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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

Does the best mid-engined coupe still come from Germany? To find out we pitch Porsche’s Cayman S against two British-built rivals – the new Lotus Evor…

Aston Martin's 600bhp brutish missile meets the traction control-civilised 661bhp of Mercedes' SL65 AMG Black

Economy's improving on the Jaguar XF SV8 and it still does everything with effortless charm

Whisper-quiet electric Tesla or petrol-powered traditional Lotus Elise? We find out which is fastest

Our Jaguar XF SV8 does everything well, but an XFR will probably do everything better!

John Barker enters a 4hr race at the Nürburgring. It’s his first ever race there – and it ends rather abruptly

This is the moment of truth for Jaguar’s XFR as it meets BMW’s own 500bhp supersaloon. John Barker takes notes

The most popular Superlight is back, and it’s faster than ever

New-year diet makes Lotus Exige more hardcore than ever before

Audi now offers its R8 with a 518bhp 5.2-litre V10 engine, but does it turn this desirable coupe into a true supercar?

Not much to report. Our Jaguar XF is still purring contentedly

Our Jaguar XF SV8 is easy to live with and continues to impress

Many desirable cars are suddenly looking temptingly affordable, and some of them look set to become classics. Here's where we'd put our money