Tour of duty

£104,880 OTR/£109,360 as tested/£1,132 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Was Jag’s final petrol sports car the wrong car at the wrong time? DRIVER: GREG POTTS I WOULDN’T SAY THAT I’M generally a believer in the supe

As two-door coupes built at a time when Ford owned both companies, the Jaguar XK8 and Aston Martin DB7 Vantage have much in common. But with one being a high volume model powered by a V8 and the other produced in tiny numbers with a V12, these were very different models. So which of these sports cars do we prefer?

MINI AT 65

This year’s Hot 30 arrives as the entire automotive world takes stock of the internal combustion era. Are we seeing the shape of things to come?

Toyota’s given its sensational GR Yaris lower seats, more power and a suspension tune. Honda’s evolved the Civic Type R into a £50k tour de force. Fight!

At Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc, to give its full name, 2024 is shaping up to be a monumental year. The firm, whose lineage stretches back 111 years, has announced that it will be returnin