Ups and downs

Everyone loves a bit of spectacle and drama, and the arrival of new models on the automotive scene is usually a good excuse for both. Planners, designers, engineers, production managers and all the other staff working on the development of a new car, which typically takes up to five years, have meticulously honed a vehicle […]

Bright Spark

Batteries are the part of an electric car we never normally see. But in this case, out of sight is not necessarily out of mind. In particular, we can expect to hear a lot more about efforts to attract battery production to the UK, as the motor industry makes the big switch to EVs. The […]

Volvo XC40 Recharge T5 R-Design Pro

The whole point of these long-term tests is to find out what a car is like to live with. We try our best to get under the skin of a car – even when time is necessarily tight – and my colleagues that write the regular road tests have an enormous talent for doing exactly […]

Dacia Sandero Comfort TCe 100 Bi-Fuel

I’m going to come right out and say it: running a Dacia Sandero for a few months is a dream come true. Granted, Britain’s cheapest new car might not find a slot in many people’s fantasy garage, but I have a thing for cars at the bottom end of the market. Give me a £7,995 […]

Bright Spark

One of the main arguments in favour of electric cars is that they produce far lower CO2 emissions in use than petrols or diesels. My own view is that while customers do care about the planet and they also like the fact that electric cars are green, they mostly switch and stay converted because EVs […]