car reviews

Golf R-engined crossover drives brilliantly, but you’ll have already made your mind up on the niche

Straight-six diesel seduces with silence and technology rather than outright pulling power

A comfortable, efficient way to do a big SUV if you can’t plug-in

Fabulous. The most tactile Audi driver’s car ever. Just remember it’s a sports car, not a true supercar

The M8 is a really grand, grand tourer. It looks and operates as you'd expect of a peak BMW

Another taller, tougher A6 wagon, another reason to kill all pointless SUVs

Looks and drives like a supercar, but doesn't sound like one. The NSX is something wilfully, wonderfully different

A well-equipped EV with 26 miles more range – that’s an entire marathon – than an entry-level Leaf.

As it stands, the F8 Tributo is a suitably stunning send-off for the V8 bloodline, and one of the year’s undoubted stars.

Happily almost as practical as a normal Q3, but no sportier and saddled with a laggy gearbox

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

Antidotes to the turbocharged, paddle-shifted performance cars of today get no more visceral than this. Drive one before you die

The RS6 hasn't changed all that much since the first one. Good

Spoiler alert: new sixth gen full-size SUV is the best Explorer Ford has ever built

Now very much on the same page as the Merc, Audi or VW. Just a pity it isn’t as playful or interactive to drive as you’d hope a JCW would be

The lightest, lithest GT car that money can buy. Oh, and did we mention one of the best-driving?

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

Isn't available in Britain, and you should be sad about that. Not quite there yet, but ES6 shows a lot of promise for Nio's future.

Heartland Audi, now with (shock!) semi-controversial looks and crowd-pleasing tech

The DB11 was the first clean-sheet, all-new Aston in more than a decade. A huge leap forwards, too