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34 ‘Itbroke downwhenIwas on my waytoawedding.Withmynew partner’ THIS WEEK Issue6421 | Volume305 | No 5 NEWS JLR’shydrogen future Details of crucial tech project 6 Audi’s rangereview Newboss looks to ‘streamline’ 10 2035 ICEban Your viewsonUKplantogoEV-only 12 NissanAriya Ideal caratthe ideal time,saysNissan 14 TESTED HondaE Short-rangeEVurban heroonBritish roads 18 Hyundai i20 Earlytaste of all-new Ford Fiesta rival 22 Audi A3 Saloon Booted and suited–but anygood? 24 Alfa RomeoGiulia Nowmoretempting than ever 25 Kia Xceed Entry-levelversion andall thebetterfor it 25 PorscheTaycan TurboS ROAD TEST 26 Road test rewind MaseratiQuattroportefrom2005 34 FEATURES Howtobeabetterdriver Tips to motoring nirvana 38 Griffind’or Golden days of GriffinHouse rekindled 44 Dear Tobias Cropley’sopenlettertonew AstonCEO 46 BTCC preview Allthe genfor this weekend’s opener 53 OURCARS Ford Puma Class-leading crossoverjoins ourfleet 58 Peugeot 2008 HasPeugeotfound its mojo again? 60 RenaultClio Week’s holidayplays to its strengths 61 Vauxhall Corsa-e EV in,petrolout.How prescient 63 EVERYWEEK JesseCrosse Inside lineonMaserati’s latest V6 13 Jim Holder Deathofa £1.6bn cost-saving alliance 15 Steve Cropley TwoEVs,home-builtBlowerBentley 17 Subscribe Save moneyand getexclusive benefits 36 Damien Smith Howlong till Verstappenjoins Merc? 50 Motorsport round-up F1,WRC,Brightontrials, DTM 51 Your Views Hasthe oil industrylostits ownwallet? 56 Matt Prior Frustration of lane-keeping assistance 82 DEALS James Ruppert Usedversionsofnew best-sellers 64 As good as new Mk2V10-engined Audi R8 forless 67 Spiedinthe classifieds £10kFreelander,£9.5k Z4 68 Used buying guide MercedesSLS AMGfrom£100k 70 NewcarsA-Z Keycar stats, fromAbarth to Zenos 72 Road test index Trackdownthatroadtesthere 81 Autocar,ISSNnumber 1355-8293(USPS25185),ispublished weekly by Haymarket MediaGroup, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham TW13SP,United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price is $199.78. Airfreightand mailinginthe USAby agent namedWNShipping USA, 156-15,146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicalspostage paidatJamaica NY 11431. US Postmaster: Send addresschangestoAutocar,WNShipping USA, 156-15,146th Avenue, 2ndFloor,Jamaica,NY11434, USA.Subscription records aremaintainedatHaymarket MediaGroup, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham TW13SP,United Kingdom. Air Business Ltdisactingasour mailingagent. Autocar is published by HaymarketAutomotive, Bridge House,69London Road, Twickenham,Middlesex, TW13SP,UKhaymarketgroup.com Tel +44(0)20 82675000 Autocarmagazine is alsopublishedinChina, Greece, India,Indonesia,Japan,Korea, Malaysia,Philippinesand Thailand. Autocar isamemberofthe IndependentPress Standards Organisation (IPSO). We abide by theEditors’Codeof Practiceand are committed to upholdingthe highest standards of journalism.Ifyou think we haven’tmet those standards andwanttomake acomplaint, contact autocar@haymarket.com. Formoreinformation,contact IPSO on 0300 1232220or visit www.ipso.co.uk Haymarket is certified by BSIto environmental standard ISO14001and energy management standard ISO50001 TROUBLEFINDING AUTOCAR? If youstruggle to find a copy of Autocar in your local retailerorarea, please send an email to connor.chappell@flgroup.co.uk who will investigate the problem foryou. PEFC Certified This product is from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources www.pefc.co.uk Autocar isamember of the organising committee of Car Of TheYear caroftheyear.org HONDAE:SHORTRANGE,PRICEYBUT SO GOOD 18 IS THIS THECAR TO TURN NISSANAROUND? 14 ROAD TEST:PORSCHETAYCANTURBO S 26 COVER STORY ❝TOBIAS,YOU OF ALLPEOPLEKNOW HOWTOBUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.LIFT THEPHONE TODAY❞ STEVECROPLEYTELLS ASTON’SNEW CEOTO KNOT DAIMLER TIES–AND MOREBESIDES 46 IMAGE RANGEROVER STARSINJLR’S HYDROGENPLAN 6 COMMENT IF HYDROGEN IS THE FUTURE,JLR WANTSIN HYDROGEN HASBEEN on theindustry’sradar as afuel forazero-emissions future foradecade or more. Each time thediscussioncomes up,it seemstomakesomuchsense:familiar quickrefillsand bigranges, butwithno emissionsatthe tailpipe. We’vehad hydrogen cars in the UK,mostnotably theexcellent Toyota Mirai. Theonly– andit’sa bigonly– thingholding it back is the infrastructure to supportit. With the mightofToyotabehindhydrogen, you canexpectthe island nation of Japanto adoptthe technology,but elsewhere? As an island nation ourselves, theUK couldbe fertilegroundfor hydrogen, too, although thedifficultiesinsetting upachargingnetwork forbatteryelectric cars palesintoinsignificance next toawhole newrefuellingsystem. Even so,JaguarLandRover is ramping up operations in hydrogen research anddevelopment.Project Zeus will soonspawnarunning concept, andif– andit’sabig if–the projectprogresses well,itcould be in production by the endofthe decade in next-generation Jaguarsand Land Rovers in time for thegovernment’s 2032/35/whatever-itmakes-up-next-week banonthe sale of non-zero-emissions vehicles.Given the extracostand weight of making larger vehicles battery-electric, hydrogen must be allowed its placeatthe discussiontable forthe fuel of thefuture. Mark Tisshaw Editor mark.tisshaw@haymarket.com @mtisshaw NEVER MISS AN ISSUE Subscribe p36 29 JULY2020 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 5

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‘Itbroke downwhenIwas on my waytoawedding.Withmynew partner’

THIS WEEK

Issue6421 | Volume305 | No 5

NEWS

JLR’shydrogen future Details of crucial tech project 6 Audi’s rangereview Newboss looks to ‘streamline’ 10 2035 ICEban Your viewsonUKplantogoEV-only 12 NissanAriya Ideal caratthe ideal time,saysNissan 14

TESTED

HondaE Short-rangeEVurban heroonBritish roads 18 Hyundai i20 Earlytaste of all-new Ford Fiesta rival 22 Audi A3 Saloon Booted and suited–but anygood? 24 Alfa RomeoGiulia Nowmoretempting than ever 25 Kia Xceed Entry-levelversion andall thebetterfor it 25 PorscheTaycan TurboS ROAD TEST 26 Road test rewind MaseratiQuattroportefrom2005 34

FEATURES Howtobeabetterdriver Tips to motoring nirvana 38 Griffind’or Golden days of GriffinHouse rekindled 44 Dear Tobias Cropley’sopenlettertonew AstonCEO 46 BTCC preview Allthe genfor this weekend’s opener 53

OURCARS Ford Puma Class-leading crossoverjoins ourfleet 58 Peugeot 2008 HasPeugeotfound its mojo again? 60 RenaultClio Week’s holidayplays to its strengths 61 Vauxhall Corsa-e EV in,petrolout.How prescient 63

EVERYWEEK JesseCrosse Inside lineonMaserati’s latest V6 13 Jim Holder Deathofa £1.6bn cost-saving alliance 15 Steve Cropley TwoEVs,home-builtBlowerBentley 17 Subscribe Save moneyand getexclusive benefits 36 Damien Smith Howlong till Verstappenjoins Merc? 50 Motorsport round-up F1,WRC,Brightontrials, DTM 51 Your Views Hasthe oil industrylostits ownwallet? 56 Matt Prior Frustration of lane-keeping assistance 82

DEALS

James Ruppert Usedversionsofnew best-sellers 64 As good as new Mk2V10-engined Audi R8 forless 67 Spiedinthe classifieds £10kFreelander,£9.5k Z4 68 Used buying guide MercedesSLS AMGfrom£100k 70 NewcarsA-Z Keycar stats, fromAbarth to Zenos 72 Road test index Trackdownthatroadtesthere 81

Autocar,ISSNnumber 1355-8293(USPS25185),ispublished weekly by Haymarket MediaGroup, Bridge

House, 69 London Road, Twickenham TW13SP,United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price is $199.78. Airfreightand mailinginthe USAby agent namedWNShipping USA, 156-15,146th Avenue, 2nd

Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicalspostage paidatJamaica NY 11431. US Postmaster: Send addresschangestoAutocar,WNShipping USA, 156-15,146th Avenue, 2ndFloor,Jamaica,NY11434, USA.Subscription records aremaintainedatHaymarket MediaGroup, Bridge House, 69 London Road,

Twickenham TW13SP,United Kingdom. Air Business Ltdisactingasour mailingagent. Autocar is published by HaymarketAutomotive, Bridge House,69London Road, Twickenham,Middlesex,

TW13SP,UKhaymarketgroup.com Tel +44(0)20 82675000 Autocarmagazine is alsopublishedinChina, Greece, India,Indonesia,Japan,Korea,

Malaysia,Philippinesand Thailand.

Autocar isamemberofthe IndependentPress Standards

Organisation (IPSO). We abide by theEditors’Codeof

Practiceand are committed to upholdingthe highest standards of journalism.Ifyou think we haven’tmet those standards andwanttomake acomplaint, contact autocar@haymarket.com. Formoreinformation,contact

IPSO on 0300 1232220or visit www.ipso.co.uk

Haymarket is certified by BSIto environmental standard

ISO14001and energy management standard

ISO50001

TROUBLEFINDING

AUTOCAR? If youstruggle to find a copy of Autocar in your local retailerorarea, please send an email to connor.chappell@flgroup.co.uk who will investigate the problem foryou.

PEFC Certified

This product is from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources www.pefc.co.uk

Autocar isamember of the organising committee of Car Of TheYear caroftheyear.org

HONDAE:SHORTRANGE,PRICEYBUT SO GOOD 18

IS THIS THECAR TO TURN NISSANAROUND? 14

ROAD TEST:PORSCHETAYCANTURBO S 26

COVER STORY

❝TOBIAS,YOU OF ALLPEOPLEKNOW HOWTOBUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.LIFT THEPHONE TODAY❞

STEVECROPLEYTELLS ASTON’SNEW CEOTO KNOT DAIMLER TIES–AND MOREBESIDES 46

IMAGE

RANGEROVER STARSINJLR’S HYDROGENPLAN 6

COMMENT

IF HYDROGEN IS THE FUTURE,JLR WANTSIN

HYDROGEN HASBEEN on theindustry’sradar as afuel forazero-emissions future foradecade or more. Each time thediscussioncomes up,it seemstomakesomuchsense:familiar quickrefillsand bigranges, butwithno emissionsatthe tailpipe. We’vehad hydrogen cars in the UK,mostnotably theexcellent Toyota Mirai. Theonly– andit’sa bigonly– thingholding it back is the infrastructure to supportit. With the mightofToyotabehindhydrogen, you canexpectthe island nation of Japanto adoptthe technology,but elsewhere?

As an island nation ourselves, theUK couldbe fertilegroundfor hydrogen, too, although thedifficultiesinsetting upachargingnetwork forbatteryelectric cars palesintoinsignificance next toawhole newrefuellingsystem.

Even so,JaguarLandRover is ramping up operations in hydrogen research anddevelopment.Project Zeus will soonspawnarunning concept, andif– andit’sabig if–the projectprogresses well,itcould be in production by the endofthe decade in next-generation Jaguarsand Land Rovers in time for thegovernment’s 2032/35/whatever-itmakes-up-next-week banonthe sale of non-zero-emissions vehicles.Given the extracostand weight of making larger vehicles battery-electric, hydrogen must be allowed its placeatthe discussiontable forthe fuel of thefuture.

Mark Tisshaw Editor mark.tisshaw@haymarket.com

@mtisshaw

NEVER MISS AN

ISSUE Subscribe p36

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