Style & substance?

STATISTICS TELL US that most people don’t like change, so taking a household name and transforming it in almost every way would be risky. On the other hand, sticking with a familiar identity can comfo

FOR its ninth generation, the Volkswagen Passat was launched exclusively as an estate car to satisfy the needs of buyers wanting a practical family model with carrying capacity to spare. There’s a hyb

WE DON’T JUDGE aesthetics at What Car?. Not because we don’t have opinions on style, but that’s just what they are: opinions. We stick to objective stuff. It’s up to you to decide whether form flows g

Pity the Mercedes-Benz CLA. Freshly crowned as TopGear’s Saloon of the Year, you might think we’d let it relax on a white sandy beach, chilled cocktail in hand. But no. There’s an immediate challenge

FIREFLY IS AN OFFSHOOT OF Chinese outfit Nio, due here in 26. You’ll be saying Honda E, as it’s electric and rear-drive and bears visual similarity if you cover the triple lights. Down the road it’s s

Kia put the global new car market on notice when it showed a trio of what it called Platform Beyond Vehicle concepts back in 2024. Having updated its passenger car EV lines, it fixed its crosshairs sq