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Audi has confirmed its intention to resurrect the spirit – and silhouette – of one of its coolest cars. The brilliant little A2 will return in 2026 as a small, entry-level electric car. “We’ve listened,” said Audi boss Gernot Döllner. “Our customers want electric mobility that impresses in everyday life. The A2 e-tron is our…

You’ll probably have guessed from the name (which BMW used so successfully to reinvent itself in the 1960s and early 70s) but this will be the first of six or seven all-electric Neue Klasse models that’ll arrive between now and 2027. The first of which is the Top Gear Award-winning iX3. More efficient motors and…

“Too much power is never enough. Applies to dictators, EV chargers and the Koenigsegg Jesko.” Read the full review “An iconic rally car, masterfully reimagined. Kimera’s evo37 recaptures the spirit of the homologation special.” Read the full review “No better way for the quad-turbo W16 to bow out than a car where it sounds like…

It used to be so simple, didn’t it? The automotive landscape was so easily defined. BMW made sharp lined saloons with straight six engines and fantastic balance; Mercedes could go to the moon and back and still feel brand new; Ferraris (or anything Italian, to be honest) were cool as hell and broke all the…

There are plenty of fast estates that can do the family bit. Big boot, comfortable seats, the usual sensible stuff. Yawn. The Cupra Leon VZ1 is here because it adds something you should not find in a family wagon: Drift Mode. Its party trick is not just 328bhp and four-wheel drive, it’s the torque splitter…

The No 8 is a biggish electric hatch with a slightly crossover outline. It comes from DS, the slightly left-field French luxury nameplate… indeed its British sales are more left-field than it wishes. Because the No 8 isn’t as tall in the roof than most crossovers, and its tail tapers into a sleek fastback, the total…

They are called Svan Towers. Stark stone towers built to keep warmth in and invaders out. Located high in the remote valleys of the Upper Caucasus mountain range they were meant to be the highlight, the destination of this story. But things took a turn.  In several directions. Stalin got involved, so too did modern…

In October 2024, I took Honda up on an invitation to visit the future. The future of Honda, of electric cars… heck, the future of the entire car world. The epicentre was naturally Japan, which to a Westerner always feels like a portal to a world 30 years more advanced than our own. Honda is…

A bit of a mess. That’s how we described the ambitious but rough and ready Project Motor Racing at launch in our review last November, and we weren’t alone. Developer Straight4Studios has had plenty of ‘community feedback’, let’s say, in the wake of a release which felt slightly undercooked. But it’s not done yet. The team’s planning…

This is the Alpine A290, the hot – or rather, warm – version of the Renault 5 supermini, and the middle child from Renault’s Alpine performance sub brand betwixt the sublime, featherweight A110 sportscar and the intriguing, jacked-up A390… thing. It’s also Alpine’s first full EV. It comes in two versions, a lower-spec GT with…