Most “adventure” editions are a set of black badges trying desperately to look like a differential lock. Mitsubishi’s new Outlander Diamond Trail Edition has arrived with something rarer: evidence that an engineer was allowed into…
The motor industry keeps insisting that electric cars need more range, more power and considerably more acreage. Fiat’s Multiplina suggests a much more entertaining answer: perhaps they simply need more imagination. This small, four-seat EV…
Toyota has built the sort of prototype that makes badge obsessives reach for their boxing gloves. Is it a new MR2? A reborn Celica? Something else entirely? That argument is entertaining, but it is also…
Nothing ages a new car faster than its maker unveiling the replacement before the showroom balloons have gone flat. Chery’s Tiggo 7 has barely settled into British life, yet a fourth-generation version is already striding…
There is a uniquely British sort of optimism in spotting an animal-warning sign, glancing at the hedgerow and carrying on at exactly the same speed. Deer, after all, are expected to understand road furniture. New…
Anyone can make an electric car brutally quick now. Add motors, add battery, summon a launch-control graphic and watch passengers misplace their dignity. Bentley’s harder job is making 876bhp feel like a Bentley rather than…
Nothing tests national optimism quite like a freshly washed car meeting a crater in the road. One thump, one wince, then that anxious listen for a new wheel-bearing hum. So the Government’s claim that nearly…
Nobody waiting for a driving-licence decision has ever thought, “What this ordeal really needs is more artificial intelligence.” They want an answer. Preferably a correct one, delivered before the hold music becomes part of the…
A private car park can turn an ordinary shopping trip into a low-budget courtroom drama. One mistyped digit, a stubborn app or a queue at the exit, and suddenly a camera has decided you are…
The most useful electric-car upgrade of 2026 may be a narrow slot in the pavement. No giant touchscreen, no laser-eyed concept car and no breathless promise about artificial intelligence — just somewhere safe to tuck…