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Peter Strain W hy do so many modern ...

The new Polestar 5 is an engineer’s dream come true. Whereas previous Polestars have all been based on a platform shared with other Geely group products, this sports saloon was effectively a clean-she

IF WE WERE TO PUBLISH A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR FINAL ERAS gathering, what might the 2035 performance car landscape look like? And looking back at that first 1980s-themed Eras test, how many threads from tha

If the EV performs, Thiel’s the man to ...

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

Small electric cars – whatever happened to them? Wasn’t that long ago we had BMW i3s and all sorts scampering around, then suddenly... we didn’t. Vanished off the face of the earth, leaving only a tra