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Been wondering when Rockstar would get around to showing a bit more of the world’s most anticipated entertainment product, GTA 6? Yeah. Us too. But that wait’s nearly over – ‘An Extended Look’ is premiering on Netflix at 8pm BST on 27 August. Is that a bit of an odd way to release a game…

Well, isn’t this just lovely. This is the Bugatti Destrier, the third car to emerge from Bugatti’s ‘Solitaire’ programme (after the Brouillard and F.K.P. Hommage) and named after “the strongest type of medieval knight’s horse” that reimagines the mad, bad and mostly bewinged track-only Bugatti Bolide into a 1,578bhp work of art. That’s right, 1,578bhp.…

Irritatingly, Kia (and Hyundai, and Genesis) only quote the gross capacity of their EV batteries, a bit like how some of your ‘pint’ of refreshing continental-style lager is actually just frothy head. That means that the last few kWh of the 99.8kWh the company quotes for the battery pack on all versions of the EV9…

In its years gracing these pages with its trademark combination of industry insight and baseless slurs, FOTC has resisted tackling the Pontiac Aztek. Yes, the early Noughties SUV-thing was irredeemably, violently ugly: what more is there to say? It’s the lowest of low-hanging fruits. But the thing about low-hanging fruit is, it’s (a) delicious and…

If you can’t find a 3 Series Touring to suit you, you’ve got some pretty special automotive needs. For most of us, it’s all the car we’d ever need. Click here to read our full review of the BMW 3 Series Touring It’s hard to fault the Superb Estate. It’s now bigger than ever, more…

In the last report, I concluded that the Golf GTI might be the only car anyone actually needs. This month, I realised I may have been wrong. Because in order to really test my versatility theory, I upgraded the Golf to a Golf with a kitchen for a month. Ladies and gents, say hello to…

This just in: a company that builds cars is taking a car to a place where cars are wheeled out in front of the public gaze. The specifics? McMurtry Automotive. The mad, electric, rocketship Spéirling PURE. And California. Specifically, Monterey’s now well-publicised Car Week, where the record-crushing Spéirling will make its global debut at The…

TopGear.com’s mostly incorrect, roving correspondent Cory Spondent, reports from a conference on Search Engine Optimisation Cheap used cars near me today, because best EVs on sale right now, BMW, Toyota and Ford, according to sources. Following family cars second-hand buying guide, eyewitness reported what happens to an EV after five years and most reliable petrol…

Absolutely drop-dead gorgeous is what it is. Or at least that’s how it feels, a couple of months on from being exposed to the Luce for the first time. When the Amalfi coupe – essentially a heavy facelift of the Roma – was revealed last year, we criticised it for being less pretty than its…

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…