This car is basically Alexa with windscreen wipers
Who’s really in charge in the Mercedes CLE 450 Premier Edition – me, or the car’s tetchy virtual assistant?
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Hang on — is this Volvo SUV the perfect family car?
I spent a long time trying to find anything annoying or substandard about the latest incarnation of Volvo’s seven-seater XC90, but I just couldn’t. Apart from the relentless bonging, obviously.
This is an old-fashioned, dangerous car
If you get a corner wrong you’ll be going through the pearly gates at 300km/h with your trousers on fire.
There is a future for the combustion engine
If you want to save fuel and make fewer carbon dioxides, you shouldn’t dispense with petrol-powered vehicles. You should develop them. Hone them. That’s exactly what Mazda has done.
This is a bit unhinged, as sports cars should be
Anyone with even a tiny bit of testosterone in their underpants would want to drive this jacked-up, armour-plated Porsche 911 across the Sahara. So what’s stopping you?
Fuel for our first podcast: Modern cars to push old men’s buttons
These hybrids by Mazda and Honda are practical, inoffensive and blessed with all the things that matter these days. But I just can’t make sense of them.
The problem with French cars
I’ve always had a soft spot for the French car mainly because they are always so idiotic. But if you’re thinking of buying Citroen’s DS 9, don’t. It’s nowhere near idiotic enough.
What a ride: I can’t seem to get out of McLaren’s last V8 supercar
Talk about going out with a bang. McLaren’s final V8 is a 331km/h heartstarter that makes a hell of a lot of noise but … where’s the door handle?
Is this BMW the Taylor Swift of cars?
I admit that BMW’s X5 xDrive50e M Sport is technically brilliant. But like many modern cars, it leaves me cold.
I climbed aboard this Porsche and nearly had a heart attack
Why are modern cars always in a flap about something? I started up this Porsche Cayenne S and was instantly met with a barrage of bongs, beeps and flashing warning lights.
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