car reviews

Practical, comfortable and premium. A fantastic large estate from Skoda

It’s a seductive car, the A5 Cabriolet, and while more dynamically accomplished than its predecessor, it’s still more of a grand touring boulevardier rather than a B-road hustler

Superb design and refinement cloak a nondescript driving experience. Again

A true Nineties hero. And one that’s just as much fun to drive now as the day it was born

It’s big, it’s spacious, it’s comfortable, but van-like looks and a limited 143-mile range may prove too much of a turn off for some

A perfectly adequate family barge, but a weak petrol engine line up and changing consumer preferences means likely for not much longer

An enormously well-rounded true four-seat cabrio… but open cars are all about style. Does this have the right kind?

Jaguar’s little crossover is broadly competitive but loses out overall to Volvo's XC40

Much improved with new interior and smoother engines, The finest big wagon to drive

A perfectly reasonable car for people who aren’t interested in cars

Wilfully odd-looking small SUV is actually fun to drive. It's the Nissan Juke's worthy heir

Ticks every cost-effective box, and quite refined. Still tricky to be enthusiastic about, though

Jaguar XF review: the class-leading dynamics have been preserved and the new interior is in a different world, but whether it's enough to reverse the model’s drift towards market indifference is moot

In standard form, the i30 is as comfy and effortless to own as small hatchbacks get, if not very entertaining to drive. Mild-hybrid tech is smoothly integrated

Life's pretty great inside the new 4, not just because you don't have to look at it

Everything good about the A3 Sportback, just a little less practical. A complete car that won't get on your nerves

Yes, it’s effectively a van with windows. But it’s also magnificent

The Leon Cupra has come of age. The mix of civility and pace is as good as anything out there

Vauxhall upgrades its mainstream hatch, makes a very competent Focus rival. Definitely worth considering

Cheap, but doesn't always feel it. The Korando is coming of age

As the years have streaked by and the zeitgeist for sports cars has become ‘complicate and add horsepower’, Lotus has managed to retain what really matters when you’re driving just for the fun of it