Car review

The E450d Estate however, on its air springs, exhibits exactly the flavour of ride and handling balance you would want in a car like this. The ability of this chassis to waft along a motorway or a curving A-road, or to isolate you from the topological vagaries of a threadbare B-road, is excellent and close […]

The traction control can be completely disabled if you want it to be, but the stability systems always remain on and they deal with the beginnings of lift-off oversteer in a slightly heavy-handed manner, with brusque brake applications. It gets the job done, but it’s not as refined as some. The computers are more adept

Anyone stepping out of the relatively minimalist cabin of the previous A3 and into this new one will be in for a shock, albeit mostly a pleasant one. There is a wider variety of materials and a dashboard that is, to a degree, split in two, with a more driver-focused design. Audi acknowledges that this generation of

There was plenty about the design of the EQS that, when the car first came along in 2021, made it seem like a tellingly direct riposte to the Tesla Model S – an EV that had been eating into S-Class sales in the US for several years. But nothing did more so than Mercedes’ Hyperscreen infotainment system, which

The Musso’s turbodiesel four-pot makes the slightly gruff, crotchety first impression you might expect of it on start up and at low speeds; but it soon settles down to an acceptable standard for cruising refinement, considering the territory we’re in here. Our six-speed auto test car’s engine had some clatter and thrash about it, but

The first Panamera was memorable to sit in. Its big, yet form-fitting, cabin was reminiscent of that of the Porsche Cayenne, except low-slung and therefore better for the business of driving. The experience in the second-generationc car was familiar: the same gun-emplacement position, dictated by a chin-high scuttle and colossal centre console. But the detail had been

As the old saying goes, ‘if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it’ and you get the feeling that with this latest update Land Rover’s baby Discovery has taken a step backwards when it comes to interior usability.  Previously, you had a central touchscreen and a cluster of rotary knobs and buttons for the climate controls,

On the move, both the Turbo’s hybrid powertrain and its clever suspension have enormous potential to surprise and impress, and in a variety of different dimensions.  The system is the same in both the Turbo and the Turbo S; it’s simply that the V8 engine can work so much harder in the faster version, to

It’s the raked windscreen that sets an unexpectedly exciting tone when you slide aboard the Prius. The place has a real cockpit feel, with a likeable ensconcement factor, although forward visibility is still good, because of the large quarterlights. Glass is in abundance for what is still not a particularly wide car, and it gives

Every Genesis we have driven so far has impressed with its interior ambience, and the Electrified G80 is no different. The perceived quality is sky-high, thanks to real wood that actually feels real, sumptuous leather and soft-touch materials everywhere that matters. Genesis’s interpretation of luxury is quite a traditional one, so it won’t appeal to