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The Timelessness of Cars OFFICIAL HYUNDAI’S FIESTA BEATER MALAYSIA SINGAPORE autocarmalaysia.com | March 2020 DRIVEN FIRST PICS NEW MINI New 400bhp Focus RS 2020’s electric revolution begins VERDICTS Honda E: good – at a price BMW M8: full road test DRIVEN March 2020 March | Defender in Slovakia BMW M8 New Jag F-Type: still want that 911? VW’S DISCO RIVAL WHY EVEN CARS ARE GOING VEGAN THE GRENFELL GARAGE 2 AUTOCARMALAYSIA.COM MARCH 2020 THIS MONTH Malaysia Singapore March 2020 COMMENT NEWS ID Ruggdzz VW develops electric Discovery rival 10 THE TIMELESSNESS OF Hyundai i20 Supermini to be a design trendsetter 12 Porsche 914 New basic mid-engined model mooted 14 Czinger C21 hypercar Newcomer is “revolutionary” 15 CARS Aston Martin Formula 1 billionaire steps in with cash 16 VOLKSWAGEN T-ROC VS BMW M135i 74 Vegan gains Car makers look to phase out leather 18 CARS DON’T GET Aston Martin Vantage Roadster 190mph drop-top 20 Focus RS 400bhp hybrid set-up for next fast Ford 22 old. They get redesigned, JLR boss calls time Speth to retire in September 24 restored or their bodies Time to unplug Wireless EV charging is coming 26 reused, a sort of Motor Zombie Apocalypse, if you will. TESTED This month, the new Land Rover Mini Electric Iconic hatchback steps into the future 28 Defender comes off the production Audi S3 Mature, polished, fast and better than ever 32 line in Slovakia, the Bentley 36 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé Sleek four-door rated Blower ‘rebuilt’ and the Beetle is Jaguar F-Type P575 R AWD Coupé Raucous fun 40 44 regenerated. Honda E An attractive face and a lovely personality FIVE-STAR PORSCHE 46 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS Flat six, manual gearbox 46 Need a spare part that’s no longer Porsche Macan GTS Smarter choice than a Turbo? 47 Renault Clio E-Tech Two EV motors, one F1 gearbox 48 in production? Find out how 3D Peugeot 2008 Compact crossover with substance 49 printing is Fiat Panda Mild-hybrid tech for endearing city car 50 easing every 51 Smart EQ Fortwo 98-mile range for £17k, anyone? classic car BMW M8 Competition Convertible ROAD TEST 52 owner’s headache. FEATURES One engine, Top 50 must-drive cars Finest driver’s cars named 61 several guises, VW T-Roc R vs BMW M135i Hot family car tussle 74 Polestar 2 We drive a prototype of Volvo’s Model 3 80 does your Handles, messiah What makes a great-handling car 82 THE BUSINESS RISING FROM THE ASHES 100 car share its Bentley Blower Forensic look at £1.5m ‘recreation’ 86 heart with Land Rover Defender How to build a reinvented icon88 ❝ another more esteemed model? Find Who sold what and why Latest global car trends 92 IT ISN’T THE Dancing on ice Austria’s very own Festival of Speed 96 out which are the 10 best engines New dimension 3D printer helps keep classics alive 98 MOST BENIGN OF and the cars that share them. Beetlejuice How EV classics saved a VW specialist 100 Also, did you know that besides Borrowed brilliance Our top 10 engine donations 102 CARS WHEN IT BMW: beyond cars What US design arm gets up to 104 designing cars and motorcycles, QUITE SUDDENLY BMW also build the Team USA Autocar Malaysia Singapore ❞ Olympic bobsleds and takes on Managing Ediro: Lisa Kuok BEGINS TO SLIDE Editor: Breena Au interor design projects.Closer to Autocar is published by Haymarket Automotive, Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, OUR ROAD TESTERS GET TO GRIPS WITH, AND TW1 3SP, UKhaymarketgroup.com Tel +44 (0)20 8267 5000 home, that includes the Singapore Autocar magazine is also published in China, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, BREAK THE GRIP OF, THE BMW M8 COMPETITION 52 Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Airlines First Class Cabin? Autocar is a member of the Haymarket TROUBLE FINDING They’re just six of the 12 feature Independent Press Standards is certified by BSI to AUTOCAR? Date: 28.Feb 2020 16:01:40 NEW AUDI A3 NEWCARS Organisation (IPSO). environmental standard If you struggle to find a 28 REVEALED FIRST FOR NEWS stories we have this month AND REVIEWS EVERY WEEK We abide by the Editors’ Code of ISO14001 and energy copy of Autocar in your local Est. 18189955|auauttoocar.co.car.co.ukuk|4 March 2020 OFFICIAL PICS Practice and are committed management standard retailer or area, please NEW FIAT GOLF GTGTII 500 – NOW AN EV to upholding the highest ISO50001 send an email to Why it’s the last of the great NEW E-CLASS besides the First Drives. hot hatches ALFA GTA IS BACK VW’s present standards of journalism. If you [email protected] for the purists think we haven’t met those who will investigate the SHOCK BENTLEY BA Enjoy! CALAR standards and want to make problem for you. + HYUNDAI’S SKODA’S CUT-PRICE GT TESLA RADICAL BMW a complaint, contact I 4 March NEW 911 TU 4 – RBO 11 2020 [email protected]. March 9 CARS, 1 WINNER | Me 2020 rced es -A BRBRIITTA MG AIINN’’SS BESTBEST A45 S £3 NEW SM .8 ALL 0 CA RE For more information, contact R NAULT’ S SHAPE-SHIFTER IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk PEFC Certified NEVER This product is from sustainably managed forests and LISA KUOK Managing Editor controlled sources MISS AN Autocar www.pefc.co.uk is a member of the ISSUE organising [email protected] committee of ‘Like’ us on Car Of The Year FIRST DRIVE: EARLY TASTE OF AUDI’S NEW S3 32 Facebook PEFC Certified This product is from sustainably managed forests and MOTORSPORT IMAGES controlled sources www.pefc.co.uk caroftheyear.org MARCH 2020 AUTOCARMALAYSIA.COM 3 PEFC.indd 1 16/06/2011 14:18 PEFC.indd 1 16/06/2011 14:18 NEWS GOT A STORY? ❝ Email our news editor A unique glasshouse [email protected] treatment makes the C-pillar appear translucent ❞ Two electric motors will make the new ID SUV four-wheel drive Rugged 4x4 ID tipped for 2023 Electric VW SUV will have a boxier shape than the ID 4 and greater off-road potential olkswagen is on the number of more conventionally planned by Volkswagen by the The Ruggdzz is also The basis for the new ID verge of giving the styled ID models, including middle of the decade. understood to be distinguished SUV is Volkswagen’s versatile green light to a new the similarly sized ID 4 – a The Ruggdzz joins a from other ID models by MEB (Modularen Elektrik V ID-branded SUV to production version of the production version of the ID a unique glasshouse Baukasten, or modular rival the upcoming BMW iX3 ID Crozz concept – which Buzz, due next year, and a yet treatment that makes the electric toolkit) platform. and Mercedes-Benz EQB. is set to be unveiled at the to be confirmed production C-pillar appear translucent Technical details are scarce, The electric-powered New York motor show in April. version of the ID Buggy (above, through the application of a although it is thought to use SUV is known to officials Although it is still at right) in an initial three-strong glass panel on the outer body. a twin electric motor set-up at Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg a preliminary stage of range of Icon models designed As well as a standard- similar to that of the ID 4 to headquarters in Germany development, the new ID under the guise of newly wheelbase five-seater, provide it with four-wheel- as the Ruggdzz, a working model is expected to enter appointed Volkswagen Group Volkswagen has drawn up plans drive capabilities, including title that draws on the word production in 2023 as part design boss Klaus Bischoff. for an extended-wheelbase, the ability to transfer drive to ‘rugged’. The new model forms of a 30-strong SUV line-up Those privy to an early seven-seat version of the individual wheels for added part of a so-called Icon project styling model of the new Ruggdzz. This is likely to be traction in rugged terrain. to establish what has been Volkswagen SUV say it departs aimed primarily at the Chinese As well as providing the described to Autocar as radically from the ID 4, with a and North American markets. basis for the Ruggdzz, a similar “a line of ID models with the distinctly boxy profile. It’s said Autocar sources indicate MEB set-up is also planned same timeless and classless to have a bluff front end with a that there could be a number of to underpin similarly styled qualities as the original Beetle”. full-width grille incorporating Ruggdzz derivatives, with the models from Volkswagen Measuring 4600mm long in rectangular headlights, an most extreme model featuring sibling brands Seat and standard-wheelbase form, the almost horizontal bonnet, raised ride height and other off- Skoda, plus newly formed four-wheel-drive SUV has been upright windscreen, nearly road-inspired elements such Chinese marque Jetta. conceived to complement a Mercedes’ EQB will be a key rival flat roofline and sheer sides. as roof-mounted spotlights. GREG KABLE TWINGO TURNS EV – BUT SWERVES UK UBER SIGNS UP FOR 2000 NISSAN LEAFS Renault’s Twingo will gain an electric ZE version Nissan will supply 2000 Leafs at £4500 below this year, but it won’t be sold here. The Twingo retail to Uber, which wants its London fleet to be was withdrawn from the UK last year after slow electric-only by 2025.
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