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PRICE: £35,005–£39,805 The strange thing about the Honda Civic is how wildly it veers from one generation to the next – you get a crazy one, then a sensible one, a crazy one… This current version is the sensible one, but that’s not a bad thing – it m

PRICE: £50,050 Forget the slightly traditional setup of our 2022 Car of the Year, Honda’s Type R follows the original hot hatch template fairly slavishly but it has kept it feeling brilliant fresh. The electric ones have a lot of work to do if they w

“It looked different on Google Maps,” says photographer Olgun as yet another fist sized rock rings along the Mach-E’s underbody protection like a broken bell. “Yes. Yes, it did.” I reply through clenched teeth, thinking very much that my assumption t

JACK RIX EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DEPUTY EDITOR Ollie Kew HEAD OF CAR TESTING Oliver Marriage ASSOCIATE EDITOR Tom Ford CONSULTANT EDITOR Paul Horrell EDITOR AT LARGE Jason Barlow US CORRESPONDENT Pat Devereux DIGITAL DIRECTOR Simon Bond HEAD OF VIDEO Charlie

PRICE: £109,800–£190,600 There’s nothing quite like driving around with the wind in your hair (presuming you still have it) and the sun on your face – the drop-top 911 only adds to the Coupe’s delights with its folding fabric roof. It makes you want

TG maths will insist you needthe biggest model in the range. But Karcher’s pressure washers are like Teslas: you’re getting better value with a less powerful entry level option. The K 2 takes years off patios and it’s weeny enough for easy stowage. J

“My wife and I wanted to race at Le Mans. But looking at all the cars in period, we could never afford a historic Aston or Jaguar racecar. My other half found out that Cadillac raced in 1950, and I’ve always liked American cars. So I decided I wanted

£20, PC/Xbox/PlayStation/Switch There are plenty of retro inspired games out there, but it’s rare that you get one that’s a direct sequel to an ancient, nearly forgotten title. Believe it or not, NeoSprint is a follow-up to 1986’s Super Sprint and fo

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PRICE: £104,025–£192,000 Arguably the original lifestyle SUV, the Range Rover has evolved massively since the 1970 original, developing into a luxury beast. The latest one hasn’t just nailed the brief, it has set the benchmark for everyone else to fo

A genuinely interesting question, this, so long as you’re the kind of person who finds tyre related history genuinely interesting. Before World War One, car tyres were white - or at least white-ish, the natural colour of rubber. But around 1917, tyre

Any we’ve missed? The number of companies willing to zhuzh up an old Porsche for you these days is bewildering. From Kalmar’s rally raid conversions to Lanzante’s Fl engined nutter, there’s something for everyone… so long as your pockets are deeper t

PRICE: £2.8 MILLION Gordon Murray had already done it all with the McLaren F1 back in the 1990s, but you always sensed he had a bit more to prove. And here’s the result, the car that shows lightning doesn’t just strike twice, it’ll do it exactly wher

£76,140 OTR/£79,481 as tested/£1,141 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Does a utilitarian off-roader work as a lifestyle vehicle? DRIVER: OLLIE MARRIAGE TEST ONE: IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOSE an Ineos Grenadier in long grass? It’s 2,050mm tall, so that’s a bit of an ask.

Every F1 driver wants to win their home race. Imagine returning to your place of birth and showing your old classmates that you did exactly what you said you would, you fulfilled the dream, while simultaneously making your family ridiculously proud.

PRICE: £36,165–£47,400 This car has always had to be good with a name like that, but it’s hard to think of any other family estate out there that does a better job for the money. Its recent refresh has poshed the Superb up even more – and some of the

PRICE: £23,150–£38,000 It must be difficult updating a car that’s so cemented in its retro looks, but the new Mini takes the car on in all the right ways. Inside, the not-so-mini hatchback gets a delightful digital makeover focused on a big round dig

I have always avoided giving cars human names. Partly because it’s a terrible way to get overly attached to something, but mostly because they are ultimately just lumps of metal. And while some can now drive themselves, or even create music based on

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The RSi had a 1.8-litre 4cyl and only weighed 955kg, so it was decidedly nippy, with handling to match. It’s basically a junior Williams. Ish. If a ’93 Williams is peak vintage Clio, the RSi is the undiscovered country pre the Clio 16v. Think what a

Modern cars are a pain to deal with, but back in motoring’s early days it was infinitely worse. Driving was a skilled feat of low speed, high energy multitasking. Just getting the car going was a mammoth operation, as exemplified by a prize exhibit a

IF you were to pick a road on which to have a go in a classic Porsche 911 Turbo, it wouldn’t be this one. Time has chewed hard on this landscape, leaving the edges of the B6278 ragged and cracked, cambers drooping, tumerous bumps the rule rather than

ARCADE, 1986 Hugely influential in the driving genre, Atari’s Super Sprint set the bar for top-down perspective racing games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its now iconic arcade cabinet was a monster too, allowing three players to compete in F1-s

£87,195 OTR/£94,245 as tested/£897 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: In a German-dominated world of über SUVs, why go for the upstart Italian? DRIVER: CHARLIE ROSE HAVING RECENTLY WELCOMED A tiny human to the world, it was about time our family of three ventured ou

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FAIR ODDS THAT ANYONE OVER 40, UPON SEEING FORD’S NEW interpretation of the Capri, will spend five minutes simply saying “That’s not a Capri though, is it?” And despite the Ford marketing department’s tenuous proclamations that this new Capri is what

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CAR COMPANIES HAVE BEEN doing deals with watchmakers since the get-go, and the relationship generally follows a similar format. Most motor racing teams have a watch sponsor, and beyond the track, luxury car firms are fond of getting into bed with wat

THE GENERAL SAFETY REGULATION Part II (GSR2) now applies to all new cars sold in the EU, and by extension Britain. It mandates intelligent speed assist, lane keeping assist and automated braking. Some campaigners say that making lane and speed system