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February 2020 Vol 64.01 Issue no 757

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ou generally get two types of CAR geot 108 (just plain good; 74), and drives of
readers (I avoid reducing people the updated Renault Kwid (sporting a pret-
Y to simple stereotypes but hear me tier face but the same structure; 48) and
out): there are those carphiles who relish Datsun Go (now with a CVT; 52).
reading about outlandish luxury and per- We continue ticking the sensible box-
formance cars, and then there are the read- es with two exciting new Citroëns (C3 on
ers vexed enough to pen letters accusing page 54 and C3 Aircross on 66) and a drive
CAR of being out of touch with Joe and Jane in Nissan’s 1,0-litre turbopetrol Micra (the
Public by “ignoring” the budget-beaters engine makes all the difference; 44).
at the lower end of the market. Well, this Like anything in life, balance does a body
issue is rather different… and soul good. Petrolheads, your tastes are
While most of the market’s changes indulged by a feast of performance cars
occur at the pricier end of the spectrum in Insight (from page 12), a 305 km/h Audi
where lavish crossovers and rapid per- RS Q8 scaling the heady heights of exotic
formance cars reside, the automotive Tenerife’s Mount Teide (38) and an in-depth
landscape course-corrected towards the assessment of the curious new Mercedes-
end of 2019 as a slew of new and revised Benz GLE (70).
pocket-friendly entrants joined the tussle We’ll aim for more balance in 2020, dear
for buyers’ attention. In an attempt to be readers, but please don’t send us hate mail
all things to all readers, this issue contains if we delight in driving hair-raisingly won-

rst impressions of the peculiarly named derful cars and telling you all about it…
but gifted Hyundai Venue (on page 42), full
tests of the new Hyundai Atos (as good as
you’d hope, but with a caveat; 62) and Peu-

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