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As we reach the final issue of DieselCar & EcoCar magazine with a 2020 date on it, for most people, the year has been filled with misery. So let the DieselCar & EcoCar team cheer you up with some interesting and uplifting content, including the annual Christmas Crossword, a festive Gadget Inspector and other Christmassy treats.

The cover has another of BMW’s love-it-or-hate-it designs, as the new iX is revealed – the company’s new pure electric SUV. Elsewhere we’ve got the first photos of the updated Jaguar E-Pace and Land Rover Discovery, as well as facelifted editions of the Fiat Tipo and Hyundai Kona Electric, and a new Toyota C-HR GR Sport. There’s news of both Bentley and MINI’s electric vehicle strategy and Citroën announces plans to cut prices and sell more cars online.

We’ve finally got our hands on a UK registered version of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, and we’ve driven the updated Citroën C3, the diesel SEAT Leon and the tremendous Range Rover D350 Autobiography. Aimed at company car drivers for lower benefit-in-kind taxation, we put the Audi A6 50 TFSI e through its paces. And in this month’s twin test, it’s two heavyweights that go into battle, as the Land Rover Defender challenges the Mercedes-Benz G-Class to a duel. Which one wins?

There are also your favourites like Doctor Diesel, The Extra Mile, Legal i, Buying, Selling and Maintaining, Marketplace, and the most up-to-date vehicle statistics anywhere in the magazine world. We’ve also got five brand new columns called Autojumble, Fuel for Thought, Motorgrump, Retrospective and Roadwatch, so if you haven’t seen DieselCar and EcoCar magazine lately, be sure to pick up a copy to test drive for yourself, the latest, facelifted content.

Tested:

• Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Q4 2.2 AWD Automatic
• Audi A6 50 TFSI e Sport
• Citroen C3 Flair Plus BlueHDi 100
• Range Rover D350 Autobiography Automatic
• SEAT Leon SE Dynamic 2.0 TDI

Twin test:

• Land Rover Defender D240 S Automatic vs Mercedes-Benz G 350 d 4Matic AMG Line

Long-term test reports:

• Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian X 2.2 DI-D Automatic
• Peugeot 308 GT Line PureTech 130 Automatic
• Peugeot 508 SW GT Line BlueHDi 130 Automatic
• Range Rover Evoque HSE R-Dynamic D180 AWD Automatic
• Renault Clio Iconic dCi 85
• Skoda Octavia Estate SE L First Edition 2.0 TDI 115
• SsangYong Musso Rhino LWB Automatic
• Volvo XC90 B5 AWD R-Design Automatic

Features:

• Re-Leaf by Nissan
• Christmas Gadget Inspector
• Christmas Crossword

New columns:

• Fuel for thought
• Road watch

Used Car Buyer’s Guide

• Ford Fiesta 1.5 TDCi (2017-2020)

Regulars

• News and views
• Marketplace Statistics
• Marketplace In The Pipeline
• Marketplace What’s New
• Tuning News
• Techzone
• Gadget Inspector
• Doctor Diesel
• How it works
• Highway Cod
• The Extra Mile
• Legal i
• This Month
• Techzone
• Roadwatch
• Autojumble
• Motorgrump
• Retrospective
• Fuel for thought
• DM@il
• Buying, Selling and Maintaining
• Doctor Diesel’s Hero or Zero
• EcoCar News and views
• EcoCar Marketplace
• EcoCar Bright Spark