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ON SALE 19 JUNE • World’s ultimate supercars Stunning images Incredible adventures

TRENDING

The DIY drifter • A self-taught drifter and mechanic now stunt doubling opposite Tom Cruise. Just another day at the office for Tessa Whittock

Soul survivor • Kia’s ‘replacement’ for the Soul EV is a more trad crossover, does the EV3 win us over?

COMMENTS • ROLLS-ROYCE CULL INAN

EPIC FAIL A1 GRAND PRIX

The 911 that thinks it’s a Can-Am racer • The Half 11 is a 650bhp, LS V8-powered one-off. Want one? Here’s how…

MYTH BUSTER • “I DRIVE MOSTLY AROUND TOWN”

MIKE’S CHANNEL

BOV • Not familiar with our new columnist? Over to you, JB

PINKS • Being able to call your passion work? We’re part of the lucky few – a feeling F1 presenter Natalie knows well

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DOE-DEE-CHEE-CHILL-IN-DREE [Italian, noun, ‘12 cylinders’] • Not the first Ferrari with a literal name, but just possibly the last with a volt free V12 engine. Radical meets traditional in the 812’s replacement…

AIN’T BROKE. FIXED IT? • The Porsche 911. Now with added hybrid. But no plug socket. Just what is Porsche thinking?

MIRROR. SIGNAL. REVUELTO. • Modern supercars are so good natured that they can cope with anything, right? How about a driving test at the toughest driving centre in the country?

V12 HALL OF FAME • Everyone loves a sonorous 12 cylinder engine – allow us to present a glorious parade of the greatest (and strangest) examples of the breed…

PAGANI UTOPIA • No car seeks to blend performance and art quite like a Pagani. The Utopia pushes both to the absolute limit

FASTER PASTOR • Meet Don Wickstrum – he’s the Pikes Peak chaplain spreading a message of hope… with the help of an old LMP3 car

NARROW ESCAPE • Just us or is everything getting fatter these days? Well here comes the new Kia Picanto flying the flag for a leaner, simpler approach to modern life

COMPUTER SAYS NO • A2RL is a new Abu Dhabi backed autonomous race series… can AI, er, keep its cool and outsprint The Stig?

A2RL UNDRESSED • The hardware that makes an autonomous racecar tick…

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HEADLINER MONKEY BUSINESS • Meet the adventure bike with a novel delivery method – it’s buried in the middle of nowhere and you have to go and find it

MEET THE OWNERS • The nutters who’ve put their money where their mouth is

Car ads that time forgot VOLVO 740, 1988 • Back in the 1980s, car ads were a world apart from the socially perfect family group doing outdoorsy adventure things that most carmakers choose to portray these days. And ironically, the bravest advertiser of all was Volvo – now often considered to be the safest and most boring manufacturer around. Bring back the brave, we say…

Fatal Racing

DO/DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES

HEAD TO HEAD ELECTRIFIED SUPER SUVs • Remember when Porsche’s pivot to super SUVs was a controversial play? Now ex-lightweighter Lotus wants a piece of the action. It’s Lotus Eletre R vs Porsche Cayenne Turbo e-hybrid

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

GARAGE

Riccis GARAGE • THIS MONTH: MARK BUYS A LOVELY MITSUBISHI PAJERO… FROM A NICE MAN IN JOHANNESBURG

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