Audi S1

How much? For a supermini, rather a lot. The three-door is £24,905, the five-door Sportback an even saltier £25,635. But then, you do get 231bhp, four-wheel drive and 0-62 in 5.8sec (or 5.9 for the heavier five-door) Better be good then… It is. We drove the S1 in very wintry Scandinavia a few months back. It felt terrific, but it was running on studded tyres. We didn’t want to blurt to premature conclusions about...

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Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S

Wait, another fast Golf GTI? Yes, as the hot hatch arms race has intensified with seemingly never-ending one-upmanship to be the King of the Nürburgring, there have been more and more variants of the humble Golf GTI brought into the world. So what’s this one then? The Clubsport S, the most powerful production Golf ever. And the fastest ever front-wheel-drive production car to lap the Nürburgring. It’s a...

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Mclaren 570S Spider

McLaren continues to produce high-quality, properly sorted and fun to drive cars that look like spaceships. Good stuff. For:  Friendly but comfortingly fast, doesn’t lose anything for having a disposable roof. Feels more special than a Porsche 911 Turbo or Audi R8 V10, less intimidating than a Huracan/488. Against:  Go mad with the options and it puts it in the firing line of bigger, badder competitio...

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New Rolls-Royce Phantom revealed

Rolls-Royce Phantom features Looking at these pictures, it might take a few minutes to realise that this is indeed a new-generation Phantom. But while very little has changed in its exterior design, this Phantom sits on an all-new platform designed to make it even more quiet and comfortable to drive – or be driven in – than the old car. Small design changes include a grille that now sits within the bodywork rather than in front...

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2017 Mercedes-Benz V-Class Marco Polo

Priced from £53,180 Release date Now There can be few people on the planet not familiar with the campervan concept, thanks largely to the iconic, long-lived and much-loved range of Volkswagens built for the purpose over the decades. Even people who hate the idea of camping usually have a soft spot for the thought of living the California Dream in one. Of course, that lazy-day, carefree attitude rarely goes hand-in-hand with the realities...

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