Top 5 sports cars

Carrera S always a strong selling 911 ...

List price £80,035 Best price £80,035 MPG 25.9 CO2 247g/km For Sublime handling; GTS’s rich and soulful six-cylinder engine; smooth ride; high-quality interior Against Lacks the level of standard kit

We’d be happy if progress ceased with Porsche’s new hybrid-free 911 Carrera S. Same with the Lotus Emira and BMW’s manual M3? Let’s find out

PRICE: £20,975–£23,975 The Panda was distinctly endangered for a while there (though you can still buy the old petrol one in Italy), but it’s been given a new lease of life with an electric powertrain

= 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

SPECTRAFLAIR. OTHER CAR COMPANIES MIGHT HAVE used DuPont’s wild iridescent paint system, but none employed it to better effect than TVR. It’s a point being proved to us in spectacular style by this gl