Bangernomics

John recounts a recent lucky escape on the A1… ...

Danny buys a holiday wagon, at a price he could afford

You only need to peruse the first-gen AMG A45’s specs to see why it lured so many hot hatch buyers away from segment leaders like the Audi RS3 and BMW M135i. This was Merc’s first crack at a mega-hatc

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ASKING £3995 PRICE ENGINE 1799cc/4-cyl/OHC POWER 122bhp@5500rpm TORQUE ...

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat