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Bjorn Again are an Abba tribute band. Born again is a life-changing spiritual concept. This is simply the Born. Again. Cupra has given its electric hatch a mid-life go-over. It was already a pretty good hatch, so much of the effort has gone where it was most needed, the cabin materials, ergonomics and connectivity. Outside,…

Considering dropping just over £400,000 on a new Ferrari 849 Testarossa? Hold your horses there, because we’ve got a rather tempting proposition instead. You’ll need to pick up the latest issue of Top Gear magazine for the full details, but the headline is if you dare to delve into the classifieds, you could have a…

The latest car company invited to design a Vision Gran Turismo concept car… isn’t actually a car company at all. Yep, this is the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo, and its makers are particularly proud of the fact that this is “the first time a technology company has been invited to join the elite Vision Gran…

As sure as the first glimpse of daffodils marks the end of another brutal meteorological assault by British winter time, this is the time of the year when a new MotoGP game is announced. Both happenings get the same neural pathway in our brain firing: the one that says, ah, that’ll be nice. MotoGP 26 is…

Assassin’s Creed has a fine and storied tradition of not keeping secrets very well. The reports of a Black Flag remake that circulated in 2023 were only the latest in a long line of leaks and accidental reveals that feel as fundamental to the franchise as hay bales and hidden blades. And now – get this –…

Hang on, that’s not an i3? Ah, well it is, but not as we know it. The previous i3 was BMW’s clever little city car launched back in 2013, but despite its futuristic carbon construction and Scandi-cool interior, it only lasted a single generation. It was discontinued in 2022 just a few days after the…

Left: 1981Returned: 1982Comeback rating: Brief There’s no arguing with Andretti’s talent. Even though his name became a byword for speed, it was his ability to extract the most out of any car he got into that really made him a force to be reckoned with. Whether he was driving in IndyCar, NASCAR or F1, he…

Built in 1939, the Atom prophesied the tech and styling that would become de rigueur a decade later. It had a tubular spaceframe chassis, ultra-light aluminium body and independent suspension. Most incredible of all is the electro-magnetic semi-automatic gearbox, in effect the first ever paddle-shift.  In the “anything is possible” post-war years, Alfa obsessed over…

A rivalry so good, they made a movie about it. Ron Howard’s Rush is one of the greatest racing films ever, but if you’d never heard of Lauda or Hunt beforehand you’d think they were sworn enemies. In reality they were good mates who got on well away from the track, even if they were…

Dacia has announced that a “hotly anticipated model” will arrive later this month, and we can today reveal the new model’s name: welcome, one and all, to the upcoming Dacia ‘Striker’. No, not a footballing term, but a name with an ‘er’ ending just like the rest of the Dacia family. The new car is…