“no dramas when you’ve got a defender”

FIVE YEARS. THAT’S how long the ‘new’ Land Rover Defender has been on sale. Usually by this point in a car’s life there would have been a facelift, with a whole new generation probably only a couple o

FIRST DRIVE

The ultimate in off-road performance, Land Rover’s powerful Defender Octa turns everything its predecessor does well up to 11. Our writer took it for a test drive

£48,055 OTR/£50,725 as tested/£505 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: We suspect a classic diesel estate still has its place, even against the rise of the e-SUV... DRIVER: TOM FORD I’M FULLY AWARE THAT constantly sin

THE COOPER S WAS A SOGGY effort and this isn’t any better. You can forgive a hot hatch appalling ride but when it’s on top of a transmission that’s hard to gel with, an uninspiring soundtrack and impr

£114,015 OTR/£135,058 as tested/£1,560 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Furiously complex, huge and heavy – is the M5 headed in the right direction? DRIVER: OLLIE marriage “IT’S NOT OFTEN BIKES GET IN THE way of ca