Mazda cx-80

PLUG-in hybrids are the car world’s ultimate compromise. Two power sources are merged and crammed into a single car, which takes on a strange third character – not quite that of a petrol car, not quit

MILEAGE 5501 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see how Volvo is keeping this decade-old SUV relevant Merely a week after Volvo promised me an over-the-air software update to fix the non-functioning touchscreen

THE original C5 Aircross was phased out last year, but despite first being shown almost a decade ago (in spring 2017), the C5 Aircross notched up an impressive eighth place in our latest Driver Power

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see whether a modernised 2005 car can be better than a new one The last time I ran a 2005-model-year long-term test car was, more or less, in 2005. But here we are again. This

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew TOPGEAR’S BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

A NEW SUV to replace the impressive Peugeot 5008 has turned up at the Gibson house and, surprisingly, given how long I’ve been here, it’s a model that I’ve never previously had as a long-term test car