A 276bhp 1JZ, rear-drive and a nicely ridiculous rear wing make today’s used car pick an awfully tempting one A few weeks ago, we wondered what might have been if Mazda put its twin-turbo V6 626 into production 20 years ago. We’ve since learned that concept was “broken up many years ago,” a fate that…
It’s not a render – this exists, and it actually doesn’t look too bad… BMW has never put a pickup truck into production. There was that famous April Fool’s prank in 2011, where it revealed a ute based on the E92 M3, and it created a concept based on the vast X7 SUV, but nothing…
Loz Selly’s beautiful was in a dire state before it was reborn with Honda power and a huge list of tasteful mods It all started with a trip to pick up some lengths of carpet. Shropshire-based Lawrence ‘Loz’ Selly was sent on the errand by his dad to “a mate’s barn thing,” but carpet rolls…
With the future of the A-segment looking bleak, it seems Toyota will turn the Aygo into a mini SUV to help it survive The future is not looking bright for city cars. ‘A-segment’ vehicles remain popular with buyers, but wafer-thin profit margins make them less than palatable for manufacturers, particularly since the rise of BEVs…
Citroen’s latest C5 ditches the traditional three-box saloon shape of the old one for a blend of styles While still strong, family estate car popularity has taken a beating over the years – first from the rise of the MPV, and more recently from the explosion in SUV popularity. Volvo, once the go-to firm for…
The racing driver and Top Gear presenter has died having fought “an extremely persistent cancer” since 2017 Racing driver, TV presenter and all-round Nurburgring legend Sabine Schmitz has died age 51. Last year Schmitz revealed that she’d been “fighting an extremely persistent cancer” since 2017, which had “come back full force”. News of her death…
The EQS is Mercedes’ first car to be built from the ground up as an EV, with a 107.8kWh battery giving a range of up to 478 miles If you’re after an expensive and fast electric saloon that isn’t a Tesla Model S, yet another option has joined the fold. Hot on the heels of…
This Renault 5, currently up for online auction, is powered by a Mazda 13B two-rotor engine The Renault 5 Turbo epitomises all that was awesome about rallying in the 1980s. Here was an ordinary French hatchback normally aimed at families, radically transformed into a mid-engined, heavy-boosted WRC maniac. The car had already been kicking around…
Mattel wants to make its Matchbox-branded toys fully from recycled materials by 2030 It isn’t just full-size cars that are set to become kinder to the environment. US toy giant Mattel has announced something called ‘Drive Toward a Better Future’, which will see all of its products under the Matchbox brand clean up their act.…
In a departure from unreliable shitboxes, I’m spending four months with an M340d Touring. Here’s a look at the car… If there’s one thing I’m known for, it’s my love of unreliable shitboxes. I embrace this enthusiasm, but in reality, living with these cars can be tricky. That’s why we had to buy a daily…
