More ways to go electric

THIS is the new Nissan Qashqai – although it’s not so much a new version of one of Britain’s best-selling cars, but a new powertrain installed in the existing model. And as powertrains go, this one ha

The third-generation Nissan Qashqai has received a mid-life facelift in two separate instalments. The first part came along in the summer of 2024, when the car’s exterior styling, cabin design and dig

Nissan’s range-topping Qashqai hybrid felt doomed to fail an impossible mission – to keep a combustion engine and pretend to be an EV – when we first met it three years ago. Now, however, it has made

IF THE LATEST Nissan Micra were a person, it would be the performer who had to go on after rock ’n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis had just set fire to his piano. Such is the tough act the Micra has to f

A lot happened in 2010: a volcano erupted; Apple launched the first iPad; Lady Gaga wore a meat dress. It was all going on. I had a few memorable moments myself, even if I didn’t wear any bacon, get s

PLUG-IN HYBRIDS are often a storm of superlatives. In many a model range, they are the most powerful and the most efficient, as is the case with the new Mk3 Audi Q3. That sure sounds mightily impressi