New Seven 310 Encore is the last to use the fantastic 1.6-litre Ford Sigma engine You might have heard that Caterham has found a new engine supplier in Horse (decent name, I think), a joint venture between Renault and Geely. Horse engines will go into Caterham’s Academy racing cars (which I have
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When racing got real: The nail-biting early days of British touring cars
Race fans loved watching familiar motors duke it out The first touring car races were full of thrills, spills - and cars you could actually buy from showrooms The British Touring Car Championship is famed for its thrilling, close-fought action – a spectacle it has been providing for an impressive
Ultimate off-road toy? Defender Octa vs Nomad and Mach-E Rally
We've got a V8 super-SUV, a wild hyper-buggy, a rally-ready EV and an empty quarry... let's off-road! The emergence of the dual-purpose, loose-surface-specialist, off-road performance car is one of the better reasons for enthusiastic drivers like us to be cheerful. From the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato right the way
Lenders won't have to pay compensation over car finance deals
Supreme Court's ruling effectively puts to an end any mass compensation payout Lenders won't have to pay millions of pounds in compensation to buyers over potentially mis-sold finance deals following a Supreme Court ruling. Announced on Friday afternoon, Lord Robert Reed ruled that buyers weren't mis-sold finance by dealers chasing high commissions. In his verdict, he
New-look 2025 Honda Civic revealed as orders open at £34k
Subtle facelift for Honda's hybrid hatchback after three years on sale Honda has given the Civic a new face in a round of mid-life updates for the hybrid hatchback. The company says its Volkswagen Golf rival has been "refined in response to customer feedback", with the front end reworked for a "more
Used Jaguar XF 2015-2024 review
How to buy a sublime, sweet-handling Jaguar saloon for less than £4000 "A more mature all-round prospect, with class-leading dynamics.” That’s how we described the brilliant second-gen Jaguar XF when we first drove it 10 years ago.Jaguar axed its mid-size saloon and estate last year and embarked on an exuberant rebrand
Toyota MR2: roof down, mid-engine fun for £3000
Prices for earlier MR2s are on the rise, so is this your last chance to bag a mid-engined hero for a song? Having pared as much steel, aluminium, plastic, rubber, fabric and glass from this car as they felt they could get away with, Toyota’s weight-shaving engineers reckoned that any driver