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“Volkswagen will transfer more established names to the electric portfolio with each new model generation,” was the line that VW trotted out when it announced late last year that its ID.2all concept would make production as the ID. Polo. And yet, it seems that all of that sensibleness has already been thrown in the bin,…

Well, wow. Honda has cancelled the development and release of the wedgy 0 Series saloon and SUV, along with the Acura RSX EV, because… well, just wow. So many reasons. And Honda hasn’t pulled any punches nor hidden behind any corporate speak. Indeed, the Japanese carmaker is astonishingly frank about its current predicament. It said…

Named after the gorgeous bit of coastline nestled in southwest Italy, and now built to enjoy every sun-kissed, cliched metre of it: welcome to the delectable new Ferrari Amalfi Spider. Cool name, cool (literally) car. You’ll need only the basics: a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 nestled in the front and pushed as far back as possible,…

Rivian is ramping up. Rapidly. Last month, we drove the new all-electric R2 in pre-production form, and now we know how much it’s going to cost. In America, at least – and it makes for compelling reading. The R2 Performance arrives in Launch Package form at $57,990 (£43,170 at the current exchange rate, but you…

The Renault Group has outlined its strategy for the next five years or so. In short, more new cars, with more focus on what the brands – Renault, Dacia, Alpine – mean to buyers. Plus more use of new tech in the cars themselves, and in their design and production. This plan comes nine months…

What the heck is that? No-one’s pretending this is a beautiful car. But it’s got a big place in history, and it’s also great to drive. It’s the 1989 Alfa Romeo S.Z. and gosh, I’ve always called it SZ but the full stops appear in one official Alfa book on my shelves but not another.…

In 2024, Porsche’s operating profit was €5.64bn. In 2025, that collapsed to €0.41bn. Which means the new boss – Michael Leiters, formerly Ferrari, formerly McLaren – has to make some fairly radical decisions. Chief among which include ‘streamlining’ the management structure and cutting back on ‘hierarchies’ and ‘bureaucracy’. Oh, and potentially introducing a new supercar…

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, April 2009 Can a four-cylinder diesel car ever be – to use a fine German pigeon-English word – ‘sportive’? I’ve never heard one that sounded…

The Mercedes EQV is dead. And yet, unless you run a posh airport taxi business in a part of the world that really doesn’t like diesel, that statement is hardly going to make much of an impact. Perhaps you will care about the EQV’s replacement though, because Mercedes itself describes this new VLE as a…

This is another immensely impressive entry from a brand that can do little wrong of late. As a big family car, it’s compelling: refined, interesting and preposterously spacious. It makes the cookie cutter crossovers that dominate our roads look cramped and unimaginative and makes the brilliant ID. Buzz look wildly overpriced. Read the full Kia…