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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
NEWS:
Celica, MR2, LFA - Toyota plots their rebirth as EVs
Fun Toyota EV tech - Manual gearbox, steer-by-wire
Ferrari 499P - Le Mans-based £4.6m track weapon
Skoda Superb - All-new model gains long-range PHEV
JLR parts crisis - Dealers are turning to used parts
Nissan’s wake-up call - Rocked by cheap Chinese EVs
TESTED:
Volvo EX3O - Compact electric SUV with one big flaw
Audi Q8 and SQ8 - Shot in the arm for SUV-coupe
Kia EV9 - Striking UK-bound EV with seven seats
Volkswagen Touareg - Flagship gets vital upgrades
Nio ET7 - Tech-rich competition for Mercedes' EQS
Mazda MX-30 R-EV - Rotary-engined range boost
Ford Ranger - Double cab in stripped-down XL trim
Smart #1 Premium - ROAD TEST
FEATURES:
Maurizio Reggiani - Tech guru and his wild supercars
Pendine Museum of Speed - Land speed record gems
Japan and EVs - Why it seems to be behind the curve
Benetton’s mad 1994 season - Colourful F1 stories
OUR CARS:
Kia Niro EV - Is it the Golf of EVs? Final report tells all
Genesis G7O - BMW 3 Series rival makes fleet debut
EVERY WEEK:
Jesse Crosse - Renault to offer ‘luxury' sunroof tech
Secret Source - Chassis idea that was set in concrete
Matt Prior - Be careful what you wish for, law makers
Steve Cropley - Improved Polestar 2; X5 to Ukraine
Damien Smith - WRC title decided; big BTCC change
Subscribe - Save money and get exclusive benefits
Your Views - Firefighter on EV safety; car ads; Bernie
On this day - 1918: what UK's car industry did in WW1
Slideshow - Motoring milestones: you saw it here first
DEALS:
Second Chance - Give it large in a £5000 Merc GL
James Ruppert - A Skoda substitute for a Bentley
Road test index - Track down that road test here
New cars A-Z - Key car stats, from Abarth to Zenvo
Article Snippets
TOUCHSCREEN RELIANCE IN EX30 A STEP TOO FAR:
AT THEIR BEST, touchscreens in cars are an effective way of navigating more complex vehicle settings and functions that needn’t have their own button. We welcome them for this.
At their worst, they’re used to get rid of useful buttons that can and should be easily accessible. When you’re meant to be concentrating on driving, this is dangerous and distracting.
The touchscreen in the Volvo EX^o (driven, pn) is an alarming further development of this cleaning up’ of interiors. Not only are the likes of climate and audio settings hidden behind menus, which has become sadly too common, but so too are numerous other functions such as the wiper sensitivity and foglights.
One or two functions buried in menus on screens might be something you could reluctantly get used to, but hiding key safety features behind multiple menus and presses is not.
It’s a sad development that holds back what is otherwise a likeable car to drive and a new area of the market Volvo has entered. No car maker has done more to enhance the safety of cars than Volvo, which makes the creation of such distracting user interfaces all the more surprising.
Mark Tisshaw Editor
AT THEIR BEST, touchscreens in cars are an effective way of navigating more complex vehicle settings and functions that needn’t have their own button. We welcome them for this.
At their worst, they’re used to get rid of useful buttons that can and should be easily accessible. When you’re meant to be concentrating on driving, this is dangerous and distracting.
The touchscreen in the Volvo EX^o (driven, pn) is an alarming further development of this cleaning up’ of interiors. Not only are the likes of climate and audio settings hidden behind menus, which has become sadly too common, but so too are numerous other functions such as the wiper sensitivity and foglights.
One or two functions buried in menus on screens might be something you could reluctantly get used to, but hiding key safety features behind multiple menus and presses is not.
It’s a sad development that holds back what is otherwise a likeable car to drive and a new area of the market Volvo has entered. No car maker has done more to enhance the safety of cars than Volvo, which makes the creation of such distracting user interfaces all the more surprising.
Mark Tisshaw Editor
