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59 ‘Seeing an F1 title favourite racing dressed as a banana was quite mad’ Issue 6416 | Volume 304 | No 13 NEWS Audi A9 E-tron Tech-led luxury EV, plus reborn A2 6 Vauxhall Mokka Fresh new look and EV from day one 8 VW Arteon Shooting Brake Joins saloon, R flagship 10 TVR Griffith £25m sought to take i t to production 12 Fuel firms’ green bid Are synthetic fuels the future? 14 TESTED Seat Leon New generation narrows gap to VW Golf 18 Lotus Evora GT410 Softer suspension, sti l l a delight 22 Dacia Duster TCe Bi-Fuel SUV gets factory-fit LPG 23 Ford Kuga 2.5 PHEV ST-Line ROAD TEST 24 Road test rewind Sagaris: a TVR cranked up to 1 1 30 FEATURES Guide to going electric The EVs, tech, i ssues and fun 34 UK’s best roads Top chassis tuners pick their faves 44 Post-lockdown dreams Road trips you’ll want to do 50 Esports Stars like virtual racing but will it take off? 59 OUR CARS Lamborghini Huracán Evo Everyday l i fe in a Lambo 64 Ford Kuga Flat chat but not the way you’re thinking 65 EVERY WEEK Jesse Crosse EVs charge infrastructure in UK trial 13 Jim Holder Why Tesla’s shares keep on going up 15 Steve Cropley Wanted: designer for three-wheeler 17 Subscribe Save money and get exclusive benefits 32 Damien Smith Formula 1: sport or entertainment? 56 Motorsport round-up Series plot 2020 comeback 57 Your Views RIP manual ’boxes; roll on full autonomy 62 Matt Prior Are motor shows now a thing of the past? 82 DEALS James Ruppert Big bloke needs a £12k sports car 66 As good as new Bag a Porsche 718 Cayman for less 69 Spied in the classifieds US throwbacks from £10k 70 Used buying guide Info on Land Rover Discovery 3 72 New cars A-Z Key car stats , from Abarth to Zenos 74 Road test index Track down that road test here 81 Autocar, IS SN number 1355-8293 (USPS 25185), i s published weekly by Haymarket Media Group, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SP, United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price i s $199.78. Air f re i ght and mailing in the USA by agent named WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd F l oor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica NY 11431. US Postmaster: Send address changes to Autocar, WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd F l oor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Subscription records are maintained at Haymarket Media Group, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SP, United Kingdom. Air Business Ltd i s acting as our mailing agent. Autocar i s published by Haymarket Automotive, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3SP, UK, haymarketgroup.com Tel +44 (0)20 8267 5000 Autocar magazine i s also published in China, Greece, India , Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Autocar i s a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). We abide by the Editors’ Code of Practice and are committed to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you think we haven’t met those standards and want to make a complaint, contact autocar@haymarket.com. For more information, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk Haymarket i s cer t i f i ed by BSI to environmental standard ISO14001 and energy management standard ISO50001 PEFC Certified This product is from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources www.pefc.co.uk TROUBLE FINDING AUTOCAR? I f you struggle to f ind a copy of Autocar in your l ocal retailer or area, please send an email to connor.chappell@flgroup.co.uk who wil l investigate the problem for you. Autocar i s a member of the organising committee of Car Of The Year caroftheyear.org SUBSCRIBE NOW If you’re having trouble finding Autocar at this time, you can have it delivered straight to your door or a digital device. See opposite page for more details. THIS WEEK COMMENT ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE WITH EVs 34 ROAD TRIPS TO DO WHEN LOCKDOWN ENDS 50 ROAD TEST: PLUG IN HYBRID FORD KUGA 24 ❝WE RESPECT THAT THERE WILL BE NO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS NORMAL FOR THE FUELS INDUSTRIES❞ EUROPEAN OIL REFINERIES PLAN FOR HUGE CHANGE AFTER CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 14 FIRST LOOK: ALL NEW VAUXHALL MOKKA 8 ELECTRIFICATION ISN’T A CLEAR CUT CLEAN SWEEP IN CAR YEARS, 2032 is already quite close. Investment decisions on models that will be on sale then will already be looming large. Why 2032? It’s the year by which the government proposes to ban the sale of all non-electric cars. The shock news announced in February is in its final public consultation phase. At Autocar, we’re working on our own response, which we will publish next week, well ahead of the 31 July deadline. While new arrivals are now coming thick and fast, electric cars still feel very new and vary wildly in capability and approach. Even for the learned Autocar reader, there remains much to discover about the cars and issues around the technology, as our guide to the world of EVs aims to show (p34). The government itself would do well to read such a guide. There is so much to enjoy about electric cars but, in forcing EVs onto people, you risk alienating them, particularly when there are car users for whom the technology may never be suitable. Besides, it has drawbacks of its own that no one in authority seems ready to face. One intriguing response to electric cars has been to wonder what oil companies make of it. Their collective response has now suddenly arrived: the fascinating prospect of synthetic fuels changing everything (p14). The debate over the future of clean transport must surely now expand, not be choked off in just six weeks’ time. Mark Tisshaw Editor mark.tisshaw@haymarket.com .Jun 2020 09:54:30 REVEALED NEW FIAT 500, NEW M5, NEW CITROEN C4 99 NEW CARS FIRST FOR NEWS AND REVIEWS EVERY WEEK FIRST FOR NEWS AND REVIEWS EVERY WEEK FIRST FOR NEWS AND REVIEW ID 3 IS HERE Es Est.1895|autocar.co.uk|17June2020 PLUS First pics from Seat, Land Rover &more VW’S T VW’STESLA RATED Long delayed, £8bn to develop –but at last, we’ve driven it VW R’S N SCOOP VWR’S NEXT HOT HATCH IMAGE So good, even Ford’s getting a version + FROM £11K 17 – 24 June 2020 £3.80 ALL-NEW GOLFvs FOCUS OCTAVIA VERDICT EXCLUSIVE 1 7 J u n e 2 0 2 0 | A u d i A 8 Evoque: now for city car cash Skoda gets surprisingly bold Prodrive’s radical rally raider @mtisshaw NEVER MISS AN ISSUE Subscribe p32 24 JUNE 2020 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 5

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59

‘Seeing an F1 title favourite racing dressed as a banana was quite mad’

Issue 6416 | Volume 304 | No 13

NEWS

Audi A9 E-tron Tech-led luxury EV, plus reborn A2 6 Vauxhall Mokka Fresh new look and EV from day one 8 VW Arteon Shooting Brake Joins saloon, R flagship 10 TVR Griffith £25m sought to take i t to production 12 Fuel firms’ green bid Are synthetic fuels the future? 14

TESTED

Seat Leon New generation narrows gap to VW Golf 18 Lotus Evora GT410 Softer suspension, sti l l a delight 22 Dacia Duster TCe Bi-Fuel SUV gets factory-fit LPG 23 Ford Kuga 2.5 PHEV ST-Line ROAD TEST 24 Road test rewind Sagaris: a TVR cranked up to 1 1 30

FEATURES Guide to going electric The EVs, tech, i ssues and fun 34 UK’s best roads Top chassis tuners pick their faves 44 Post-lockdown dreams Road trips you’ll want to do 50 Esports Stars like virtual racing but will it take off? 59

OUR CARS Lamborghini Huracán Evo Everyday l i fe in a Lambo 64 Ford Kuga Flat chat but not the way you’re thinking 65

EVERY WEEK Jesse Crosse EVs charge infrastructure in UK trial 13 Jim Holder Why Tesla’s shares keep on going up 15 Steve Cropley Wanted: designer for three-wheeler 17 Subscribe Save money and get exclusive benefits 32 Damien Smith Formula 1: sport or entertainment? 56 Motorsport round-up Series plot 2020 comeback 57 Your Views RIP manual ’boxes; roll on full autonomy 62 Matt Prior Are motor shows now a thing of the past? 82

DEALS

James Ruppert Big bloke needs a £12k sports car 66 As good as new Bag a Porsche 718 Cayman for less 69 Spied in the classifieds US throwbacks from £10k 70 Used buying guide Info on Land Rover Discovery 3 72 New cars A-Z Key car stats , from Abarth to Zenos 74 Road test index Track down that road test here 81

Autocar, IS SN number 1355-8293 (USPS 25185), i s published weekly by Haymarket Media Group, Bridge

House, 69 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SP, United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price i s $199.78. Air f re i ght and mailing in the USA by agent named WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd

F l oor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica NY 11431. US Postmaster: Send address changes to Autocar, WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd F l oor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Subscription records are maintained at Haymarket Media Group, Bridge House, 69 London Road,

Twickenham TW1 3SP, United Kingdom. Air Business Ltd i s acting as our mailing agent. Autocar i s published by Haymarket Automotive, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex,

TW1 3SP, UK, haymarketgroup.com Tel +44 (0)20 8267 5000 Autocar magazine i s also published in China, Greece, India , Indonesia, Japan, Korea,

Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

Autocar i s a member of the Independent Press Standards

Organisation (IPSO). We abide by the Editors’ Code of

Practice and are committed

to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you

think we haven’t met those standards and want to make

a complaint, contact autocar@haymarket.com. For more information, contact

IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or

visit www.ipso.co.uk

Haymarket i s cer t i f i ed by BSI to environmental standard

ISO14001 and energy management standard

ISO50001

PEFC Certified

This product is from sustainably managed forests and

controlled sources

www.pefc.co.uk

TROUBLE FINDING

AUTOCAR? I f you struggle to f ind a copy of Autocar in your l ocal

retailer or area, please

send an email to connor.chappell@flgroup.co.uk

who wil l investigate the

problem for you.

Autocar i s a member of the

organising committee of Car Of The Year caroftheyear.org

SUBSCRIBE NOW

If you’re having trouble finding Autocar at this time, you can have it delivered straight to your door or a digital device. See opposite page for more details.

THIS WEEK

COMMENT

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE WITH EVs 34

ROAD TRIPS TO DO WHEN LOCKDOWN ENDS 50

ROAD TEST: PLUG IN HYBRID FORD KUGA 24

❝WE RESPECT THAT THERE WILL BE NO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS NORMAL FOR THE FUELS INDUSTRIES❞

EUROPEAN OIL REFINERIES PLAN FOR HUGE CHANGE AFTER CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 14

FIRST LOOK: ALL NEW VAUXHALL MOKKA 8

ELECTRIFICATION ISN’T A CLEAR CUT CLEAN SWEEP

IN CAR YEARS, 2032 is already quite close. Investment decisions on models that will be on sale then will already be looming large. Why 2032? It’s the year by which the government proposes to ban the sale of all non-electric cars. The shock news announced in February is in its final public consultation phase. At Autocar, we’re working on our own response, which we will publish next week, well ahead of the 31 July deadline. While new arrivals are now coming thick and fast, electric cars still feel very new and vary wildly in capability and approach. Even for the learned Autocar reader, there remains much to discover about the cars and issues around the technology, as our guide to the world of EVs aims to show (p34). The government itself would do well to read such a guide. There is so much to enjoy about electric cars but, in forcing EVs onto people, you risk alienating them, particularly when there are car users for whom the technology may never be suitable. Besides, it has drawbacks of its own that no one in authority seems ready to face. One intriguing response to electric cars has been to wonder what oil companies make of it. Their collective response has now suddenly arrived: the fascinating prospect of synthetic fuels changing everything (p14). The debate over the future of clean transport must surely now expand, not be choked off in just six weeks’ time. Mark Tisshaw Editor mark.tisshaw@haymarket.com

.Jun 2020 09:54:30

REVEALED NEW FIAT 500, NEW M5, NEW CITROEN C4

99 NEW CARS FIRST FOR NEWS AND REVIEWS EVERY WEEK FIRST FOR NEWS AND REVIEWS EVERY WEEK

FIRST FOR NEWS AND REVIEW

ID 3 IS HERE

Es

Est.1895|autocar.co.uk|17June2020

PLUS

First pics from Seat, Land Rover &more

VW’S T

VW’STESLA RATED Long delayed, £8bn to develop –but at last, we’ve driven it

VW R’S N SCOOP

VWR’S NEXT HOT HATCH

IMAGE

So good, even Ford’s getting a version

+

FROM £11K

17 – 24 June 2020

£3.80

ALL-NEW GOLFvs FOCUS

OCTAVIA VERDICT

EXCLUSIVE

1 7 J u n e 2 0 2 0

|

A u d i

A 8

Evoque: now for city car cash

Skoda gets surprisingly bold

Prodrive’s radical rally raider

@mtisshaw

NEVER MISS AN

ISSUE Subscribe

p32

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