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Supersport Supercars: Audi R8 isn't showy but delivers on thrills

Supersport Supercars: Top five supercars 2016

In 2016 I drove the Sunday Times Driving car in the Caterham Supersport Championship, arguably the most competitive race series in the UK...
Published 22 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Aston Martin DB11

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Aston Martin DB11

People like Aston Martins. And what’s more, people like people who drive them. They’re seen as cool and intelligent and refined...
Published 19 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Civic Type R

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Civic Type R

In one of the Grand Tour television programmes I have a bit of a rant, saying that the world’s car makers have shifted into neutral...
Published 13 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed

The Clarkson Review: Bentley Mulsanne Speed

People who live near a busy road often moan about traffic noise, and they have my sympathy. I’d rather listen to a wounded hare than a motorway..
Published 25 November 2016
New McLaren F1 three-seater supercar confirmed

New McLaren F1 three-seat supercar confirmed

The famed McLaren F1 is to be reborn: the Woking company has confirmed it will launch a "hyper-GT" with the characteristic three-seat...
Published 17 November 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Audi SQ7

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Audi SQ7

James May has decided he doesn’t like Audis. I recently had to transport him in the back of the new SQ7 and he chuntered away constantly like...
Published 15 November 2016
The AA Gill Review: 2016 Audi Q7

The AA Gill Review: 2016 Audi Q7

A car says something about you — perhaps more about you than anything else you own. A car is allegorically and practically the evocation...
Published 18 October 2016
Me and My Motor: Bill Bailey, the musical comedian, is tickled pink by a French fancy

Me and My Motor: Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey has been on the road for more than 30 years. His current Limboland tour is now taking him to Australia and New Zealand...
Published 17 October 2016
2016 Citroën C4 Picasso review

2016 Citroën C4 Picasso review

There was a time when mean-spirited motoring writers
Published 13 October 2016
Going door-to-door with the 120mph Ginetta Junior teenagers

Racing at 120mph with the Ginetta Junior teens

At an age when many teenagers spend their weekends sleeping in or hanging out on Snapchat, 14-year-old Tom Wood is devoting his ...
Published 16 September 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Porsche Panamera 4S

First Drive review: 2016 Porsche Panamera 4S

Porsche would like people to think of it as a company that cares about the environment as much as it does about making fast cars
Published 15 September 2016
Me and my Motor: Martin Kemp, the musician and actor, on his love affair with the Porsche 911

Me and my Motor: Martin Kemp on the Porsche 911

Martin Kemp fell in love with the Porsche 911 in 1983. Aged 22 and playing bass with Spandau Ballet, he had “a few quid in the bank” so treated
Published 06 September 2016