The weather has delayed the Tesla Roadster. On any normal car launch, that would be a footnote: move the chairs indoors, protect the sandwiches and try again when the clouds have cleared. With the Roadster,…
Alpine has revealed its next A110 by hiding it. That sounds like the sort of contradiction only a car company could deliver with a straight face, but the blue-draped sculpture previewing the third-generation sports car…
The modern city car has developed a curious fear of cities. It grows wider, taller and heavier, then arrives at a multi-storey car park behaving like a sofa being pushed through a letterbox. The Smart…
The new Kia PV5 Chassis Cab arrives looking as though somebody forgot to finish it. Good. That exposed frame behind the cab is not an omission but an invitation: add a tipper, a refrigerated box,…
Electric-car charging has entered the part of the arms race where the numbers sound like industrial equipment. Geely’s new station claims a peak output of 2,250kW. That is 2.25 megawatts, enough to make today’s 150kW…
The Audi A6 e-tron has travelled 831 miles on one charge, which is excellent news for anyone whose daily commute takes 45 hours and crosses most of Poland. For everybody else, the number needs a…
Car makers have become very good at raiding the attic. Usually they find an old badge, polish it with a marketing cloth and stick it onto a crossover. Renault has found something far more valuable:…
Hot hatchbacks usually advertise themselves like energy drinks: bright colours, loud badges and enough visual fizz to keep a teenager awake through double maths. The new Alpine A290 Collection tries something more difficult. It wants…
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo has always been very good at arriving. Few vans turn up looking like the support act for a festival and the main attraction at the same time. Looking memorable, however,…
Small electric cars are routinely given an impossible job. They must be cheap, roomy, clever, desirable and capable of crossing a continent before the driver needs a sandwich. Nissan’s new Pixo takes a more useful…
