Winter tyre

BUYING new tyres is rarely a pleasurable experience. You might swap your rubber to suit the season, but most drivers will only shop for tyres when they fail an MoT, spot wear or get a puncture. As wit

Sporty road tyres are grippier and slicker than ever. So are slick tyres now obsolete for trackday fans?

WHILE a forecast of snow might cause excitement among children, it’s likely to strike fear into the heart of many motorists. If you have a rear-wheel-drive car with tyres designed for warmer weather,

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

BRIDGESTONE BATTLAX RS12

Autocar’s history of empirical road testing is the longest in the world. For more than a century, we have been verifying, scrutinising, describing and illustrating new cars in unparalleled detail. Dri