WHETHER IT BE a wild party, a holiday abroad or an existential crisis (perhaps all three), there are many ways to mark a birthday. The one Skoda has chosen, in honour of its 130th lap around the sun,

The last three mentions of ‘intake plenum’ I can find in Autocar’s archive related to the Ferrari 849 Testarossa, Gunther Werks’ Porsche 993 Speedster and, er, the world’s fastest tractor. Now to make

The weight of a Fabia vRS is potentially resting on this car’s shoulders. Should demand for the new Fabia 130 version be sufficient, Skoda might well decide to go the whole hog with its supermini. Doe

Huge seller is improved, but less distinct from VW’s many other SUVs

THE ALBUFERA NATURAL PARK ALONG THE coastline south of Valencia is strewn with, of all things, rice paddies, feeding the voracious local appetite for paella. Between the vast expanses of shallow water

I“t’s definitely a better track car,” says the man opposite me. “Around the Nordschleife, it’s much faster. On the climb up to the Little Carousel, for instance, the Stefan Bellof ess is totally flat