Nine concept cars. That is Stellantis’ opening bid for the Paris Motor Show, and I approve of the ambition. Give designers a stage and let them get a bit carried away. A motor show ought…
There is something wonderfully excessive about taking a family-sized electric Volkswagen to 92 countries. You could prove it works with a trip to the supermarket. Rainer Zietlow chose a rather longer errand. Good. Cars need…
The most interesting part of ABT's new Volkswagen van makeover might be the order form. Bear with me. Front spoilers are easy to admire; a modification you can arrange alongside the vehicle and include in…
Thirteen new Volvos sounds like a marvellous excuse to build a bigger showroom. It also sounds like an excellent way to bury the car you actually want beneath a mountain of model names. The interesting…
How much is half a second worth? On a qualifying lap, quite a lot. Between two electric executive saloons taking you to the office, considerably less. Mercedes has added the C 300 4MATIC Electric to…
There was a time when a fast-car badge meant the engineers had been allowed into the workshop with stiffer springs, larger brakes and a mildly antisocial attitude. The new Vauxhall Astra GSE Line begins with…
A car factory does not celebrate its 40th birthday with cake and misty-eyed stories about the Bluebird. It celebrates by getting another car to build. That is why the Nissan Kicks matters: beneath the chirpy…
Most new cars arrive promising to make your life more exciting. London’s next black cab has a harder assignment: make everybody else’s life less difficult. It must swallow a wheelchair, survive a professional driver’s working…
A McLaren SUV is coming. You may now perform the traditional enthusiast ritual: sigh, mutter something about Colin Chapman and pretend Porsche did not settle this argument more than two decades ago. Then look beyond…
Volkswagen has spent 50 years teaching us that a GTI should make ordinary journeys feel mildly conspiratorial. The shopping still fits in the boot, your neighbours see a sensible hatchback, yet the driver knows there…
