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BANG… HISS…THRUMBLE… CRUMP. The front left tyre has just exploded on the Ferrari I’m driving. Which isn’t the greatest feeling halfway up an almost entirely deserted Norwegian mountain, I can tell you. It’s not that I’m super-sensitive or anything either – I can tell the tyre’s decided to sigh its life away because the F430…

The original 1980s G-Shocks were tough, but that was about it.  Today’s models are even tougher – this one gets a patented carbon-reinforced resin case – but also cater to more expressive tastes, like this 200m water resistant camo edition. This German brand was founded in the 1960s and is known for no-nonsense tool watches.…

If any year epitomises the at times unpredictable nature of Car of the Year (the artist formerly known as European Car of the Year) it’s 2001. Among the seven finalists bidding for the trophy were the new Ford Mondeo (a belter of a car), the original Toyota Prius (a true pioneer) and the Audi A2…

You probably couldn’t live much of a nomadic lifestyle in Ariel’s hilarious dune-buggy-stroke-sports-car mashup, what with the entire lack of luggage space and sleeping quarters and whatnot, but it’s an entirely apt name for a car perfectly at home traversing some wild, untouched wilderness. Even if we can’t imagine most of them see much in…

An artist called Joshua Vides is presenting his latest art highlighting automotive culture at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum in a new exhibition entitled ‘Flat Out: The Art of Joshua Vides”. Tin, what it says, pretty much, on, etc. Only this isn’t what it says on the tin, because Vides’ art isn’t really going flat out.…

It’s done what?! I know, right? We’re still getting used to new-era Brabus, too. There’s no question that creating monster Mercedes-Benz products is still their core business – around 85 per cent of revenue, in fact – but Brabus has also turned their attention to the Porsche 911 Turbo with the 900 Rocket R, there’s the similarly…

Polestar has confirmed that the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has banned it from selling vehicles in the country from the 2027 model year onwards. Yikes. The ban relates to the new ‘Connected Vehicle Rule’ that will restrict the sale of new cars with both hardware and software linked to China…

Touring Superleggera has revealed the latest, summer-friendly iteration of its ode to the Ferrari 550 Maranello, and it is thus: the Superleggera Veloce12 Aperta. Aperta meaning ‘open’, of course. But has taking a can opener to the sloping, curvaceous roof of the Veloce12 – and the 550 Maranello underneath it – changed the vibe somewhat?…

The Honda Civic continues its tradition of setting the benchmark for compact cars thanks to its near-perfect balance of versatility, efficiency, solid interior refinement, and excellent road manners. It’s the kind of car that’ll never let you down, thanks to Honda’s proven long-term reliability, and isn’t a bore to drive. The Kia Sorento is a…

Who? Drove like the devil, lived like a saint. Meet Ab Jenkins: breaker of over 500 speed records, pioneer of the Bonneville Salt Flats, city mayor, devout Mormon. Not a exactly a party animal, then? Not unless your idea of a party is ‘driving a mad homebuilt plane-engined racecar very far, very fast, before having…