Car news

Yes, it’s a monocoque, like an F1 car

Features

Strange fruit: driving the Mini-based Outspan Orange

In its 60 years of existence, the Mini has taken many forms to promote products. We drive the best known – one with true a-peel

3 July 2020

Strange fruit: driving the Mini-based Outspan Orange

2021 BMW M5 CS prototype at Nurburgring - cornering front

New cars

2021 BMW M5: Hardcore Clubsport version caught on video

Lightweight M5 Clubsport, seen lapping the Nurburgring, will feature more aggressive styling than the standard car

3 July 2020

2021 BMW M5: Hardcore Clubsport version caught on video

Business

Coronavirus and the car world: New guidance for driving lessons

Latest updates: Masks and gloves for driving instructors, SMMT issues dire jobs warning, government advisors call for car tax hike

3 July 2020

Coronavirus and the car world: New guidance for driving lessons

Red Bull Ring

Motorsport

F1 2020: everything you need to know as the season restarts

The long-delayed 2020 Formula 1 season is shaping up to be a year like no other, with a host of questions – but expect Lewis Hamilton to continue to set the pace

3 July 2020

F1 2020: everything you need to know as the season restarts

Second-hand picks

Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 3 July

For vintage-looking cars on the cheap, look no further than this week's classifieds

3 July 2020

Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 3 July

KTM Xbow Darkside developments demonstrator - track front

New cars

New UK dealer appointed for KTM X-Bow

Darkside Developments to become exclusive UK agents within a year

3 July 2020

New UK dealer appointed for KTM X-Bow

Cortina d'Ampezzo, at the heart of the Dolomites, hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics

Features

Snowball express: Ford Fiesta ST vs. Cortina d'Ampezzo

When Ford named a car after a Winter Olympics venue, no one pictured an F1 champion driving it down a bobsleigh run. But that's what happened. We revisit the site 55 years on

2 July 2020

Snowball express: Ford Fiesta ST vs. Cortina d'Ampezzo