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Holger Hampf is now the big boss of shapes and colours at Mini, but the former president of BMW’s Designworks consultancy doesn’t come from a traditional car design background and actually first trained as an industrial designer.  So, after he told us all about his vision for the future of Mini, TG decided to put…

Five months and over 5,000 miles later, I’m coming to the following conclusion on the fifth-gen Toyota Prius. This is undoubtedly the best-looking, best-made, best-to-drive Prius of the lot. I never tire of the ‘is that a Prius?!’ shock from mates when they cadge a lift and can’t believe something so brave, sleek and sharp…

This is the third generation of Dacia’s breakout hit, the small family size crossover that’s won the hearts and minds of middle England. The first two Dusters sold more than 100,000 times in Britain. Mostly private sales, too: people buying with their own money, driving them because they choose to, not because they were made…

This a proper ‘wow’ moment, and we don’t get many of those nowadays. Welcome, then, to the Ferrari Luce, the company’s first all-electric car and a genuine game-changer. What you were expecting? Didn’t think so. Previous supercar superstar EVs have stuck to the established mid-engined typology, but buyers didn’t bite. Ferrari was never going to…

You heard the man. Lewis Hamilton has firmly put the idea of retirement from F1 to bed, revealing that he’s planning to be on the grid for the next five years at least. That would mean racing beyond his 45th birthday – the same age Aston’s Fernando Alonso is now – and into the 2030s.…

The Stellantis mega-corp has announced it will launch 25 all-new or new replacement cars in Europe by 2030, of which 12 are small and 11 mid-size. That’s across Peugeot, Citroen, Alfa, Vauxhall-Opel, Fiat, Jeep, DS and Lancia. A blitz of similar magnitude is promised for North America. All of this was part of a huge…

Here’s TopGear.com’s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring Formula One driver Max Verstappen has today confirmed a shock entry in the 2027 Nürburgring 24hrs by agreeing to race the fan-favourite Dacia Logan saloon. Following his heroics in this year’s marathon where he was denied victory following a…

Spend enough time in games media and you’ll passively amass a collection of dubious merchandise with copious fake blood but no obvious function nor sense of style. Omega evidently hasn’t been paying attention to the industry’s received wisdom, though, because this Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light looks… really nice? Designed in collaboration with 007…

As part of a BMW reshuffle back in late 2024, Oliver Heilmer moved from Mini’s design department to take up a role in which he became responsible for the look of both BMW’s M division and its compact and mid-size models. At the same time, Holger Hampf moved from BMW Group Designworks into the hotseat…

There’s surely no better car dynamically for such little cash. The original Puma coupe would be a bona fide modern classic – with values to match – were it not for its unfortunate weakness. Rust. It simply loves to rot, most infamously on its voluptuous rear arches, and you’ll need to source both an immaculately…