by car | Jun 18, 2025 | Feature
BMW iX3 Brilliant and boringly normal Most electric BMWs so far have been disappointing or expensive or heavy or dull, or all four. That all changes now with the iX3, which we’ve just driven in prototype form Words Piers Ward Let’s start with the brakes. Because...
by car | Jun 18, 2025 | Feature
HOW TO FIX PORSCHE The cars are as great as ever, but the business is misfiring Words Georg KacherPhotography John Wycherley and Porsche The numbers speak for themselves. Instead of the targeted 20 per cent profit margin, Porsche is expecting its return on investment...
by car | Jun 17, 2025 | Feature
Hyundai Inster Like sister company Kia, Hyundai has been making dull but effective electric cars for years – and like Kia it’s now going big on much more stylish, modern, youthful and ambitious EVs. The latest, the Inster, is an eye-catching alternative to the...
by car | Jun 10, 2025 | Feature
Return of the Lotus Esprit? It could well happen Lotus has done some very odd things over the years – but letting this opportunity slip would top the lot Words Mark WaltonPhotography Lotus and john Wycherley Fifty years after it was first launched at the 1975 Paris...
by car | May 30, 2025 | Feature
This car turned more heads than anything else I’ve driven – and it’s a decade-old diesel The VW XL1 is motoring’s Concorde moment – a technically advanced and stunningly designed vehicle that was just too expensive to make sense Words Tim PollardPhotography Rich...
by car | May 30, 2025 | Feature
This car turned more heads than anything else I’ve driven – and it’s a decade-old diesel The VW XL1 is motoring’s Concorde moment – a technically advanced and stunningly designed vehicle that was just too expensive to make sense Words Tim PollardPhotography Rich...
