First Drives

Tested 24.4.18, France On sale Now Price £143,305 Gunnar Güthenke – head of G-Class at Mercedes-Benz, where he’s known internally as Mr G – believes the people who buy this car fall into one of three […]

Tested 1.3.18, Belgium On sale July Price £18,995 Third-generation performance supermini takes a step in a more grown-up direction while hoping to retain its more playful side Remember when hot hatchbacks felt like a break from the […]

France’s revered sports car brand is back and chasing some heavyweight scalps MODEL TESTED: PREMIERE EDITION Price £51,805  •  Power 248bhp  •  Torque 236lb ft  •  0-60mph 4.7sec  •  30-70mph in fourth 6.0sec Fuel economy 28.5mpg  •  […]

Tested 16.4.18, Mallorca On sale Now Price £124,730 Plug-in hybrid sports car sheds its roof and rear seats but gains much elsewhere We’ve waited a long time for the BMW i8 Roadster. It was first previewed as the […]

Tested 10.5.18, Austria On sale June Price £52,000 (EST) Common platform strategy must work out rather well for the Volkswagen Group, but for the Volkswagen brand its positive effect looks less clear. If your potential customer […]

Tested 11.4.18, Spain On sale now Price £17,999 The Japanese driver’s car no longer seems to be the buyer-on-a-budget’s car Pleasant surprises of an affordable nature? Not a common occurrence in this industry, but the Suzuki Swift […]

Tested 10.5.18, Norfolk On sale now Price £85,600 Hethel’s rocket adroitly blends road manners with race pace The six-year journey that ends with this final instalment of the third-generation Lotus Exige is somewhat convoluted. First […]

Tested 4.5.18, USA On sale Early 2019 Price £40,000 (est) Lowest-priced, largest-volume Tesla yet has wooed and wowed the buying public in the US. Should UK buyers join the queue? Elon Musk wants to start a candy […]