2 – which are 30% stiffer than the…

Alpina B8 Gran Coupé BMW’s four-door 8 Series goes to Buchloe and leaves with 613bhp and 590lb ft from its twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre petrol V8 and a wealth of chassis upgrades aimed at raising refinement and agility. Alpina’s round of subtle visual tweaks extends to 20-spoke, 21in alloy rims, bespoke bumpers and blue, four-piston brake calipers. Ford Puma Rally1 Ford shocked event-goers with a new Puma for the World Rally Championship. The crossover-based racer will be M-Sport’s entry for the 2022 season, when Rally1 hybridisation rules come into effect, calling time on the Fiesta WRC’s decade of service. Genesis G70 Shooting Brake Developed by Hyundai’s luxury brand specifically for the European market, the G70 Shooting Brake is a style-focused rival to the Audi A4 Avant and BMW 3 Series Touring that…

The pandemic has caused big shifts in car buying, as retailers have adapted to click- and collect services to keep their businesses going. But is the future really a digital one or will we still be visiting showrooms to buy our cars? To discuss how we will buy our cars in the future for our latest Business Live webinar, Autocar was joined by Lex Kerssemakers, head of global commercial operations at Volvo Cars; Daksh Gupta, CEO of the Marshall Motor retail group; and Michelle Wells, marketing and communications director at Keyloop, which provides digital services for car retailers. What’s been the biggest challenge in switching to a digital world? LK “Within Volvo, we want to create the best online/offline experience possible. At the end, it’s up to the consumer as…

Historical highlights of August 1980 included the release of Microsoft’s first operating system, Xenix, the University of Aberdeen conducting the first full-body MRI scan and the birth of future child actor Macaulay Culkin. In the pop charts, David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes disproved Abba’s The Winner Takes It All by replacing it at number one. Less remembered by posterity is the quiet death of the Mk2 Ford Escort, the final example of which rolled out of Halewood that month. As a road car, it was little mourned. The combination of rear-wheel drive and a back axle suspended between a pair of leaf springs seemed archaic even then. The Mk3 Escort’s use of front wheel drive and peppy overhead cam engines was much more in line with the automotive zeitgeist. But…

With two SUVs and a hatchback having already received the bronze badge and big power treatment, Cupra’s transformation into Seat’s go-faster sibling brand continues unabated. Now it’s the turn of the Leon Estate. Sporting a lowered stance, bespoke exterior styling, quad exhaust pipes and liberal use of copper accents, the Cupra cuts a meaner figure than the equivalent Seat, but one that can still claim some semblance of subtlety. As with the Leon hatchback, it is available with your choice of petrol or plug-in hybrid power – but four-wheel drive and the highest output can be had in the estate only, courtesy of the EA888 turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine that is also used by the new Volkswagen Golf R Estate. It produces 306bhp here, giving the Golf R a slight…

1 BMW M5 CS Best M5 of the past two model generations is also the priciest. More raw, genuine and involving character than is the BMW norm. 2 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO GTA Spectacular in its own way; smaller, nimbler and less hard-hitting than the CS. We’ve yet to drive it on UK roads. 3 PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO S As rapid as any direct rival and better to drive than most. Less exuberant and special than the BMW and less dynamically adaptable, but very purposeful. 4 MERCEDES-AMG E63 S AMG doesn’t make a special edition E63, but the thunderous V8 engine and the lure of an estate body make it very compelling all the same. 5 ALPINA B5 Alpina’s hot 5 Series isn’t quite on the M5 CS’s dynamic level, but it combines performance and…

“I can’t tell you how relieved I am,” says Stuart Pringle, the boss of Silverstone who has worked so hard to ensure that a full-capacity crowd of 140,000 will be back in the grandstands and on the banks this weekend to cheer on Sir Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, George Russell and the rest at the British Grand Prix. “Getting the crowds back was not the work of a moment and was finely balanced throughout,” says Pringle from his office overlooking the National Straight. “Silverstone without the fans is just soul-destroying.” The experience last year, when Silverstone hosted two behind-closed-doors grands prix on consecutive weekends, due to the pandemic, taught him that. “It was great for our profile, but if you go to all the effort of running a grand prix…

There was a debate in parliament last month about EVs and the new transport bill that is being prepared. The trade minister made an astonishing statement that the government is considering the removal of all ICE vehicles and petrol and diesel filling stations from our roads by 2035 – just 14 years time. And the shadow minister said “we’re on the same page”. Barking. It was clear ministers don’t have the first clue about the cost of this: charging infrastructure, ure, extra electricity, the cost of replacing about 30 million cars and battery recycling. Politicians are gripped by the excitement of the UK being the most advanced country in the world with net-zero targets and have no idea of the risks (BEV isn’t a mature technology and could be overtaken)…

MILEAGE 10,603 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To find out if it’s good enough to be a credible fast Ford hatchback flagship The Focus ST got several chances to stretch its legs last week, with multiple trips towards England’s south coast: one for a socially distanced wedding reception and the other to experience Mazda’s heritage fleet, marking 30 years since the fabled 787B won the Le Mans 24 Hours. No offence to the bride and groom, but I’m sure you can guess which I was more excited about, having limited experience of driving cars from before the 1990s – and no experience at all of rotary engines. Ford’s 2.3-litre Ecoboost is no shrinking violet, with peak power arriving at 5500rpm and a 6500rpm redline. Yet despite two sizeable and throaty-sounding tailpipes,…

A huge thanks to Richard, who has bought yet another wonderfully eccentric vehicle. He says: “This Toyota Will Vi turned up locally at a dealers, unused for eight years, but it looked good, even without an MOT. I took a chance and bought it for £1250. It sailed through its MOT test, I ran it for three months and then sold it for £2000. I didn’t realise how much I actually liked it until it was gone; I should really have kept it as my daily driver. It truly was an excellent little car, with a wonderful interior, and it really made people smile.”…

We all know about the Subaru Impreza WRX as a World Rally Championship supremo, but it also held its own as a bona fide sports car for the road. This 2003 example came with sticky Bridgestone Potenza RE070 tyres, Brembo performance brakes and a lairy, motorsport-style aerodynamic package for optimal handling. Subaru’s burbling 262bhp boxer engine shot it from 0-62mph in just 5.3sec. Of course, it won’t be for everyone, but the blue-and-gold colour scheme immediately marks it out as a rally refugee, plus there’s a pleasing absence of ill-advised aftermarket add-ons. Added incentives include a mileage below 80,000, two keys and showroom-fresh bodywork.…

An owner’s view JOE AGAR “I chose a used R36 estate two years ago over the Audi RS4 Avant because of its lower price. Its engine sounds great and is responsive, and it feels good on the road, despite its age. We use ours as a daily driver and on weekends when we go biking and we’ve not had any problems. It can be expensive to run, but I think its rarity offsets that. You can drive it for weeks and not see another R36, and people always come up to us saying that they’ve never even seen one before.” Buyer beware… ■ TRANSMISSION Some owners have reported issues with the R36’s mechatronic dual-clutch gearbox, which it shares with the Golf R32. A replacement could be costly, so give any…

Goodwood’s highly popular Festival of Speed returned for 2021 after a year’s hiatus during the pandemic. As part of the government’s Events Research Programme, the event was held at full capacity and hosted a number of high-profile debuts and reveals from a wide variety of manufacturers. One of the most keenly anticipated appearances was that of the new Lotus Emira, which was displayed to great fanfare under the festival’s central sculpture, which this year, appropriately, was a minimalist celebration of the Lotus brand’s lightweight heritage. The all-new, UK-built coupé appeared alongside its electric Evija stablemate, giving event-goers an opportunity to see how closely the pair are visually related. And for the first time, BMW chose Goodwood as the venue for a world debut of a new model line, with the…

“Its point-to-point potential over challenging roads is really rather special and a key attribute” Six months after the launch of the Formentor, Cupra has crowned its first stand-alone model line with this, the turbocharged 2.5-litre five-cylinder VZ5. With 385bhp, it’s the Seat-operated brand’s most powerful SUV yet and marks a 79bhp hike over the turbo 2.0-litre four-cylinder VZ 310, until now the most potent Formentor. Cupra says production of the VZ5 will be limited to just 7000 units – all in left-hand drive. Despite that, it will be sold in the UK, with selected dealers taking orders later this year. Subtle styling changes help to visually differentiate the VZ5 from its siblings, such as a restyled front bumper and wider wheel-arch flares all round. At the rear, there’s a new…

Like a phoenix from the ashes, the Suzuki Jimny, which was forced off sale last year due to European Union emissions regulations, has been given a new lease of life as a light commercial vehicle – or a van, in plain English. No mechanical changes have been made to the baby off-roader: there’s still a 1.5-litre petrol engine making 100bhp and 94lb ft; it comes only with a five-speed manual gearbox; and it has the same part-time four-wheel drive system and coil-sprung suspension with rigid axles. However, the rear seats are gone, replaced with a completely flat floor and separated from the front seats by a new steel and mesh bulkhead, creating a load space of 863 litres. Black 15in steel wheels are standard and so too is the entry-level…

On track, there’s a super-linear, never-ending feel about the way the M5 CS’s engine hauls its way up through the gears, but there is real weight to the steering, and some body movement under hard braking and cornering, keeping you in touch with the physics going on around you. The car much prefers smooth, deliberate inputs when you’re right on the limit. It’s remarkably controlled if you oblige it that way, but disturb its composure with steering input when braking, or try to haul it into an apex too suddenly, and it shows its weight. It’s monumentally quick, though: the first saloon we’ve tested to go under 70sec on the MIRA dry handling track, no less. The carbon-ceramic brakes don’t have great initial bite but resist fade well. Our car’s…

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Dear Colin, We’d like to invite you to the belated 100th birthday party for the company that Michio Suzuki founded in Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1920. When he started out making weaving looms all those years ago, he never imagined that the name Suzuki would be come attached to so many interesting vehicles or that we would win many world championships with our motorcycles. We’re holding the party in Cardiff. Bring your motorcycle leathers and helmet, as well as waterproofs for sea-going, and your driving shoes because we’ll have brought some toys for you to play with. Best wishes, Suzuki The family of one of my school friends owned a couple of Honda motorcycle dealerships so a weekend at their house was always a treat because there were trail bikes or…

Designing radical Audi cars is nothing new for Marc Lichte. He has been doing it for most of his life. “I used to sketch designs when I was a young boy,” he says. “I was always dreaming of becoming a car designer – and, really, an Audi designer.” That said, the transition from doodling while growing up in the West German town of Arnsberg to actually designing Audis took a little longer than Lichte had envisaged. He recalls: “When I was studying design [at the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences], I received sponsorship from Audi. Hartmut Warkuß got me a contract, but by the time I had finished my studies, he had moved with Mr [Ferdinand] Piëch to Wolfsburg to become head of Volkswagen design. “I said: ‘Mr Warkuß, I…

Norris calls for end to ‘silly’ penalty points Lando Norris has said that F1 drivers should be given penalty points only for actions that are dangerous. The McLaren racer spoke out after being given a five-second penalty and two points on his superlicence for a clash with Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez in the Austrian Grand Prix. Norris battled back to finish third. Peugeot unveils Le Mans hypercar Peugeot has revealed the 9X8 racer that it will use for its Le Mans 24 Hours return next year. The 670bhp hybrid is built to the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) rules and unusually doesn’t feature a rear wing. Peugeot will run two 9X8s in the full FIA World Endurance Championship next year. Chadwick back on form in the W Series Reigning champion Jamie…

COMPARISON Peugeot 508 PSE vs BMW 330e, Volvo V60 Polestar Three fast hybrid estates offer compelling all-round recipes on paper – but which really is the best of all worlds? DRIVEN Land Rover Defender V8 We rate the ultimate version of the ultimate off-roader FEATURE How to drive better Secret tips from a top doctor on how to get the most from every drive EVERY WEEK ROAD TEST Lotus Exige Final edition of the much-loved hardcore sports car heads to MIRA NEWS New Audi RS3 First official pics of Audi’s latest five-cylinder hot hatch SUBSCRIBE autocar.co.uk/subscribe or see p38…

MILEAGE 3421 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To find out if the Mk8 Golf remains the world’s most rounded family hatch A SHORT CITY break in Oxford recently highlighted the Golf’s many strengths and handful of weaknesses. The relatively short trip from Somerset to Oxfordshire mixed motorway miles and agreeable A-roads, again highlighting the all-round excellence of the Golf’s ride and handling and the decent fuel economy from the mildest-of-hybrid eTSI engine. And having shone on Oxfordshire’s flowing country roads, it was just as good for navigating the outskirts of Oxford – a city not exactly known for being car-friendly. The weaknesses, as you might have guessed, stemmed from the Golf’s infotainment. After dinner one evening, we decided to return to our hotel via a wide loop of Oxford’s one-way system…

QUESTION My son uses a wheelchair, so we need a new car with a deep boot, a low front seat and a flat roof. What would you recommend? Sam Dawe, via email ANSWER A good pick would be the Skoda Octavia Estate, with its wide boot opening and shallow load lip. Its total boot size is 640 litres (our sibling title What Car? found this sufficient for nine carry-on suitcases), making it one of the biggest boots in the segment without compromising on rear space. It is also reasonably priced and comes packed with equipment. If your budget can stretch a bit further, the Octavia’s larger Superb stablemate has also been designed with space and accessibility in mind, boosting boot capacity to 660 litres. JW QUESTION My MOT tester gave…

Mercedes-Benz expected big things of the R-Class, promising that it would provide “a wholly new motoring experience” as it attempted to combine saloon stylishness, estate practicality and 4x4 ruggedness. This proved too high a bar for it to clear, but what it could do was act as a private jet for the road, with its luxurious accommodation for six or seven people, while standard four-wheel drive and a long-wheelbase option won it valuable utility marks. Its unique design and versatility meant that it had few direct rivals to compete with, and its road-oriented performance made it an attractive proposition over the more cumbersome SUVs of the early 2010s. The R280 (later renamed the R300) and R320 (later the R350) CDI diesel models were equipped with two differently tuned versions of…

ECONOMY EXPLAINED Between the various figures produced on the old-style NEDC, transitional NEDC Correlated and new-style WLTP laboratory emissions and fuel economy tests, it has become tricky to compare manufacturers’ claimed efficiency on thec latest new cars. When you see a fuel economy and CO2 figure reference elsewhere, it’s often without explanation. So, to provide as fair and clear a basis for comparison as possible, you’ll only ever read WLTP combined fuel economy and CO2 figures in Autocar’s first drive reviews, features and comparison tests – and on these data pages. Those are the aggregated results of four lab tests carried out across as many different cruising speed ranges – although they’re sometimes expressed as a range rather than as one specific figure to show the different results recorded by…