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Our experts choose the best cars in each category. They are the top combination of price, practicality, reliability, safety and driving fun.

Slinging mud: passing judgement on the Ineos Grenadier

The Ineos Grenadier has been a controversial 4x4 from the start. Can it ever live up to the Land Rover Defender?

Opinion: Are the benefits of a new car really worth it?

We compare old and new versions of the Kia Sportage, assessing comfort, reliability, fuel costs and more. Is it worth buying the latest model?

Opinion: Why don’t drivers turn their headlights on?

Too many drivers fail to grasp how automatic headlights and daytime running lights (DRLs) work, making dark roads more dangerous.

Why is the Toyota BZ4X’s electric range so poor?

The first electric car from Toyota has a real-world EV range way behind its rivals, despite boasting a big battery. So, what is the problem?

What does the £115 million Mercedes really mean for classic car values?

Kieran Rennie asks how the record-breaking Mercedes-Benz 'Uhlenhaut coupe' will impact the classic car market, including for later SL models.

Opinion: Carmakers are ready for 2030, but EV infrastructure must catch up

Journalists at the 2011 SMMT Test Day could test just a handful of EVs, with a pitiful range. Today, the situation is hugely different.

Why the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS is 2022’s most-wanted sports car

Sports car companies are going for broke before petrol engines are phased out altogether – and the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS is a prime example.

Opinion: Are electric cars really too expensive?

Claims that EVs cost more than petrol or diesel cars are true… but to nothing like the extent some people suggest.

Opinion: the tiny Copen GR Sport is the sports car we need

Where have the affordable two-seat sports cars gone? The Toyota-enhanced Copen GR Sport is the kind of roadster the UK needs and deserves.

Opinion: You’re spending too long at the petrol station

If you're spending long enough at a petrol station to warrant a parking fine, you should make like a celebrity and get outta there.

Opinion: our love-hate relationship with the motorway

We look at how motorways have changed Britain, for better and worse, including the story of the original M1 between London and Birmingham.

Opinion: Why your village needs an electric car charging point

Around 400 village shops are closing every year, but a rural electric charging point strategy could help reverse this decline. We explain how.

Opinion: Why the SUV has made the MPV better than ever

The people carrier isn’t the force it once was, but the ones that remain are closer to being genuine multi-purpose vehicles than ever before.

Why the days of parking kindness could soon be over

The rise in the number of car parks requiring a registration number before parking spells the end for a common British act of kindness.

‘Why cutting the Plug-in Car Grant could be good news for EV buyers’

Now the shock of the sudden move has subsided, here’s why a cut in the Plug-in Car Grant may help more people into electric cars.

Why the government should be delighted with Jaguar Land Rover

The government has committed to an all-electric future from 2030. Now the biggest British carmaker will start to go pure EV from 2025.

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