SUITED & BOOTED

With Audi, BMW and Mercedes losing their lustre in the compact sports saloon market, Alfa and Jaguar are vying for top honours. We pit Giulia Veloce against XE P300

LITTLE REMIXED

The limited-edition Cooper S '75' combines the best of old and new in the ultimate road and trackday Mini package

KAMM AS YOU ARE

The flat-four Porsche 912 was once seen as the 911's poor relation. Budapest-based firm Kamm aims to unlock its ultimate potential

STING LIKE A B

The P25 is Prodrive's dazzling tribute to the iconic Subaru Impreza 22B STI. But can it possibly justify its eye-watering £552,000 price tag? There's only one way to find out

YELLOW FEVER

You'd expect gorgeous lines from Pininfarina; you might not expect 1874bhp and acceleration to make you nauseous. We drive the dizzying Pininfarina Battista

Phil McGovern Caffeine & Machine founder

From tuning Beetles to creating a must-visit automotive destination, Phil McGovern talks about where his love of cars has taken him

A gas-guzzling future?

BMW is forging ahead with trials of its hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric iX5. We try it on the road - and also assess Toyota's new hydrogen-fuelled racing concept

Mercedes-AMG A45 S

Our favourite four-wheel-drive hyperhatch receives a mid-life update and continues to keep the RS3 at bay

BMW Alpina B5 GT

With a 205mph top speed and M5 CS-rivalling outputs, this limited-edition, V8-powered 5-series is Alpina's fastest and most powerful model ever

Audi RS7 Sportback Performance

'Performance' update brings a sharper chassis plus more power and noise to create the best RS7 yet

Bentley Batur

The W12 engine bows out with 740bhp in the nose of this ultra-exclusive, endlessly customisable, £2 million (and up) coachbuilt coupe

Lotus Emira i4

This AMG-powered four-cylinder Emira is the last new ICE car Lotus will launch, so is it a fitting farewell?

RICHARD MEADEN

Meaden recalls some hair-raising drives on international press launches

David Twohig Automotive engineer

The Alpine A110’s lead engineer talks about the wide-ranging projects he’s been instrumental on and the cars he’s chosen for himself

Caterham's electric dream

Caterham has revealed an all-new, battery-electric coupe that will weigh less than 1200kg and go on sale by 2026. We were there to witness its birth

MG4 Trophy

MG is taking on the establishment with this affordable EV hatchback and it might just be the best of its kind

Bowler Defender

Exactly how much fun can you have in a 296bhp Land Rover? If it's been fettled by Bowler, rather a lot

BMW M3 CS

The CS badge has rapidly become the mark of the very best cars that BMW makes. Now the G80 M3 is available with those expectationbuilding letters and it's another M division masterpiece

BEST BUYS SPORTS COUPES

THEY WERE ONCE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE PERFORMANCE car world, with new models featuring regularly in the pages of the very magazine you're reading

FORD MK1 FOCUS RS

We've had our ups and downs over the years, but two decades after its launch, the Mk1 Focus RS finally achieves solid gold evo icon status. Or does it?

WIDE OPEN PACE

How much does Aston Martin's new D12 move the game on from its DBII predecessor? We're about to find out as we put its 'super tourer' claim to the test on a challenging drive from Monaco to the top of France's highest road

WIN ONE SUNDAY....

Ferrari has applied its motorsport hybrid know-how to its road-going hybrid hypercar to create the new 1016bhp SF90 XX

THE WINNING HORSE

Ferrari last entered Le Mans' top class as an official factory team in 1973. Its return went rather well evo was a fly on the (pit) wall

TESTING TIMES

They've squared up on the road; now A110 R, GT4 and M2 head to Anglesey for timed laps. Place your bets

HIPER REALITY

Ariel's first-ever EV, a 1200bhp projectile codenamed Hipercar, is shaping up to be a car like no other. We drive the prototype

TEST MATCH

Alpine's new A110 R and BMW's latest M2 have arrived at the crease and are ready to face their toughest opponent: Porsche's Cayman GT4

JETHRO BOVINGDON

Jethro considers if a consistently underperforming Ferrari should quit F1

RICHARD PORTER

In a parallel universe, one particularly shrewd brand partnership reigns supreme

RICHARD MEADEN

They’re all the rage, but Cars Coffee meets aren’t Meaden’s cup of tea

Romain Grosjean - Racing driver

From an F1 fireball to the heat of Florida, with development of a road-going hypercar along the way, the Swiss-French racer discusses where his career at the wheel has taken him so far