The Toyota Prius braved the storm of early derision to become the petrol-electric engineering benchmark Taxi! It’s the reductive cry of many when a Prius hums into view, Toyota’s pioneering hybrid hatchback having become the ubiquitous Uber for a generation of ride-hailing devotees. Yet as the petrol-electric model celebrates its quarter century

Instructors have ice in their veins – and a foot over the dual brake pedal Everyone’s got a story. From slipping and sliding around an abandoned field to stalling innumerable times in a whisper-quiet side street, it seems nobody’s first time driving a car goes all that well. Yet, on most occasions,

Can the new Vantage Roadster win favour over its open-top rivals from McLaren and Ferrari? The mercury is climbing steadily into the high twenties, and above us, the blue sky is dotted with only a smattering of little fluffy clouds. At last, summer is here. Better still, we’ve got the scenery and

Steve Cropley speaks with Karl Ludvigsen, automotive author, engineer and designer Karl Ludvigsen, one of the greatest ever writers on motoring subjects and our distinguished guest on this week’s Autocar Meets podcast has had many careers. Car-obsessed from his earliest years, he trained in the US as an engineer and designer in

The electric Cooper and Aceman receive increased power, reworked suspension and brakes, and more The Cooper name is steeped in motorsport history. A legendary car maker whose innovative designs changed the face of four-wheeled competition. The Cooper portfolio includes winning Formula One cars that were driven by icons such as Sir

Can the magic of the new Renault 5 also help spark an electric renaissance for the Nissan Micra? The car industry has never been scrupulously fair. Very often, something just has to lose out, follow on, or play second fiddle; especially if there’s more money in it that way.So it is for

China's latest pick-up majors on diesel power and value - is it any good? The slew of Chinese cars being launched in the UK seems to be never-ending, but they’re usually electric crossovers, not diesel-engined pick-up trucks like Great Wall Motor’s new Poer 300 (pronounced ‘power’) here.It has been on sale