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Don’t be a hostage to fortune. Just because you’re delighted your new spaniel puppy has mastered a) sitting on command, b) walking to heel, and c) not lavishly defecating into your high-tops, probably best not to rock up on national radio declaring s

JACK RIX EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DEPUTY EDITOR Ollie Kew HEAD OF CAR TESTING Oliver Marriage ASSOCIATE EDITOR Tom Ford CONSULTANT EDITOR Paul Horrell  EDITOR AT LARGE Jason Barlow US CORRESPONDENT Pat Devereux DIGITAL DIRECTOR Simon Bond BRAND MANAGING EDITO

Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia, streams from 5 January, Lionsgate+ The battle between Lancia and Audi in 1983 gets the Hollywood treatment. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio as Lancia team principal Cesare Fiorio and Daniel Brühl as Audi team boss Ro

Ken Block’s final Electrikhana video has been posthumously released, so stop what you’re doing immediately and spend 10 minutes watching Block drift around Mexico City. A reminder that nobody does it better. This is the new Toyota Land Cruiser. You a

This could be Tesla tweaker Unplugged Performance’s vision of a US donut shop car park in 2030 – its dystopian Cybertruck police car has RoboCop vibes, but the cherry top treatment remains a render for now Toyota’s Urban SUV concept is a preview of t

There’s been a lot of noise lately that EVs, because they’re heavier than ICE cars, wear out their brakes and tyres faster. And tyre and brake pad particulates are like exhaust particulates – very bad for health. But in cities, where the people are b

£32,045 THE RENAULT ARKANA IS FINE. NOT GREAT, not dreadful, just blissfully at ease with its own unnoteworthiness. Given the fun Kuga, popular Qashqai, comfy C4 and sporty Formentor all exist, that’s pretty lame. Renault either hasn’t noticed or doe

Practicality. Not something you normally associate with a bike, but something we’re striving for with our build. What’s the point of building a custom if you can’t use it? So we’ve collaborated with Fastec Racing (CNC and engineering guru) and Malle

Price now: £1,995 Harris says: Can’t bear to take the plunge on a potentially ruinous Rangie? This costs less than the average UK resident spends on holidays in a year. A week on a beach or a seven-seat Swedish SUV? Know which we’d have. Price now: £

The 10-speed auto gearbox doesn’t do the stop-start stuff so smoothly as your average posh SUV… … but the Harman Kardon stereo – standard on higher-spec Amaroks – is an unexpected delight Ford-sourced switchgear is pleasingly chunky, easy to operate

The Buzz is a quality product. The light wood dash is gorgeous, the faux-leather steering wheel and armrests are soft and tactile, the fabrics and metalwork are great, the seats blend comfort and support in exactly the right way. But then you start t

Back in 2010 marketing bosses at Chevy tried to ban employees at the firm’s HQ from calling it… Chevy. First there was a memo, then there was a swear jar in reception with a 25 cent fine. No word on how much the move pulled in (it was meant to be spe

The Corvette Z06 is the clear speed queen in the Chevrolet lineup, with a whopping 195mph vmax. You’d need to find a long enough road, of course – we can think of one in Colorado that might work. It’s not the fastest ever Corvette, that honour goes t

Left his name but little else. Last job was as a mechanic in a Chevy plant Cutthroat businesman invented the multi-brand carmaker. C stands for Crapo The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air in Dr No is technically the first car Bond drives in the movies No relati

When it comes to building its cars, Chevrolet benefits from being part of the General Motors family of carmakers, with various plants making cars in Brazil, Canada, Mexico and Japan and 10 or so locations in the USA. These benefits extend to sharing

This is almost illegible, isn’t it? Louis clearly didn’t have an eye for branding. That’s a lot of letters to fit on a grille… The bowtie appears early on. Some say it was Durant’s tribute to Chevrolet’s home country of Switzerland… Y’know, because o

If you ask someone to think of the quintessential American sports car, there’s a good chance that the Corvette will be on the tip of their tongue. Maybe after the Mustang or Dodge Viper, perhaps the Ford Thunderbird or Shelby Cobra. But certainly abo

You have a home charge point. Don’t you? Well, get one. There’s a grant, so it’ll cost you less than £500. If you don’t have a driveway, to get an overnight or all-day recharge check zapmap.com for posts near home or work that give between 5kW and 7k

Let’s start with a simple one. EV means electric vehicle, as opposed to one powered by petrol, diesel, used chip oil, Chanel No 5 or magic. People in the car industry like to use this one. It stands for battery electric vehicle, as opposed to, say, a