The new January 2010 issue of CAR Magazine is on sale on Wednesday 16 December. Highlights include a BMW package focusing on the new 5-series and its super saloon range-topper, the new M5, plus features on a new rare-groove M3 version, an exotic drive in Munich’s first hybrid SUV and a ringside seat at BMW’s team in the American Le Mans Series. Plus 30 first drives, long-termers, news and the usual brain fodder you’ll find in every issue of CAR Magazine. Scroll to the foot of the page for our free digital sampler.
• Scooped! We lay bare the new F10 BMW M5
• Plus the inside line on the new 5-series family
• BMW 135i Coupé vs original E30 M3
• Driven: the new BMW X6 ActiveHybrid
• Inside Munich’s ALMS race team
• Mark Walton drives the Dakar race buggy built by the McRaes
• The new ‘eco’ muscle car: we take the Camaro V6 to San Fran
• The CAR 100 – our guide to the year that was
• Our top 10 cars of the year. The best of the best
• 30 first drives: 911 Sport Classic, new Land Cruiser, Chevy Spark, Vauxhall Astra, Prius plug-in, new ‘Stang
• Opinion: columns by Gavin Green, Mark Walton, Jethro Bovingdon
• All the month’s news, from the new Audi A8 to Alfa’s Giulietta
• The dirty dozen: the cars we drive day in, day out
• Plus! GBU – the data pages with bite
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