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Side view of a sleek grey electric sports sedan parked on a road with rocks and a cloudy sky background.

Frank Stephenson reviews the Polestar 5 design

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Frank Stephenson is a car designer whose successes outnumber those of the Beatles, with work including the Escort RS Cossie,...

White Opel Insignia PT sedan displayed inside a showroom with glass walls and palm trees outside.

Updated Opel Insignia arrives in Portugal with new engines and prices

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Revealed around eight months ago, the updated Opel Insignia has now arrived in Portugal in saloon (Grand Sport) and estate...

Three modern electric cars parked on wet asphalt under a cloudy autumn sky with trees in the background.

US Car of the Year: Dodge Charger Sixpack wins

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

The pivotal word here, friends, is ‘car’. The American motor industry barely builds them any longer. Ford, for example, has...

Person cleaning a glass shower door with a cloth, spray bottle, and folded towels nearby.

How to Clean a Glass Shower Enclosure with Vinegar

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Keeping a glass shower enclosure transparent is often difficult in many homes. Soap residue, body oils and, above all, limescale...

Black Audi RS e-tron GT electric car displayed in a showroom with floor-to-ceiling windows.

Audi RS e-tron GT: First Drive in Greece

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

A year after the Porsche Taycan arrived, the Audi RS e-tron GT - which shares the Stuttgart model’s platform and...

Two classic Porsche 911 sports cars, one orange coupe and one white convertible, parked on a gravel driveway.

Louis Vuitton and Singer Create a Porsche 911 Reimagined

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

It began with a clock. Not an ordinary one, but a removable mechanical timepiece created by Louis Vuitton. You may...

Red Mazda 2 Hybrid hatchback displayed indoors on a white platform with modern showroom background.

Future Mazda2 to be based on the Toyota Yaris

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

The Mazda’s near future will not be defined solely by inline six-cylinder engines and a new rear-wheel-drive architecture. Buried in...

Silver Safetech-01 electric sports car displayed in modern showroom with LED headlights on.

Can Chinese car development speed preserve vehicle safety?

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Developing a new car generally takes between three and five years. Chinese manufacturers have cut that timeframe to roughly two...

Formula 1 car from Toyota Gazoo Racing emitting sparks on a racetrack corner with Pirelli adverts in the background.

Toyota becomes Haas title sponsor for 2026

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Toyota is back - or, as Eminem would put it, back again. Over the past year, the manufacturer has cautiously...

Green Aston Martin DBX 900 luxury SUV parked in a modern showroom with marble flooring and glass walls.

Aston Martin DBX: James Bond’s SUV Tested

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Daniel Craig is confirmed not to be taking command of an Aston Martin DBX on the big screen in the...

Silver modern electric car parked near wooden deck with plants, viewed from above on concrete surface.

Denza Z9 GT self-parking tech tested

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

BYD’s upmarket Denza sub-brand is due to make its full UK arrival later this year, and customers should receive the...

Blurred white van speeding past a speed camera on a road at sunset under a cloudy sky.

UK Speed Limits Are Breaking the Nation

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Car launches are peculiar yet marvellous occasions: a high-stakes contest between PR teams and journalists, staged in spectacular places. Everything...

Woman hanging colourful clothes on a rotating outdoor drying rack on a sunny balcony.

How to dry clothes in half the time?

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

A simple secret used in the home laundry can speed up the process and help clothes dry in half the...

White and black Porsche Flachbau RS sports car with headlights on in a dimly lit wet garage.

Porsche Flachbau RS is the ultimate road-legal 935 Moby Dick tribute

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Porsche devotees with a particular fondness for slantnose models may recall that the company registered the names ‘Flachbau’ and ‘Flachbau...

Orange Fiat Tipo Cross hatchback displayed in a modern showroom with large windows and a digital stand.

Fiat Tipo receives a mid-life facelift and new Cross version

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Revived in 2016, the Fiat Tipo has now undergone the customary mid-life facelift, designed to help it remain competitive in...

Grey Toyota GR Yaris with bronze wheels parked in a dimly lit industrial space with large windows.

Toyota GR Yaris Morizo RR revealed

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Akio Toyoda – also known as ‘Morizo’ – had a thoroughly good time driving a specially prepared Toyota GR Yaris...

Grey Volkswagen Golf 8 TDI hatchback displayed in a modern showroom with reflective glass walls.

Volkswagen Golf 8 2.0 TDI review: more than more of the same

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

“More of the same” has been the recurring charge levelled at the Volkswagen Golf, generation after generation. It is a...

Green Range Rover EV plugged into charging station displayed indoors on rotating platform.

The Range Rover Electric changes the mechanics, not the formula. In some ways, it improves it.

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

The Range Rover Electric changes the mechanical package, but not the formula. In certain respects, it even improves it. ---...

Silver Mercedes-Benz MB W273 luxury sedan displayed indoors with a man seated inside on driver’s side.

New Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W223): Interior, MBUX and Safety Technology

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

The exceptionally lavish interior of the new S-Class (W223) contains enough detail to fill a book, but these are some...

White and black Ferrari car with illuminated rear lights parked on a wet urban road at sunset.

Why Herbie Wertheim bought the $40m Ferrari Luce at Pebble Beach

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

“We were discussing it amongst ourselves,” Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna tells us. “And there were different opinions. Personally, I thought...

White Honda e and red Mazda MX-30 EV electric cars displayed in a modern showroom with reflective floor.

Mazda MX-30 vs Honda e: two premium electric cars for the city

Gareth Whitfield • September 18, 2026

Did you know that, this year, one in every 10 new cars sold in Portugal has been electric? The range...