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THIS is going to be a very big year for the Volkswagen Polo. We recently learned that the humble supermini is set to receive several major upgrades, including its first-ever hybrid powertrain, plus th

ARMS DON’T GO FLYING SKYWARD in the evo office when volunteers are needed for a comparison between two Volkswagen Group MQB Evo-based machines. Especially on a slightly gloomy autumnal Wednesday morni

SOON after taking over last February, new CEO Alain Favey fast-tracked development of the Peugeot E-208 GTi hot hatch. “When I joined, clearly some work had been done already, but it was not considere

I OFTEN FIND MYSELF SCOURING THE deep recesses of car-based internet forums for a glimpse of the golden era of car development, a time when test mules were truly mysterious things and we weren’t drip-

Being the inheritor of a long line of memorable hot hatches, the Cupra Leon has been suffering with something of a hierarchy problem. For the past few years you’ve had to buy the bigger Leon Estate if