Dacia duster

£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 IT’S 5AM, AND YOU JOIN ME AT hom

LEANING ON YOUR heritage doesn’t guarantee success in the automotive world. Sure, the ‘new’ Fiat 500 and Mini hatch have been massive hits, but the reimagined Volkswagen Beetle never really took off i

Dacia is replacing the manual, mild-hybrid, four-wheel-drive version of the Bigster with a hybrid (and doing the same with the mechanically identical Duster). Thinking logically, you might assume that

THE JEEP RENEGADE was the company’s attempt to jump on the SUV bandwagon, admittedly much later than others. And typically, Jeep did things its own way by creating a vehicle that had a much sharper fo

Contain yourselves: the Hipster is officially still just a concept. But it’s got our attention and bagged the TopGear Design of the Year award. Look at the size of it – a mere 3m long and 1.5m wide, b

PEUGEOT is on a roll at the moment. The French firm has found a design language that people like, while competitive pricing means the company is doing well in a tough market. The 5008 Hybrid that I’ve