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John Barker's new long termer - a matt grey BMW M3 coupe in new Competition spec. What's it like?

The Mercedes SLS AMG impressed in isolation, but how does it stack up against Aston V12 Vantage, Bristol Fighter, Audi R8 V10, Ferrari 599 and new Por…

We’re big fans of Nissan’s 370Z, but is the new Roadster version still a satisfying drive? Here it meets rivals from Audi and BMW

In the course of an epic Welsh road trip, the new, more powerful and more focused Porsche 911 Turbo takes on the Audi R8 V10 and its arch nemesis, the…

The weather conspired against a new Bedford track time, but the car feels sharper than the 20bhp increase suggests, so expect a fast lap when it's fin…

With 493bhp, the Turbo is the ultimate version of Porsche’s new Panamera. It’s astonishingly quick, too, but does it involve the driver like the Maser…

Half-car, half-bike, the £50,000 Peraves MonoTracer is the answer to a question you didn’t ask. But we thought it might just be on to something – unti…

SEAT’s new Ibiza Cupra has the Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup square in its sights. Can our current hot hatch favourite defend its position? Time to find o…

A ferociously kettling V8 Capri at the filling station makes classic restoration projects like this seem all the more worthwhile

We've improved the feel of the car on road and track but not the lap time

Time for us and our Jaguar XF SV8 to part company, and we already miss it...

Uprated spring rates and a lower ride height have noticeably improved our 135i's handling

Original wheels are fine, but would some BMW Performance items be even better on our 135i?

Master plan is to transform our BMW 135i into a sharp trackday tool capable of rivalling the M3's Bedford lap time

Want to test drive and engineer performance cars for a living? Loris Bicocchi's school will teach you how

A comfy way to travel but the XF's satnav sometimes talks with a forked tongue...

The build-up is over. John Barker faces the Nürburgring 24 Hours, arguably the world's toughest motor race