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We very nearly didn’t get this Prius. Not ‘we’ as in the Top Gear Garage. ‘We’ as in Europe. See, the Prius was invented to be The Hybrid Toyota. But now, almost all Toyotas, from the little Aygo though the C-HR and Corolla up to the RAV4, are hybrids. It’s only the Land Cruiser, GR…

Sony’s February State of Play was, as ever, rammed full of glossy trailers that refused to tell you very much about the game they were advertising. But among all the Inception trailer-style bwooooars and dramatic quick cuts to black, Star Wars: Galactic Racer showed off just enough gameplay to get us thinking it’s been too long since we martialled…

As the third model in Ferrari’s Icona series, the Daytona SP3 was a wild, limited run, £2m homage to the racing prototypes of the 1960s. And yet, despite the rarity and the bonkers price tag, German tuner Novitec clearly felt it wasn’t quite right. So, say hello to an even more powerful SP3. Yep, rather…

A groundbreaking design icon created to combat the spiralling size, weight and excess of modern cars – and remember, this was in the 80s. One wonders what old Clive would’ve made of the BMW XM. As common a sight on the walls of American teen bedrooms as Carrie Fisher’s navel, the Fiero’s blend of baby…

Amy, Benjamin, Claudia, Bram, Goretti and Chandra. Not the line-up for a doomed dinner party, but the names of the storms that have battered the UK – and the Jeep – this alphabetical storm year, or however the Met Office now gamifies weather nowadays. But every time the BBC News app pings with another amber…

20 minutes 46 seconds This is the new Ferrari 849 Testarossa. It’s the 1,570kg, 1,036bhp hybrid replacement for the SF90 Stradale, and while it rights many of the wrongs of its predecessor, there’s one 4.0-litre-sized issue that hasn’t been fixed. Join TG’s Jethro Bovingdon on road and track to find out why…

Here in the UK, Xpeng has only just begun selling its rather generic crossover, the G6. And yet, in China it’s about to do something pretty remarkable. You see, the pictures above are from Xpeng’s subsidiary Aridge (previously known as AeroHT). They show the excellently titled Land Aircraft Carrier, which is described by its makers…

What do we have here? This is a new, improved, more powerful version of a car that last year we called the greatest performance car on the planet. It’s called the Kimera EVO38 and can it actually be better than the all-conquering, Performance Car of the Year-winning EVO37? Or have they ruined everything by making…

Given just 44 out of a planned 100 were actually built, it’s hardly surprising NISMO 400Rs rarely come up for sale. And when they do, hoo boy you best be ready to part with some serious cash. In fact, to secure this particular Gran Turismo icon at Broad Arrow’s upcoming Amelia Auction you’ll probably have…

Remember when the RS6 was understated? This 2013 ad celebrated its inconspicuous power, likening it to a boxing referee presiding over a heavyweight clash. Not an ad you could make today, given the cartoonish brashness of the modern RS6 – that’s less modest ref, more Tyson Fury wearing a suit of his own face. Watch…