Group tests

The Stelvio Pass hosts a battle of the best sounding soft-top supercars. Alfa 8C Spider, Audi R8 Spyder, Aston Vantage S Roadster and Porsche 911 Carr…

BMW's baby M car, the new 1-series M Coupe, battles tough rivals fron Porsche, Nissan and Audi. Richard Meaden referees on road and track

The greatest turbocharged supercars go head to head: Ferrari F40 and Jaguar XJ220 take on Porsche GT2 RS and Noble M600. Video and review here

The curvy new Peugeot RCZ battles its most talented coupe rivals, the Audi TT and Volkswagen Scirocco

Citroen re-enters the hot hatch class with its 204bhp DS3 Racing. But is it exciting enough to beat Clio 200 Cup, Polo GTI, Corsa VXR and Mini JCW? Re…

The mighty Audi R8 V10 Spyder meets its supercar convertible rivals from Ferrari, Porsche and Jaguar. Full story and 25 hi-res pictures

Citroen makes its first hot hatch in years. We pitch the DS3 turbo against rivals from Renault, Mini and Abarth

Aston Martin's 470bhp, V12-engined, four-seat Rapide is here. We test it back-to-back with its closest supersaloon rivals from Maserati, Bentley and P…

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

The ultimate hot hatch fight: the new Renault Megane 250 takes on Focus RS, Golf GTI and Cupra R

This is the simply breathtaking Isle of Skye, and these are the finest drivers' cars of 2009. Now we've got three days to find out which is the best o…

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…

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…

The 256bhp Mazda 3 MPS is still one of the most potent hatchbacks around, and now its been updated to make it sharper than ever before

First there was the Civic Type-R, then came the enhanced Championship White edition. Now Honda’s hot hatch has been improved once again with the creat…

The Mini is 50. To celebrate, we bring together six of the best, from 1960s Cooper S to 2009 JCW, to find out which possesses the most of that Mini ma…

Miura and Murcielago neatly bookend the story of the supercar. Henry Catchpole drives them in ultimate SV form

They’re pitched as sports saloons that you could happily live with day-in, day-out, but which is the best all-rounder: the new supercharged V6 Audi S4…

Nissan’s GT-R has been described as a baby Veyron, but is it really a match for the mighty Bugatti?

Which is the best hardcore coupe on the road: Audi R8 V10, Aston V12 Vantage, Porsche GT3 or Corvette ZR1?

Think the new Golf GTI and Scirocco TSI are the same car in different clothes? So did we – until we brought them head to head. So which is best?

The £58K price tag of the launch-spec Evora puts it square in the sights of an unlikely but hard to ignore rival: Nissan’s GT-R

Good things can come in small packages, but which supermini will put the biggest smile on your face? We take seven tiddlers to some of our favourite W…

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…

In 370Z form, Nissan’s characterful coupe is now keener and more powerful than ever, but is it enough to worry Porsche’s recently revised and also mor…

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

Iconic Ford Cossie squares up against new-gen Focus RS on the track

How does Lamborghini's mighty Murcielago LP640 compare against Jaguar's classic XJ220 on the track? We find out

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

Can Jaguar’s new XKR Convertible, Porsche’s 911 Carrera S Cabriolet and Aston’s V8 Vantage Roadster satisfy like their coupe brothers? And which is th…

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

Head to head for the outright title of most extreme road car. Will it be the Caterhan Levante or the Caparo T1?

Think the Focus RS is pushing hatchback boundaries with its 300bhp? Think again. These tuned alternatives are much, much hotter

The 500 Abarth has arrived in the UK, and in Esseesse form it packs 158bhp. Is it time for the Mini Cooper S to step aside?

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

The new Focus RS is here at last, but is it a riot to drive, or a right handful? And can it see off Renault’s Mégane R26.R?