Okay, so the basic design is 25 years old, but that doesn’t matter if the driving experience is this good. A proper member of the supercar pack, the Esprit’s got pin-sharp steering and goes in and out of corners with balance and poise. The ride is cracking, too. There’s a real suppleness to it that […]
The Proton Gen-2 is a five-door hatchback designed to compete in the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf class. And, to its credit, it looks smart and handles quite well. Proton owns Lotus and got the sports car company to develop a sharp, yet subtle-handling chassis for the Gen-2. The trouble is, Proton could do with […]
More than four years after sales of its more conventional siblings began, a third bodystyle has been added in the form of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible. This isn’t simply the existing Range Rover Evoque Coupe (the name for the three-door version) with its roof lopped off. Significant re-engineering has been undertaken to […]
Replacing a car that heralded a fresh, new start for a brand is quite an ominous task but it’s the one facing the all-new, second generation Jaguar XF saloon. The latest mid-sized Jaguar saloon is a more careful evolution of the four-door coupe shape, but it’s one that remains dramatic and bristling with subtle detailing. […]
As the Bentley Continental GT rapidly approaches the 15-year mark, you have to wonder whether ‘Walter Owen’ would have envisaged such popularity for the marque that bears his name, 90-odd years ago – either in his wildest or even most troubling dreams. Remember that the ‘Continental’ moniker used to be applied internally to any model […]
Having acquired Bentley, the original Bentley Flying Spur was the second half of Volkswagen’s grand strategy for the resuscitation of the British marque. Bentley may have made its name with heavyweight, ultra-fast two-door ‘lorries’, but the brand proved just as capable of fitting four doors to its coachwork. Matt Prior Road test editorThe Continental Flying Spur […]
The subject of this road test is emblematic of Bentley’s growing confidence and prosperity. The Continental GT3-R is, in Bentley’s words, “the most dynamic, responsive and involving Bentley road car ever”. It is also a £240,000 Continental GT. Even a company as illustrious as this needs to be in chest-thumping mode to consider pushing the boat […]
Ettore Bugatti was not being entirely kind when he described a Bentley racing car as “le camion plus vite du monde” – the world’s fastest truck – but as pithy, grudging compliments go, it has stuck. And although it’s sometimes tempting to wonder what a car maker’s long-departed founder would make of their company’s latest […]
Aston Martin’s take on the super-luxury saloon and a revival for the Lagonda name badge. Although Taraf production is limited by both production constraints and the car’s staggering price tag. Aston is planning to eventually launch a wider range of Lagonda models. Mike Duff It’s hard to make a rational case for the Lagonda Taraf but easy […]
It is often the job of this part of the Autocar road test to filter out the contrived sense of importance with which car makers sometimes seek to surround every new model. Not today. The future of one Britain’s most celebrated and revered brands starts here. Matt Saunders Chief testerBoomerang rear lights are now an […]
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