Don't be fooled by appearances. These two Stuttgart newcomers are remarkably different beneath the skin Chances to compare old- and new-school thinking on an otherwise reasonably even playing field do…

Crewe calls time on GT with 700bhp monster that is also the world's fastest four-seater When someone comes to write the definitive history of Bentley – who knows, perhaps in…

Superfast returns - and how Ferrari reveals its latest fearsome flagship Ferrari has unveiled the most powerful standard production car in its history. The 812 Superfast is a heavily re-engineered…

JJ Lehto is sitting across the table from me, in the elegant surroundings of Fawsley Hall Hotel near Silverstone, piercing blue eyes growing wider by the moment as he describes…

Blyton Park is by no means the most beautiful track in the UK and, tucked away in a remote part of Lincolnshire, nor is it the easiest to access. But…

Still brutally quick, but a thorough revamp has softened its manner Years after it first appeared and with no sign of a successor, Nissan’s once groundbreaking GT-R has been given a…

New engine adds serious urge to related but very different cars However they might appear in the flesh, the biggest difference on paper between the Audi SQ7 and Bentley Bentayga…

Sharpened in every area, and gunning for Porsche A dozen years ago AMG was a pretty straightforward kind of in-house tuning company. It took bits designed elsewhere in the Mercedes-Benz…

Audi tops Detroit exhibits New design language revealed at a shrinking show  Those filing out of the Cobo Hall on the evening of the Detroit motor show’s first press day…

Estate cars were once the Swedish firm's forte, but is that still the case? Last month I put the new Mercedes-Benz E-class estate through its paces on this page, and…

Drop-tops often have drawbacks, but here's an exception I used to giggle at people who drove convertible mid-engined Ferraris, figuring no one who bought one ever did so other than to…

Bad news for rivals: the bar has just been raised for very hot hatches Those who read these pages a couple of months back may remember me extolling the virtues of the…