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Must have been busy in the colour and trim department at Land Rover recently, because it has just unveiled no fewer than five special edition Range Rovers. Good grief. First up is the TWENTY Edition (LR’s caps, not ours). We’re told that this will be ‘limited-run’, but rather than there being just 20 available, the…

The what is simple: two versions of the Mini Countryman S outfitted by an Austrian design studio inspired by music festivals that turn both cars into, essentially, giant mobile speakers. The why is trickier: according to Mini, “a long-standing tradition and core value of the brand is individual vehicle customisation”. So that naturally evolves into:…

By now, spring has sprung, its brighter mornings and warmer evenings providing that tantalising little glimpse of the summer ahead. A perfect if somewhat clichéd time to convince you to buy a brand new convertible. That’s a significantly harder task than it used to be, however. Little over a decade ago, every mainstream carmaker had…

Quick game of car company word association? BMW: grilles. Jaecoo: Poundland. Morgan: wood. Whether you’re as old as the nearby Malvern Hills or not yet tall enough to see over those running board front wings, chances are you know Morgan as the staunchly traditional British sports cars made out of wood. OK, not entirely. Morgan…

Frank Stephenson is a car designer with more hits than the Beatles, including the Escort RS Cossie, first BMW Mini, Maser MC12, numerous Ferraris and the McLaren P1. These days he runs his own consultancy – Frank Stephenson Design. Here he shares his views on the reborn Renault Twingo If optimism had four wheels and…

The brilliantly boxy little Super-N is coming to the UK, and the dinky all-electric Renault Twingo rival will start at less than £20,000 when orders open in July. We now know that it’ll get 128 miles of range, or up to 199 miles if you daren’t venture out of the city. As you may remember…

As Alpina becomes engulfed by BMW, we’re throwing it back to 2009 and remembering six months with a modded diesel saloon. This article was originally published in Top Gear Magazine, July 2009 I’m trying to work out why anyone would buy a standard BMW 320d M Sport over this Alpina D3 and er, yeah, hmm,…

In classic Lifer fashion, the Elroq vRS is impressing more the longer it’s here. It had the misfortune of following the overtly designer-y and Scandi-stylish Polestar 3 – also faster and more powerful – so there was a slight return to earth at first. But the respect is growing. In part, it’s because I got…

This is the new Mercedes-Benz EQS. It is a very expensive, oversized pebble masquerading as a tech-laden luxury saloon, and wearing its 450+ outfit, claims a mahoosive 575 miles of range. That’s… more. More than the outgoing Mercedes-Benz EQS could manage (a paltry 481 miles, pah), more than the BMW iX3’s significant 500 miles, more…

Here’s the plan: round at ours for drinks starting at seven-ish, ring of fire, Guitar Hero, taxi into town at 10. You might as well have carved those words into a giant granite tablet and leaned it up against the side of your house circa 2007, because if you were a living being on planet…