Honda prelude

Spare a thought for the Honda PR personnel on the UK launch of the new Prelude. Rarely did any of them enjoy more than a few minutes without being quietly pressed by journalists, this one included, as

WHY WE RAN IT To check in on a car that we really liked and a brand that has gone rather quiet Nearly 12,000 miles after this surprisingly good-looking SUV was dropped off, the people from Honda have

Cars that wear the ‘built in Britain’ tag tend to err towards being luxurious, expensive and/or sporty – think Aston Martin, McLaren and Land Rover, to name but a few. There are, however, a couple of

IT’S THE NEW FLAGSHIP PLUG-IN hybrid seven-seater from Chinese newcomers Chery – rivalling the Peugeot 5008 and Skoda Kodiaq. The numbers are impressive – up to 2,021 litres of bootspace, 422bhp, 0–62

I’VE MET THIS ONE A FAIR BIT BEFORE. In fact 20 years ago I seemed to be driving a Type R pretty much every week in yet another battle to establish the best hot hatch. Ah, hot hatches, remember them?

£39,995 OTR/£39,995 as tested/£550 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Woah hang on there – is the Prius now cool? Or completely pointless? DRIVER: Ollie Kew THE MOST RECENT GOV.UK FIGURES counted 381,000 taxis on UK