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New Vantage Roadster turns the clock back to the good old days

THE ASTON MARTIN FORMULA 1 TEAM’S HQ CAMPUS, completed in 2024 at a cost somewhere around £200m, is as clean, shiny and imposing as you’d expect. Lots of metal, lots of glass, reflecting the blue sky

2025 Aston Martin Vantage Roadster Glen Waddington APRIL IN THE eastern Alps. Green grandeur, exquisitely surfaced roads, the prospect of some excellent weather… well, maybe. But also rain at times, a

BMW M135 £43,740 OTR/£54,050 as tested/£602 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’s about time BMW had a hot hatch worthy of the M badge again DRIVER: jethro bovingdon THE M135 LEFT ME QUITE unexpectedly. It was plan

The Yorkshire Dales. The sun’s out. The roads twist and flow. The Ribblehead viaduct was just back there, now we’re getting stone barns and gambolling lambs. Spring is in the air, roofs are down, warm

In the realm of Very Fast Cars, things happen s-l-o-w-l-y. Last month, TopGear brought you a world exclusive Lotus Evija test drive. Revealed in 2019, the world’s most powerful road car wasn’t ready f