Wheels mag July: Unwrapping the present – 70th anniversary issue (2 of 3)

We're bang up to date in the second issue of our 70th anniversary trilogy, taking a look at 2023's state of the automotive art.

Built around four big comparisons that compare current class benchmarks to some feisty up-and-comers, we pit Ford Ranger against its German cousin, the Volkswagen Amarok.

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Porsche's all-conquering Macan takes on the eagerly anticipated Maserati Grecale while Tesla's massive-selling Model 3 has a quiet word with the Hyundai Ioniq 6.

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Porsche's incredible Cayman GT4 RS might be one of the most exciting road cars at any price, but can you get 90 percent of the excitement at a quarter of the price in the new Honda Civic Type R? Alex Inwood heads for the high country to find out.

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Andy Enright gets his hands on the incredible Ferrari 296 GTB and considers the role of the supercar in today's automotive landscape, and we also get behind the wheel of the long awaited Cupra Born, the Volvo C40 Recharge, the Lexus RZ450e and the Mitsubishi Triton Xtreme.

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Renaultsport's punchy Megane R26 is our Modern Classic for this month and we also take a look at the surprisingly affordable new baby Volvo EV, the EX30.

Meanwhile, we wave goodbye to right-hand drive Tesla Model S while the Aston Martin DB6 Vantage gets the Retro treatment.

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In addition to that, there's the monthly news wrap, Databank, readers' letters and editor Enright's driving antics get laughed at by Henry Kissinger. Yes, this happened.

Don't miss out on the July issue, on shelves now.

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