The fourth-generation MX-5 was a perfectly adequate sports car, until one significant upgrade transformed it for good, writes Dan Prosser

A vast, golden SUV has come to stay for the next few months. Will it prove a pleasure or a pain? It is Andrew Frankel who will get to find out

The Alpine A290 is the spiritual successor to the Clio Williams. But is it a worthy one? Steve Sutcliffe heads to Wales to find out

A classic hot hatch experience without the premiums or pitfalls? Ford’s first Fiesta ST could be just the ticket, says Lewis Kingston

To be the first journalist in living memory to be let loose in the ultimate example of perhaps the world’s most valuable car? Andrew Frankel can’t quite believe it happened either

If you’re a world-famous car designer, is it better to work for a vast OEM or a small consultancy? Who better to answer the question than Ian Callum?

The new Ferrari F80’s little V6 motor not quite cutting it for you? Dan Prosser delves into the classifieds to find the answer

On paper the F80 is an absolute monster, but former Stig Ben Collins can’t remember when he last had more fun on four wheels 

After six months in a BMW EV and its otherwise near identical plug-in hybrid twin, Andrew Frankel knows which he’d keep. It is, of course, the one he likes least…

It was meant to re-establish its maker at the top table but ended up feeding off scraps on the floor. Richard Bremner reports