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While it may be only coincidental, there’s due to be a quirk in the now regrettably well-defined life cycle of the sixth-generation Honda Civic Type R that could prove comforting to those of us who re

HELLO BMW M5 TOURING + RENAULT SCENIC vs KIA EV3 + INEOS GRENADIER vs SUMMER

THERE are no two ways about it, the latest Honda Civic Type R has become an expensive and indulgent kind of car. In this day and age, you could even call it a misfit, with its eye-watering £52k price

= 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

FIRST THINGS FIRST: WE’RE NOT GOING to discuss politics. What’s proved a useful rule in polite conversation for decades now has a fresh pertinence when getting to the nitty-gritty of a new Lotus. Does

JUST HOW FAR HAVE WE COME SINCE THE 1980s? The hatchback I’m driving has 324bhp coursing through its front wheels. Deployed with a modicum of skill and mechanical sympathy, that’s sufficient to launch