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Cancel your order for the GR GT. In fact, just go ahead and cancel whatever over-horsepowered psychologist’s dream you’re coveting, because Toyota has just revealed something even better: a family-friendly, practical and frankly excellent go-kart. Fittingly, it is called the ‘GR KART’, and for once, we’re on board with the caps-lock enthusiasm. Chiefly because this…

It’s green. That’s the headline. A green BMW. Sorry to be so blunt up top, but BMW’s six new special edition M cars and three special edition M bikes dedicated to 100 years of the Nürburgring posit the simple notion of ‘BMW But Green’. Still, it’s a chance to look at a BMW M3 Touring…

Remember Alpina? Not the new BMW iteration, but the old one that did stuff like this. Old Alpina is now called Bovensiepen – after the man who started the original company – and continues to knock out modified BMWs. Like this one. It’s called the Bovensiepen Spider, and as thine eyes will attest, it is…

Good news, an’ all that: there’s a new Dacia Spring, one that’s matured over its predecessor with a more girth to its dimensions and depth to its performance. It should be a fairly charming thing, not least because it’s based on TopGear.com’s reigning electric car champ, the fourth generation of cutesy Renault Twingo. Even better?…

This is a two-wheeled Aston Martin. Not a DB12 that’s been driven through a hedge, but a motorcycle. Obviously, a motorcycle! You can see it is a motorcycle! It’s officially called the AMB 002, which implies the existence of an AMB 001. Which there is. 001 was the “sensational” (their words) track-only version, while this…

Starting with the biggest engine (really) of the set and working our way to the smallest, it’s Jaguar’s financially disastrous but unarguably cool Nineties supercar, the XJ220. Now, 3.5 litres isn’t a tiny engine by modern standards, but back in the early 1990s when Lamborghini thrived on V12s and the McLaren F1 was being developed, it…

The Lexus LM is a deeply bizarre machine. Not because it’s bad, but because it’s a £118,000 luxury limousine that’s somehow also a van. A five-metre-long, 2.3-tonne Japanese box with a grille large enough to be picked up by maritime radar and an interior that makes most airport lounges look under-equipped. This became my transport…

In the main, there wasn’t much to hate about the MkIV Renault Megane. It drove nicely, came with a range of economical engines, wasn’t an SUV, and also wasn’t a Nissan Pulsar. On balance, solid effort from Renault. But FOTC hasn’t stayed in business by embracing wishy washy concepts like ‘in the main’ or ‘on…

In 2,978bhp(!) Xtreme form, the electric Yangwang U9 supercar has been making headlines for going incredibly fast in a straight line (308mph) and also around the Nürburgring (6min 59s), but that’s far from its only party trick. The U9 has parent company BYD’s DiSus-X suspension, an active hydraulic system that allows it to do small…

Vauxhall has today announced one of its new cars is now available with a very old-fashioned gearbox. There’s a six-speed Astra! In 2026! Now. TopGear.com is not suggesting the addition of a six-speeder in the Astra will conjure up the magic of, say, an old Honda S2000, but still. And admittedly, it is not the…