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All self-respecting Christmas stories start in one of two places: Bethlehem or the North Pole. The former is firm favourite if the Almighty is featured in the narrative; the Arctic Pole is the preferr

List price £48,390 Best price £48,390 MPG 41.5 CO2 155g/km For Outstanding practicality; great driving position; plush interior; long warranty; impressive refinement Against Touchscreen controls for m

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew IT’S 5AM, AND YOU JOIN ME AT hom

Christmas is a time of comforting traditions, isn’t it? In our household, Christmas begins in early December with a showing of The Muppet Christmas Carol while we wrestle the Christmas tree into place

While Autocar’s road testers exchange exotic key fobs over Christmas lunch at some richly upholstered ale house at the crowded end of Britain, there’s no such indulgence for those of us in Scotland. H

MILEAGE 3442 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see how Volvo is keeping this decade-old SUV relevant I’m afraid I perpetrated rather an annoying crime on Kris Culmer by asking to borrow his new long-termer as s