Cars, driving, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond

The News

Driven: Volvo XC60

'R-Design mods don't turn the XC60 into a corpse-stiff bone-cruncher. The stiffer springs and quicker rack offer more nimbleness and a fraction more directness, but manifestly fail to dislodge it from the floaty end of the 4x4 spectrum'

The Clarkson archives

"A car which works all the time is displaying what Charles Babbage called the unerring certainty of machinery. But a car that breaks down, overheats and coughs when asked to move is displaying some peculiarly human qualities."

The Hammond archives

"The Mustang has always stirred from dusty slumber to wake with a gentle cough and do whatever I've asked. There has been neither complaint nor hesitancy, and it has never, ever let me down. This week, I had assumed, would be the same."

The May archives

"Posh Inter-City trains are generally full of respectable people, but local public transport isn’t. I’m sure London tube commuters are largely upstanding pillars of society, but there are still enough of them that smell of old pants to make the journey unsavoury."