Winter tyre test 2025

It’s a consequence of being a nerdy petrolhead that, despite most of us living thousands of miles away from northern Scandinavia, we’re familiar with the strange names of Arvidsjaur, Arjeplog and Rova

Tyres are often a rather reluctant purchase. They generally only get replaced when they’re worn out or have got too old to use. You reluctantly spend hundreds of pounds on their replacements and… you

T HE CAR PARK AT OUR HOTEL HAS TAKEN ON THE role of a truck stop. It’s early Monday morning and what would ordinarily be a sleepy nook behind a retail park in southeastern France has become a temporar

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

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

Our first contender to fall by the wayside is the Audi. Yousuf was impressed with how the RS3 performed against such a standout field and was surprised at just how good it felt regardless of which big