For some fairly obvious reasons, most people aren’t really thinking about buying a new 300hp sports car on November 26th. The days are short, the nights are long and the temperatures low, just to start. Then there’s Christmas expenditure to think of, and it’s hardly like we’re bursting into spring once the new year is […]

With the world as it is, the confirmation of a more powerful Cupra Leon VZ – plus a touring car-inspired TCR variant – definitely felt like a bit of good news. It came just days before the last Ford Focus was produced, with the Civic Type R fading from memory and the remaining petrol Minis struggling to appeal. Not everyone wants […]

Given how many PH boxes this E63 is ticking – rear-wheel drive mega estate attainable for a lot less than it cost new – you may well have seen this listing already. But just in case you haven’t, this is one very special Mercedes-AMG estate, for a whole host of reasons. Not least the fact […]

So the cat’s out the bag. With John announcing last week that he’d be moving on to pastures new, we’ve only gone and nabbed PistonHeads contributor Sam Sheehan to fill his vacant seat in our stuffy podcast studio. Sam’s been part of the PH family since he joined as a staffer many years ago, during […]

Cars that adhere to a few key criteria seem almost guaranteed modern classic status these days. Once a car is, say, 20 years old, it seems like they only need to look good, drive smartly, boast a great engine or simply be quite rare for value to creep up. Or soar, depending on the badge […]

No new car can escape the blight that is driver assistance. The original intention was laudable – using technology to minimise the chances of crashing – but the integration has been so clumsy in some cases that it’s become a real bugbear. Moreover, as well as acting like the most paranoid of helicopter parents, a […]

In one of the less surprising bits of Budget news announced today (after it was leaked), EVs will be subjected to a mileage tax by the end of the decade. The report from the Office for Budget Responsibility said that: “In 2028-29, the charge will equal £0.03 per mile for battery electric cars and £0.015 per […]

It’s probably fair to say that the current generation of Z4, the G29, has not captured the public’s imagination in quite the same way as previous iterations of BMW’s rear-drive roadster. Certainly not in terms of sales volume, at any rate: in its heyday, typified by the E85 (not to mention its ‘90s predecessor, the […]

Nobody could accuse Land Rover of not throwing everything at the Defender Dakar endeavour. Barely a fortnight has passed in the development programme, or so it has seemed, without a new press release about the car, the drivers, or the team. The D7X-R competition vehicle, and its participation in the 2026 World Rally Raid Championship, is […]

With the mixed reception afforded to the new BMW M5, perhaps the old M8 will receive more attention than it did when new. The F92, after all, boasts all that was so good about the old M5 – 625hp twin-turbo V8, smart xDrive chassis, classy interior – in an even better looking body. Don’t forget […]