Petrol vs electric

TORQUE steer is a sensation that will be unfamiliar to new car drivers. But those who have owned an earlier turbocharged hot hatchback from the noughties, or any of the more punchy Saabs from the same

Transfixing on the weight figure of a newly launched EV is surely a hiding to nothing. They’re all broadly guilty of it, so why care? But when a new Mini hot hatchback carries even 1725kg before the d

WHEN JOHN COOPER started tuning Minis back in the early 1960s, he turned an everyday, affordable family car into something that was fast, great to drive and able to defeat far more powerful foes. At i

Confident driving on unknown roads.” This message popped into the car’s head-up-display while we had it on test. It’s nearly beautiful, almost like a haiku or sonnet. At the time I was left wondering

Alpine, Abarth, Alfa and Mini have decades of experience in making affordable performance cars. Does that know-how translate to EVs?

THIS is the MINI John Cooper Works Aceman, the hottest version of the brand’s five-door, all-electric challenger. Less than a year ago, the Aceman would have had the class all to itself, but the recen