Volkswagen golf r engine upgrades are part of a refresh for this range-topping hot hatch on sale late 2024 price from £45,000 (est)

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Nobody does a five-cylinder quite like Audi. Or should that be nobody did a five-cylinder quite like Audi? Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and others have dabbled, and Volvo was a past master, but now

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IT’S been more than 30 years since the Type R badge first appeared on a Honda. The NSX got the ball rolling, but the Integra Type R that followed set a template of rev-happy, front-wheel-drive perform

IN the preceding few pages, you’ll have seen my colleagues sending love letters to some of our most beloved cars that won’t live on beyond this year. But there was one more that called it quits in the