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Lexus is developing the first ever fully ‘by wire’ steering system. We put it to

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12 February, 2025

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We try peugeot’s new hypersquare steering

PEUGEOT’S been here before. Well, not specifically with its new Hypersquare ‘steer-by-wire’ (SBW) system, but giving drivers a new form of steering wheel. It did this with the controversial i-Cockpit

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Ecoty: the test

T HE CAR PARK AT OUR HOTEL HAS TAKEN ON THE role of a truck stop. It’s early Monday morning and what would ordinarily be a sleepy nook behind a retail park in southeastern France has become a temporar

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‘it gives a surge of torque that has your eyeballs looking into the back of your skull’

CAR editor-at-large and Nostradamus-in-chief Mark Walton doesn’t like ...

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Foot on the gas: harnessing hydrogen

THERE ARE A FEW GOOD REASONS why using hydrogen to directly power cars is a good idea and we’ll come onto them a little later, but the best one for enthusiasts like us is apparent the moment this prot

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Judge’s notes: colin goodwin

MY LAST ECOTY WAS JUST under ten years ago. How different it all is today. Out of the dozen cars this year, only one has a manual gearbox and two have hybrid powertrains. Plenty of food for thought he

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The beast within

WE’RE REALLY MOTORING NOW, ON THE fastest part of the track approaching a hairpin turn. Above the sound of the Aston DB12’s howling V12, my passenger, Pascal, shouts: ‘Don’t brake, let the car do it!’