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Me and My Motor: Sharleen Spiteri, lead singer of Texas

Me and My Motor: Sharleen Spiteri

"I am so excited about this interview,” laughs Sharleen Spiteri, lead singer with the Scottish rock band Texas...
Published 20 April 2017
G-Force: the Mercedes G-Class is a Tonka toy for grown-ups

G-Force

If you were to line up Mercedes' entire model range, one car would stick out like a sore thumb...
Published 19 April 2017
Meat is one of the biggest causes of greenhouse gases. Hence Bill Gates and Google’s latest big idea — a meat-free burger made in a laboratory from plants, but which bleeds and sizzles. Now it’s coming to Britain. Nick Rufford & Jeremy Clarkson tuck in.

Can the meat-free Impossible burger save the world

A meat-free burger made in a laboratory from plants, which bleeds and sizzles, is coming to Britain. Nick Rufford and Jeremy Clarkson tuck in.
Published 19 April 2017
Russian artist transforms dirty cars and vans into mobile art

Russian artist transforms dirty cars into art

Proving that there are possibilities well beyond a simple "Clean me" inscription (or worse), a Moscow-based artist is transforming some of...
Published 18 April 2017
2016 Tesla Model X electric SUV review

Electric Dreams

Elon Musk has been making headlines around the world thanks to his role as the real-life version of Iron Man’s eccentric alter ego, Tony Stark...
Published 18 April 2017
Road Raj: Meet Dr Ravi Prakash, the cardiac surgeon who owns one of the world’s finest classic car collections

Road Raj

“Asking which of my cars is most precious to me is just as painful as asking which of my daughters I love most,” says Dr Ravi Prakash...
Published 18 April 2017
Brawn in the USA: new Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

Brawn in the USA: Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

Drivers who believe that super-size sport utility vehicles – SUVs – are the greatest sin ever committed by engineers had better look away now:...
Published 13 April 2017
Prince Philip gives up his personal Metrocab taxi

Prince Philip gives up his personal taxi

Prince Philip is handing over his private London taxi to the Sandringham Museum after 18 years of service.
Published 12 April 2017
Less roar, more purr: new four-cylinder turbo Jaguar F-Type

Less roar, more purr: four-cylinder Jaguar F-Type

It sounds too good to be true: a more affordable version of Jaguar’s acclaimed F-Type, the desirable sports car that has British drivers scratchi
Published 12 April 2017
In the pink: Gary Barlow drove this Rolls-Royce Ghost for charity, but in real life he prefers something more frugal GETTY

Me and My Motor: Gary Barlow

When Take That are ferried around in limousines on their UK tour this summer, they will be a long way from the days when they had to make do...
Published 11 April 2017
Ciao bello, Zagato: Aston Martin's new Volante open-top has had an injection of Italian pizzazz

Ciao bello, Zagato

Last December, a classic Aston Martin became the most expensive British car in history when it sold at auction for £9.4m.
Published 10 April 2017
A Bugatti Chiron to call my own

A Bugatti to call my own

I am about to custom-design a new Bugatti Chiron. It is known as the Molsheim Experience and is the road to ownership of the most expensive...
Published 10 April 2017