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#476
Today · 9 min
Ti Drives: BMW i3 50 xDrive M Sport
BMW 3 Series have a habit of redefining their class with each new generation. And here’s one likely to do it all over again, says Andrew Frankel
#475
Yesterday · 9 min
Me and Mr Jones
Alan Jones was tough, gruff and suffered fools not at all. Yet despite an unprepossessing start, Gavin Green grew to know and like him
#474
Saturday · 6 min
Man Maths: Audi S8 (D2)
The original Audi S8 was fast, beautiful and a film star. Today, says Wayne Bruce, they're still beautiful, but cheap, and above all, scarce
#473
Friday · 13 min
Our Cars: Cupra Formentor VZ5
Last time out, Gez Medinger found plenty to criticise in the VZ5. This time he gets to engage Drift mode – and the tally looks rather different
#472
Thursday · 8 min
Scandinavian Brick
Was it ever going to be possible to turn a sensible Volvo estate into a proper sports car? On the evidence of the 850 T5-R, Ollie Marriage thinks probably not
#471
Wednesday · 13 min
Ti Drives: Alpine A390 GTS
Three motors, two tonnes and one wet Formula 1 race track. Is this mid-sized crossover a worthy descendant of the A110? Gez Medinger finds out
#470
November 3 · 12 min
‘I knew within 300 yards it was a silly idea’
Young writer Dan Hall recalls the TVR Cerbera Speed 12 – a car too extreme even for motoring’s maverick mogul
#469
November 2 · 10 min
Boy wonder
How Kimi Antonelli became the youngest F1 World Champion in history, defying the expectations of many, Karun Chandhok included
#468
October 31 · 6 min
Ti Drives: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SUV
It’s AMG’s first bespoke SUV, but can a 2.7 tonne car powered by electricity even call itself a proper AMG? Andrew Frankel drives it
#467
October 30 · 11 min
Hypercar inheritance
It’s adiós Pilot Sport 4S and hola Señor Embargo at the first drive of Michelin’s new high-performance road tyre in Barcelona. But here’s what we can tell you, says Gez Medinger
#466
October 29 · 19 min
The Impossible
Putting a modern F1 engine in a road car? Many thought it couldn’t be done. Then Mercedes made the AMG One. Andrew Frankel drives it
#465
October 28 · 10 min
Ti Drives: 2026 Range Rover Electric
The Range Rover Electric has been a long time coming, and still won’t be for everyone. But Richard Aucock reckons it could still be the pick of the bunch
#464
October 27 · 9 min
Our cars: Aston Martin DB12 S
The Aston has not been doing much of late, causing Andrew Frankel both to miss it, and feel guilty every time he sees it
#463
October 26 · 13 min
Idle Hands: Mazda MX-5 (NC)
Mazda’s third-generation MX-5 often gets a hard time, but there are lots of reasons you might still want one on your drive, says Lewis Kingston
#462
October 24 · 5 min
Man Maths: Polestar 2
Is the Polestar 2 the smart entry into the world of electric motors – particularly with prices now down to just £12k? Richard Aucock reckons so
#461
October 23 · 20 min
Ti drives: 2026 Noble M500
Thought you saw M500 reviews years ago? That was just a prototype. This is the finished production car – and it’s the real deal, says Gez Medinger
#460
October 22 · 17 min
Almost Great: Renault 16
Ingenious, comfortable and fast, the 1966 European Car of the Year Renault 16 had almost everything. So why has it been all but forgotten, asks David Twohig
#459
October 21 · 13 min
Fast out of the gate
Ferrari’s iconic gearshift is back, but all is not what it seems. Then again, asks Andrew Frankel, does that even matter?
#458
October 20 · 13 min
Why your race car for the road… isn’t
It’s one of the most durable lines in car marketing, and decades ago it may have even been true. But not any more, says Alex Brundle
#457
October 19 · 11 min
Mission Critical
The Porsche Mission S is far more than just an interesting new concept - it is the car around which the company will base the rebuilding of its brand, says Ben Oliver

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