Review of the year july

Mid-sized saloons from BMW and Mercedes will make their greatest leaps in a generation – while batting off an ever-larger array of rivals The rivalry between the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class has

SMART’S DESIGN TEAM DID A grand job, outside and within the astonishingly roomy, well kitted and well finished cabin. It rides really softly too, a passenger might think it’s a luxury car. The driver

ISSUE 1,899 THIS year’s Munich Motor Show certainly didn’t disappoint. Indeed, it was difficult for us to know where to look at times. Audi brought along its stunning Concept C – a sleek two-door coup

ISSUE 1,908 RENAULT’S been playing a blinder with its retro-inspired small cars over the past 12 months. First, to much fanfare, came the supremely talented Renault 5, with the more practical but just

If you want to do the fairest and most scrupulous job as a road tester, to reconfirm an impression or be sure about a relative strength or weakness, the best thing is simply to start over. Rinse and r

WHY WE RAN IT Is this sensible, long-legged compact SUV the perfect beginner’s electric car? I ’m 38,000ft in the air, halfway through a delayed and extremely busy flight home from a frantic, tiring w