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BMW i8 long-term test review: final report

How robust, fun and easy to live with has this innovative plug-in hybrid coupé been over 15,000 hard-worked miles?

BMW i8 long-term test review: final report
Car review

Vauxhall Grandland X

The Vauxhall Grandland X is a re-skinned Peugeot 3008 that's too bland and offers too little to stand out in an increasingly competitive market

Vauxhall Grandland X
Opinion

If diesel is dying, hybrid might be in need of a health check soon

With electric cars becoming ever more popular, what may lie in wait for hybrids of the world?

If diesel is dying, hybrid might be in need of a health check soon
News

Why cars have become less fun

The ten biggest reasons (of many) why making a truly fun car is getting harder and harder for manufacturers to achieve

Why cars have become less fun
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How to create the ideal driver’s car

What are the crucial factors that determine how much fun a car is to drive? We unravel the DNA of the perfect driver’s car and chooses the real-world model that best hits the sweet spot

How to create the ideal driver’s car
BMW M5 E28
Anonymous looks make this M5 the perfect ‘sleeper’
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Top 10 best used 'Q cars' - top 100 used cars 2017

If you prefer to blend understated class with rapid pace, you need a Q car. We drive our favourites and recommend nine alternatives

Top 10 best used 'Q cars' - top 100 used cars 2017
Fiat 500 at 60: original Nuova Cinquecento driven
I have never really understood why the Mini is seen as the chief architect of the late 1950s city car revolution. Not only did the Fiat 500 get there first, it did it better
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Fiat 500 at 60: original Nuova Cinquecento driven

We've taken the Nuova Cinquecento for a spin to find out if the diminutive 60-year-old machine has stood the test of time

Fiat 500 at 60: original Nuova Cinquecento driven
EXCLUSIVE: 2018 Porsche Cayenne prototype review
I spent hours not minutes in the car and, most importantly, most of those hours were behind the wheel of the new, yet to be unveiled, Porsche Cayenne.
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EXCLUSIVE: 2018 Porsche Cayenne prototype review

The Cayenne is no longer Porsche’s biggest-selling model, but the forthcoming version is still under pressure to deliver against large SUV rivals. We've had an early taste

EXCLUSIVE: 2018 Porsche Cayenne prototype review
Volkswagen Golf GTI comparison
"Whereas the Mk1 is always eager, always ready to play, the Mk2 is not like that"
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Volkswagen Golf GTI: which generation beats them all?

Over the past 40 years, the Golf GTI has got faster, classier and more refined. But it has also got bigger, heavier and more complex. So which of its seven generations is the greatest Golf GTI of all?

Volkswagen Golf GTI: which generation beats them all?
Insight: why the weight of your car is so important
Lotus boss Jean-Marc Gales is keen to make cars lighter
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Insight: why the weight of your car is so important

A Bentley Continental GT weighs almost the same as an Ariel, BAC, Caterham and Lotus put together. How have modern cars grown so heavy?

Insight: why the weight of your car is so important
Insight: Where luxury cars come to die
A large chunk of Flying Spares’ business used to come from supplying old Rollers for banger racing, when this was fashionable.
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Insight: where luxury cars go to die

When Rolls-Royces and Bentleys come to their natural ends, their parts can keep other models running. We explored the UK’s poshest breaker’s yard

Insight: where luxury cars go to die

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