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It’s the question I get asked more than any other. ‘Those doors. What happens if…?’ Well, it hasn’t happened yet. The closest I’ve got is being unable to open the driver’s door and having to clamber in from the passenger side. Not what you want when you lucked into a spot close to the entrance…

Elfyn Evans is world rally champion, at long bloody last. The Welshman, 37, has finally joined Colin McRae and Richard Burns on the exclusive list of British WRC winners having previously finished second on five separate occasions. It was very nearly six. Evans – together with co-driver Scott Martin – had carried a 17-point lead…

There’s a lot of ‘motorsport DNA’ in the Alpine A390 GT, at least according to Alpine. “A racing car in a suit,” runs the official pitch. Keen to build on its long, storied presence in the world of motorsport – outright wins in the WRC and Le Mans (admittedly a while back), and crashing into…

Well what have we got here? The fifth generation of the Allroad brand, this time with more of everything that makes the Allroad the perfect multi-tool of a car. May have spoiled the ending there. Sorry. But this time the A6 Allroad gets some serious gear – and it’s 110mm wider than the standard A6,…

Playsport Games has awoken, 10 years after dropping the best motorsport management game ever, to show us how Motorsport Manager 2 is shaping up. It really shouldn’t be this exciting to see tyre selection menus and weather maps, but it is. This game looks like bona fide, ‘didn’t I used to have a family living…

Big week on Planet Car: BMW has launched a brand new 3 Series. The archetypal sports saloon has entered its eighth, ‘G50’ generation, lobbing much of the electric i3’s styling atop the proven recipe of petrol power up front and drive at the rear. Cool thing. Topping the range is a slightly bonkers M350 and…

We believe the phrase goes something along the lines of ‘shut up and take our money’. This is a classic Porsche 944 transformed into a very desirable Shooting Brake by a tuner keen to blend olde world Porsche charm with a touch of practicality. Welcome to the GT-K44 by CarPoint – named like a discount…

Funny, huh? Back when the E39 BMW M5 was busy conquering everything in its path, Volkswagen was apparently determined to build a rival super saloon using an experimental W10 engine. But it didn’t have anything to slot it in to test. So under the direction of the late Ferdinand Piëch – architect of the Bugatti…

Here we are, the un-mini Mini and the OG SUV. Yeah, today’s mid-size crossover lines up about equally with the first full-size luxury off-roader. It’s a fascinating comparison, charting not only the size, but also the weight and spec changes that cars have undergone over the last 55 years. Let’s deal with the fundamentals first.…

It’s the closest thing Kia has to a hot hatch. And also the latest EV in the Korean firm’s line-up to get the GT treatment – i.e. more power, all-wheel drive, and a box of tricks to go with it – following the EV6 crossover some years ago and the gigantic EV9 seven-seater just recently.…