Best 80s hot hatches

FIAT GRANDE PANDA PRICE: £20,975–£23,975 The Panda was distinctly endangered for a while there (though you can still buy the old petrol one in Italy), but it’s been given a new lease of life with an e

Performance buys from the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s aren’t just a recipe for fun-fuelled B-road shenanigans – they’ve also been some of the classic market’s strongest performeers. We look at what six key front-driven buys offer buyers today

The demise of the small, affordable supermini hasn’t been as severe as we had feared – at least, it hasn’t yet – and the burgeoning clique of quirky, pint-sized EVs is also encouraging. But even so, w

Being fired through time and space by a turbocharged Porsche engine is one of life’s great pleasures. We salute the best of the breed

RATINGS = Thrill-free zone = Tepid = Interesting = Seriously good = A truly great car = new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the

James Walshe on why the humble second-generation Cortina is a shrewd purchase these days