Warts and all

Fancy a wedge of dashing Italian charm but don’t know what to watch out for? Read on…

= new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the car (D = Driven, F = feature, FF = Fast Fleet). Engine shows details of the car’s comb

IN the long line of stunning models in the Civic Type R back catalogue, the current FL5 ranks not only as the greatest hot hatch that Honda has ever produced, but one of the greatest by any manufactur

Whoever decided that drivers should have either practicality or performance clearly lacked vision. For much of its existence the estate car or stationwagon was just a practical workhorse. Aside from o

Price new: From £18,950 Price now: £16,000-25,000 Engine: 1.8-litre, four-cylinder petrol Gearbox: Fivespeed manual Power/torque: 118bhp/165Nm 0-60mph: 5.8 seconds Top speed: 126mph HAD Lotus not come

From drama to silky smoothness, the V8 does it all. Here are our favourites…