Car culture articles

New book by CAR's Stephen Bayley explores automotive accidents that defined a century

See how BMW's 3-series has changed over the years

Five-pot thunder as an S1 replica is put through its paces

Twin-turbo 1451bhp Venom hits its top speed – with the roof off!

1380bhp GT-R smokes its way to an official Guinness world record

Your chance to buy a waterborne Lamborghini Countach: the Z1A

Queen's Bentley Mulsanne pops up in the classifieds, priced from £200k

Clockwork cars, emoji licence plates, stadium sunroofs… it’s that time of year again

A five-point glimpse of the future of luxury performance, Crewe-style

Technological triumph or a wanton irrelevance? You decide

This year a slower car will stress test that teenage maturity

'We’re not in F1 for the tech. The drivers must be the heroes’. Red Bull boss Christian Horner talks exclusively to Tom Clarkson

Haas arrives, Renault returns, 11 will do battle

This year may be Nico Rosberg’s last chance to beat Lewis Hamilton and win the F1 world title. In an exclusive interview he tells CAR how he intends to do it

Approval given for new Lego Caterham model toy series

Mike Robson wanted a storming track car that wouldn’t need constant fettling. And this is it

Usually, corporate loyalty prevents them praising each other’s work. But what do car designers wish they’d drawn?

The new V90 has the heritage of six million preceding Volvo estates behind it…

From hedge-find to hedge-fund: the strange tale of a derelict E-type that's made a bomb

Ford’s hoping the new GT’s nightmarish Daytona debut will only make it stronger

In Canada’s Northern Territory, we ride out on the final pre-launch test of the new 718 Boxster

New rocket-propelled 7-series reminds us of BMW’s frisky Q-car heritage

These days most buyers choose finance on a new car rather than buying it – this is why

Part of CAR's March issue guide to the top leasing deals of 2016

Part of CAR's March issue guide to the top leasing deals of 2016

Put it on expenses: this attractive, high-revving punchy convertible could be yours for less than you'd think

Middle-management wheels, office-boy prices. The neighbours need never know

Part of CAR magazine’s March issue guide to the top car leasing deals of 2016

One's cheaper than your groceries and the other is the last of the non-turbos. Take your pick

Both major on big speed and even bigger silliness. They just do it in different ways

Part of CAR magazine’s March issue guide to the top car leasing deals of 2016

You can lease any car you want these days, so why not? Here's four reasons to stretch to a 911

Fiendishly clever advert manages to make haulage logistics look interesting

A cluster of classic Swedish estates line up ahead of the launch of the all-new Volvo V90

4000 miles, coast to coast, in a Cooper! Gavin Green embarks on a seriously epic drive

Over two million Land Rover Defenders have been sold in 68 years. It's because it is that good