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If there’s one trait that’s uncommon among the lead characters of videogames, it’s just quietly getting on with it. These are a showy bunch, just as likely to save the world as they are to pause and kiss their bicep before doing so. So when it comes to picking a trademark mode of transport, their…

Another addition to the burgeoning video game genre of ‘you do someone’s job, only you don’t get paid’, Car Service Together’s unique selling point is that you can rope up to three friends into the unpaid labour as well.  This is broadly similar to the other car servicing games, only this time you can bicker…

Don’t be afraid of buying the £10k project car. That £30k will be the best £50k you’ve ever spent. As internet memes go, this latest one cuts painfully deep and may as well be embossed in my E24’s door sills as a permanent reminder. However, on a more positive note, I now have a complete…

Well, this has got us feeling all patriotic. Check out this collection of five bespoke Aston Martin sports cars finished in classic colours from the marque’s back catalogue. Christened the ‘Heritage Editions’, they were created by Aston’s Q division but commissioned by Aston Martin Newport Beach. Wait… what? Yep, they’re American. Still, nothing more British…

The A2 and R8 have more in common than you’d expect, given one’s a tall slow hatch and the other a true mid-engined supercar. See, both were all about the confidence and innovation that came so naturally to Audi in its Eighties/Nineties/Noughties pomp. The R8 is obviously the easier to love. It launched – looking…

Ah the Audi A2, the efficiency monster that no-one bought. That pretty much sums it up. The original Audi A2 has long been revered by the motoring press for its distinctive shape, cutting-edge aluminium frame, sub-900kg kerbweight and 1.2 diesel’s rather spectacular 94mpg. In the pre-hybrid era! Makes today’s plug-ins look like charlatans. Anyhow, as…

Friends, have you noticed the new and horrifying ‘lag’ afflicting Audi? It’s ‘Design Lag’. Yes, like the lazy turbocharger in an ur-Quattro or RS2 taking its sweet, sweet time to dispatch any power at all to the legendary quattro AWD, there’s a gaping chasm between what Audi’s styling department has promised, and what’s being served…

What does the future hold for the Prius? Over the last half-a-year, that’s puzzled me, as Toyota claims this car’s job is to make hybrids affordable, then sells several much cheaper hybrids. So, the future of the original hybrid populariser is murky. ‘My’ Prius’s future? A little clearer. Where does it go after life at…

As evidenced by the number of Jaecoo 7s on the road right now, UK buyers clearly aren’t put off by the ‘Temu Range Rover’ tag. And now it looks like BYD wants a slice of Land Rover’s homemade, artisanal steak and kidney pie, because it has just announced pricing and full details for its new…

Few will have forgotten Top Gear’s opinion on the 2004 Chrysler Crossfire, not least because once you’ve heard what Clarkson said about the unique styling of that two-seater – a dog doing its business – you can never unsee it. An American tuner has wisely decided to do away with that Chrysler design language entirely…