Renault Scenic: Why it actually works for families
Finding a proper family car is annoying.
It usually involves trading sanity for space.
You end up in something that drives like a lorry. Or worse,...
Your company car could cost you a fortune
Getting a company car is nice.
Really nice.
It’s a brand new machine. Fully maintained. The business pays for the fuel (sometimes). You get to drive...
Gold Dust and Diesel Dreams
Forget interest rates. Ignore trade-in negotiations. Tasmanian adventurer Rob Parsons wants a new Land Cruiser and he intends to pull it out of the...
BMW killed the X5’s best trick. Their excuse? Average arms.
The death of the split tailgate
It started in 1999, and it ends now.
For over two decades, the BMW X5 had a split-folding tailgate. A...
Stop Worrying About Which VW Atlas to Buy
Here is the short answer. Buy the SE with Technology trim.
It sits just above the base SE model. You get the features people actually...
Fiat’s Retro Mini-Max
Fiat is back.
Again.
They are launching the Multiplina. A tiny four-seat EV. It looks like it time-traveled from 1954, borrowing that boxy charm from the...
Manuals Aren’t Just Nostalgia
Shifting gears might be the secret weapon for your brain. At least that is the claim from a new study. It comes from Tohoku...
The Nissan Leaf Won Car of the Year 2024
Nissan’s Leaf took the crown for 2024 Car of the Year. Twenty-seven previous winners stood in its path, but the new EV cut through...
2026 AMG GLC 53: Restraint With A Purpose
AMG usually screams for attention.
The 2026 GLC 53 does not. Or at least, not right away. The changes are quiet. Subtle, even by Mercedes...
CATL Builds The World’s Largest Energy Storage Test Lab In China
It opens today. Or it’s already open, depending on your timezone.
CATL just switched on its Xiamen Energy Storage Validation Institute. ESVL. Sounds corporate. It’s...
Sunburnt fingers and a calm mind
The shifter burned my hand. Not metaphorically. Actual skin contact with metal heated by the sun resulted in immediate recoil. I jumped in warm....
Honda’s Racing Tech Is Quietly Upgrading Your Civic
The 100th Indy 500 was chaotic. Felix Rosenqvist grabbed the trophy. Helio Castroneves broke a laps-completed record. The finish was the tightest in history....
The cars that just wouldn’t quit
Nameplates feel immortal sometimes.
Then reality checks in. Most manufacturers can’t leave a chassis alone for ten years, let alone a decade and a half....
Driving past 2019
Road traffic in Britain is up. Finally. It’s been five years since the pandemic sent mileage tumbling by over twenty percent, and we’ve officially...
Suzuki Gives The Hustler A Jimny Gimmick And A Price Drop
Japan drives to its own rhythm. Suzuki just moved along with it, giving the Hustler a refresh six and half years after generation two...
