This week: we've got the low-down on Land Rover's next Range Rover Evoque, we took a drive in the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, compared the Kia Stinger against premium rivals and much more

This week’s issue of Autocar is chock-full the most extreme, most important and most unusual cars you can find, and you need only look at the cover to see why.

There's news of the new Range Rover Evoque, which gets a style-conscious makeover akin to its big brother, the Velar, and revisions inside and under the bonnet.

We've driven the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS, and find out if a car which has earned the nickname 'widowmaker' can be usable enough to get a five-star verdict from our testers.

Also in this issue

Following the recent bad news about the Volkswagen Beetle, the model could be getting a reprieve; it's coming back as part of Volkswagen's electric car onslaught. 

We took a drive in MG's latest crucial comeback model, and entrant into the hugely competitive small SUV segment, the ZS. Can it do better than Chinese-owned MG's previous efforts?

Our features this week are a group test between the Kia Stinger, BMW 4 Series and Jaguar XE for executive car supremacy, an interview with BMW board member Ian Robertson, meeting the people behind car configurators, and a tribute to the V10, as fears grow for its future. 

Our cars

We're not going to Ibiza, the Seat Ibiza is coming to us as a new long-term test car. We fit a limited slip differential to our BMW M135i, and get out our office calculator for a real test of the Volkswagen Passat GTE's fuel economy.

Deals

James Ruppert takes us through the benefit of pre-registration cars (hint: you can save a chunk of money), our past master is the Alfa Romeo Alfasud, and we tell you how you can get your hands on the big one - the Rolls-Royce Phantom VII. 

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Our Verdict

Volkswagen Golf

New 1.5-litre petrol engine promises to help keep the refreshed Volkswagen Golf ahead of rivals

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Driven this week

  • Volvo V90
    First Drive
    9 November 2017
    The Volvo V90 is a big estate ploughing its own furrow. We’re about to see if it is refreshing or misguided
  • Mazda CX-3 GT Sport
    First Drive
    9 November 2017
    Mazda's limited-run version of its facelifted CX-3 shows improved refinement and technology, but doesn't live up to its dynamic name
  • Caterham Supersprint
    First Drive
    9 November 2017
    Caterham’s second limited-run 60th-anniversary Seven is singularly alluring and can be spellbinding to drive but, at £30k, it’s no massive loss to really keen drivers
  • Citroën C3
    First Drive
    9 November 2017
    Is the third gen Citroën C3 ‘fresh and different’ enough to take on its supermini rivals? We spend six months with one to find out
  • Dacia Sandero Stepway LPG
    First Drive
    9 November 2017
    We’re familiar with the Sandero – it’s the cheap fuel that really intrigues us. We’ve sourced a dual-fuel Dacia to determine whether running a car on LPG is practical in Britain