What Car?

Britain's best car buying guide now has a brand new look with an extra 40-pages in every issue, giving you more of What Car?'s famous comparison tests than ever before and more invaluable buying advice for every car on sale. Plus, What Car?'s Target Price promise could save you thousands off the price of your next car. No wonder they call us the car buyer's bible!

What Car?

WELCOME

MG S5 EV • Replacement for the ZS EV sharpens MG’s challenge at the affordable end of the electric SUV market On sale Now Price from £28,495

Leapmotor C10 REEV • New family SUV employs range-extender EV technology in pursuit of fuel economy On sale Late 2025 Price from £36,500 (est)

Nissan Micra • Reborn small hatch goes electric and shares underpinnings with the Renault 5 On sale Late 2025 Price from £23,000 (est)

Dacia Bigster • Romanian brand’s largest model yet is a family SUV with a small SUV price tag and the option of hybrid power On sale May Price from £24,995

BMW iX • Refresh for BMW’s range-topping electric SUV includes larger batteries and faster charging On sale Now Price from £75,315

Tesla Model Y • Promised improvements to ride and refinement aim to make Tesla’s best-selling car stronger than ever On sale June Price from £44,990

Toyota C-HR+ • Family SUV line-up grows with a new, larger, electric model that’s closely related to the bZ4X On sale Winter Price from £42,000 (est)

Skoda Enyaq • Sensible electric family SUV gets a nip and tuck to keep it in touch with younger competition On sale Now Price from £39,000

Peugeot 408 Hybrid • New entry-level petrol engine has electrical assistance to bring an improvement in fuel economy On sale Now Price from £34,265

BMW 3 Series • Long-running executive saloon is reinvented with the option of a fully electric version On sale 2026 Price from £45,000 (est)

AUTOCAR ARCHIVE

Land Rover Defender Octa • Mighty V8-powered SUV has the power and equipment to demolish the roughest terrain On sale Now Price from £145,300

Alfa Romeo Junior Ibrida • Italian brand’s smallest SUV gets a mild hybrid petrol engine option On sale Now Price from £27,895

Skoda Elroq • This electric SUV has already impressed us in range-topping form, but are the cheaper versions just as good? On sale Now Price from £31,500

NEXT MONTH

Road repair spend must be revealed • Councils told to spell out how they’re using their share of a £1.6bn road maintenance fund, or lose some of it

More pick-up trucks reclassified as cars

THE NEWS IN NUMBERS

InstaVolt opens UK’s largest rapid EV charging hub

WHAT CAR? ON YOUTUBE

COMING SOON

TIPS ON TAKING YOUR CAR ABROAD • Planning a motoring holiday in Europe this year? It’s worth doing some preparation beforehand to ensure your trip goes smoothly

PUBLIC EV CHARGERS: STATED RATES VERSUS REALITY • Drivers of electric cars often find that public rapid chargers deliver power much slower than their advertised pak rate. We find out why and put some to the test

Ford Puma Gen-E • Will this new small electric SUV be a hit like its petrol sibling? Let’s see what some of our readers think of it

YOU’RE IN THE DRIVING SEAT

Commuting a sentence • With the daily urban melee as our testing ground, we find out if the cheapest electric cars can still take the misery out of getting to work

West meets East • Chinese models are really starting to make their presence felt in the UK, selling on merit as well as price. Let’s see which of these plug-in hybrid family SUVs makes the most sense for British buyers

BEST PLUG-IN HYBRIDS • Top up their batteries regularly and these models promise a high proportion of electric-only...