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FAREWELL, SEAT – IT’S A SAD LOSS BUT MAKES SENSE

AUDI A2 REBORN AS ULTRA-EFFICIENT ELECTRIC HATCH • New EV follows trail blazed by 1990s supermini with its 400-mile range

INTERCEPTOR REVIVED AS HARDCORE V8 • Jensen name returns for 900bhp GTX track car; road-going GTR to follow

SUB-£18K SPRING TO LEAD DACIA'S NEW MODEL PUSH • Entry-level price for new city car could dip to £14,000 with full EV grant eligibility

ESPRIT TO GET LIGHTWEIGHT V6 • 'More accessible' entry-level supercar to preserve Lotus's key ethos

VW GROUP TO CUT MODEL RANGE BY 50% AND AXE SEAT • Swingeing reductions to workforce and R&D have also been approved

COMMENT • My Week In Cars

YOUR VIEWS

VOLKSWAGEN ID POLO • Electric supermini is intended as a practical, affordable and fun-to-drive alternative to the hot-cakes Renault 5

TOYOTA RAV4 • Popular family SUV regenerates into a PHEV with an 85-mile EV range

VOLVO XC60 B5 • Updated mid-size premium SUV presents itself in entry-level petrol form

KIA EV2 • Can Kia's latest – and smallest – EV shine in a rapidly growing class?

Power to the people • The updated Cupra Born VZ and new Vauxhall Mokka GSE represent the democratisation of performance EVs.

You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off • Car niche you never knew existed #27: the Crayford Mojito, a modified Mini created to keep at your beach hut.

Spot, look and listen • Waymoe’s ‘spotcasts’ are entertaining car enthusiasts with their roadside celebration of the disarmingly mundane.

LIVING WITH A... • On a rapid run up the M40 it adopted an Alpina-like waft

RENAULT 4 • Long hot summer comes to an end just in time for convertible’s arrival

A FAMILY SUV WITH X APPEAL • The Mk3 X3 is an appealing, practical option with a sharp dynamic edge

My recreated Bentley is a special beast

Lost in the archive • 'Disgraceful' start to racing in the Middle East

Why I love... BACKYARD MECHANICS