Motoring features

What colour cars you bought in 2024

Ford has taken a debut podium in an incredibly close-fought Dakar Rally, while Yazeed Al-Rajhi wins.

Formula E 2024-2025: how the new rules will transform the racing

CAR revisits the modern classic hot hatches that became icons

Your 2025 Dakar preview from a Dacia point of view

A selection of our best four-wheeled photography of the year

Fitness is crucial to a racing driver's performance, but how fit do you need to be when starting out? We investigate.

Thought 2024 was good? Next year is shaping up even better

Think there’s no such thing as a bad car these days? Our team has other ideas

Somewhere between American Graffiti and ZZ Top, the UK version of US hot rod culture is still full of creativity, passion… and a faint smell of Blu Tack

Despite being introduced in 1987, the Tamiya Lunch Box is still hugely recommendable.

Find out what it's like to drive the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid up the famous Goodwood hillclimb

How to clean your car, with insight from Richard Tipper

BMW and Electronic Arts recreate a Need for Speed icon

We vox pop the office on the radical new Jag Type 00

The ex-F1 boss spent over half a century accumulating arguably the most important racing car collection in the world.

We drive Tamiya's latest two-wheel drive touring car, the BT-01 Porsche 911 RSR 2.8.

Join us on a US road trip to compare the new 2024 Land Cruiser with its FJ40 namesake

Mark Walton meets a childhood hero: a red, rorty Ferrari 308 GTS from American TV folklore

There are many routes through motorsport; Porsche provides one that can be a huge career springboard. CAR Magazine meets some of the drivers on the Porsche pyramid.

The car that shaped today’s automotive world is 50 years old. But it very nearly didn’t happen

We test out the Piqo to see if the new dashcam designed for young people is any good.

Bulgin on the simple charms of the cheap rental car, and the finest example of the breed

The five essential steps to getting your car ready for sale, and hopefully bag you some more money

Why the Porsche Carrera Cup GB has risen to the top of British motorsport

Car designers have expanded into fashion and furniture design for years, with some seeing it as a benefit to their automotive work

A trip down memory lane: recalling our connections to the original Renault 5

We get our hands on the new open world racing game from one of the world’s oldest automotive franchises

A fascinating classic Citroen auction is being held later in September. We sift through the 100-plus lots to find the highlights.

With a little help from Andreas Mindt – VW's enthusiastic head of design

It will be available to all PS4 and PS5 players by the end of the year as part of PlayStation's 30th anniversary.

From gold Bond cars to new Lamborghinis and historic racers, Scalextric's new releases have got us yearning to dust off our old sets.

A 320hp, open-top TVR-powered Mini could become a Hot Wheels toy.

60 years on from the original, Ford has a new Mustang – all the excuse we need to gather the Blue Oval’s icons, from Fiesta to GT40