Testing, testing

Conditions were perfect. It was a warm, dry afternoon and we were yards from a lightly trafficked and derestricted German autobahn. I joined from the sliproad, saw there was nothing in front, checked

THIS IS QUATTRO COUNTRY. THE ROAD NEVER RESTS, climbing and weaving its way up to high altitude with the Pyrenees breaking through the haze on the left, and dense pine forest towering above on the rig

JUST HOW FAR HAVE WE COME SINCE THE 1980s? The hatchback I’m driving has 324bhp coursing through its front wheels. Deployed with a modicum of skill and mechanical sympathy, that’s sufficient to launch

Mileage 9492 List price £64,015 Best price £58,995 Price as tested £68,470 Test range 332 miles THE BEAUTY OF the car and the secret of its success is the independence it provides. It can take you and

am being overtaken by my own wing. As I tilt up onto Boxberg test ground’s banking and the sun curves behind me, the lengthening shadows project the great roll hoop of a spoiler onto the road ahead. S

As a motorist who has always enjoyed swift, measured and safe driving, a combination of factors (average speed cameras, reduced A-road speed limits, drivers going considerably slower ‘just in case’, i