Free digital preview of the new issue of CAR Magazine

The new January 2010 issue of CAR Magazine is out on Wednesday 22 December. This month we’ve driven Citroen’s brilliant new DS3 Racing, a hot hatch built by the French manufacturer’s rally team, and then joined the famed Citroen Racing outfit (and one Sebastien Loeb) for testing of 2011’s DS3 WRC machine. Gavin Green has been to Italy to thrash Lamborghini’s 700bhp replacement for the Murcielago to over 200mph (in the dark!), Georg Kacher has been behind the wheel of the new one-off, Ferrari-based and Pininfarina-built Lancia Stratos, and we’ve pitted Audi’s new A1 against the Mini, Polo and Fiesta. Plus we’ve recreated the Cannonball run across America with a Dodge Challenger and Brock Yates Jr, and counted down the defining moments of 2010 in the CAR 100.

And then there’s a free 36-page supplement, our annual Performance Car of the Year test in which we have taken the eight greatest sports car of 2010 on a 2500-mile thrash across Europe’s most demanding, thrilling and spectacular roads.

All this and the month's first drives – including the new Lamborghini Performante, Land Rover’s first front-wheel drive car, Peugeot’s 197bhp 308 GT, Infiniti’s diesel-powered 5-series rival, Chevrolet’s new Orlando MPV, and Renault’s Renaultsport Megane-chasing GT. Plus we bid a fond farewell to BMW’s M6 and welcome a Mercedes E63 AMG Estate and Vauxhall Meriva to our long-term test fleet. Then there are our monthly witty columns, every new car pictured and rated in GBU (the sharpest data section you'll find on the newsstand) and all this month’s news. Don't miss the new January 2010 issue of CAR Magazine, out on Wednesday 22 December – flick through our virtual magazine below for a taster.