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Cometh the hour, cometh the car. The original 2CV arrived into a diminished post-war world. As Citroën notes, it was never intended to become an icon, but accepted that status because of what it made possible. It democratised transport and travel, a car that embodied joie de vivre and other notions that somehow sound better…

The Jaguar Type 01 is finally here. The Brit firm has reinvented itself for the 21st century, courting no small amount of controversy in the process. You can fully digest the facts, figures and pore over pictures of the finished product here, but what’s not in doubt is that it’s chasing a new, more affluent…

The BMW iX3 is an SUV with lots of range that now comes in a version with less range but literally all of the power. It’s called the iX3 M60 – no idea either, sorry – and it’s not the focus of our attention. No, our focus is on the cool one, the i3 four-door…

Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Never mind, you probably already surmised both from the headline – Forza Horizon 6 on PS5 has slipped from its initial 2026 release window to 26 January 2027, but will gift a Ferrari J50 to your in-game garage if you pre-order before then. The…

One of the little touches that’s always set GTA apart is getting into a car and listening to the radio. Even the original DMA Design title on PS1 had this feature, and over the decades it’s grown from a handful of rights-free tracks to an in-game universe of DJs, stations, media conglomerates and sordid celebrity…

The ES90 recently found itself participating in an unplanned three-car test. BMW GB released a handful of cars from its heritage collection and invited a few of us to drive them to October’s Bicester Scramble. The E92 M3 GTS is a car I wrote about for TG back in the day, and memories of hammering…

Well would you look at that: Ferrari has brought back the manual gearbox. With two large caveats, of course. First there’s a faintly staggering leap in price for the 12Cilindri supercar involved. Second is the fact it’s actually an eight-speed DCT that’s supplemented by a clutch pedal (with 599 GTB weight) and a classic open-gate stick. Lovely idea,…

Tick. Tick. Tick. Of all the noises I expected to remember after a day driving 50 years of Golf GTI, it wasn’t induction gargle, front tyre chirp or the slightly antisocial exhaust of a Clubsport S that’s logged in the basement of my brain. It was a clock. It sits in one of three little…

The Mk1 Honda NSX you know. A fine supercar christened by Ayrton Senna, praised for its construction, usability and design. Bet you didn’t know the original ‘HP-X’ concept that previewed this Mk1 was done by Pininfarina. And so this new shiny new project marks the Italian designer closing the circle, because it’s partnered up with…

As is tradition at this point, American carmaker Rivian has dressed up its flagship EV for Halloween, and this year, it ain’t afraid of no ghosts. Partnering with Sony Pictures, Rivian brings The Ghostbusters back to Manhattan with the Ecto-R1, a tribute to the team’s iconic on-screen workhorse. From the 22in white-and-silver Aero wheels to…