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Vauxhall has revealed plans to fill its tiny Corsa with lots of power and lots of electricity and slap a familiar (ish) badge on the back. A hot new Corsa GSE is incoming. And Vauxhall assures us this successor to the likes of the Nova GTE and GSI and Corsa GSI and VXR will be…

The Suzuki’s been on a few adventures of late. Exciting times. We’ve been on several long (ish) trips – down to the Cotswolds, to deepest darkest Kent and even across to the far east… by which I mean Norfolk, obviously – so it’s been a terrific opportunity to see how the baby Suzuki responds to…

Vincenzo crouches down under the scissor door and pats my leg. “Forza,” he says, clenching his fist. Next my arm, “forza”, this time while wrestling an invisible steering wheel. He then leans across me to gesture at the air con, “no work”. Of course not. But since I’m sitting in an original Countach and about…

So, here we go, family road trip time. The big question is whether the Cupra Leon is a good companion for hauling the clan up into the mountains. On paper it ticks the right boxes. Plenty of boot space for winter kit, four-wheel drive to tackle snowy passes and a set of all-season tyres to…

It’s Audi’s fourth-largest seller in Britain, rejigged and rejuvenated for its third generation. Surprised it’s not the firm’s biggest hit here? Us too – the blighters seem to be everywhere – but the A3, Q4 and A1 currently pip it to the podium. Still, it’s a ginormous deal, not least when the mid-size crossover market…

Excellent news for proper petrolheads – Alfa Romeo has announced that the Giulia Quadrifoglio will remain on sale until 2027. Quick, we must all go and buy one immediately! Its sibling the Stelvio Quadrifoglio will also live on until next year, with Alfa claiming it has made the decision “in response to requests from enthusiasts”.…

Well, this is all getting excitingly real. Last month, we brought you news of Donut Labs’ production-ready solid-state battery that it claimed could be recharged from flat to full in five minutes. Now, the Finnish tech startup says this has been independently verified by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland following, erm… scepticism. In…

“As a pure driver, I enjoy driving flat out. At the moment, you cannot drive like that,” grumbled Max Verstappen after his first outing in the new generation of F1 cars. “That’s just not Formula One.” Verstappen’s comments raise an important question. Not ‘is he ever not grumpy about something?’ but a bigger one: so…

You’ll have noticed the lack of rear window, of course, and while that improves headroom and comfort for any passengers sat in the back, it also has aero benefits too. In single motor guise you get a range of up to 385 miles from the 94kWh (useable) battery, or with the extra motor you’re looking…

You may be thinking, with nigh-on 15k miles on the clock, that the Bigster would be due for a change of fluids pretty soon – but the handy app says it’s due a service as soon as it lands back with Dacia next month, consisting of an ‘A’ service and cabin filter replacement. Somewhat confusingly,…