Car news

Civic will be the last Honda to be built at the Swindon factory

Business

News review: What happened in 2019

The last year has been an eventful one for car makers generally and, more specifically, the UK car industry

23 December 2019

News review: What happened in 2019

The Vauxhall VXR8 is a super-saloon with a rock-hard edge

Features

Used buying guide: 10 powerful, big-engined cars

Throw practical out the window and ponder some (mostly) V8 extravagance for your next used car

23 December 2019

Used buying guide: 10 powerful, big-engined cars

Features

The cars the Autocar team bought in 2019

It's all very well swanning around in Lamborghinis, but what cars do we actually buy? Here's what our writers added to their garages this year

23 December 2019

The cars the Autocar team bought in 2019

Motorsport

Friends and foes: who won F1's 2019 team-mate battles

For F1 drivers, the term ‘team-mate’ is often loaded with irony. We consider the 10 pairings of 2019 to judge who got the better of the rival who matters

22 December 2019

Friends and foes: who won F1's 2019 team-mate battles

Our man Ruppert poses with the Innocenti

Features

The reimagined Mini: Driving the 1970s Innocenti

Innocenti pulled off its own Italian job with a reworking of the Issigonis icon. We celebrate the Mini’s 60th by tracking one down

22 December 2019

The reimagined Mini: Driving the 1970s Innocenti

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When BMW unveiled its first road-going car from its Motorsport division at the 1978 Paris motor show, few could have predicted just what a draw the M badge would become.

Slideshow

BMW M Cars: a history in pictures

BMW's Motorsport division is 46 years old in 2019, but it was 41 years ago that it unleashed its first road car…

21 December 2019

BMW M Cars: a history in pictures

Camo livery obviously can't totally obscure a new car - but it can help to hide elements of its design

Features

The secret world of Aston Martin's camouflage wrapping

A lot more goes into disguising a plush new car than you might think. We talk to Aston Martin's camo-designing brains

21 December 2019

The secret world of Aston Martin's camouflage wrapping

A tastefully coloured Five Series, fat hamper and a view - for what more can the picnic-lover ask?

Features

Festive road trip: Christmas hamper hunting in a BMW 520d Touring

Christmas hampers can be a minefield of culinary disappointment. So we decided to build our own by way of a national road trip in an everyday all-rounder

21 December 2019

Festive road trip: Christmas hamper hunting in a BMW 520d Touring