Used cars

Used car buying guide: Audi A2

It was a cutting-edge, futuristic vision in 2000 and the world’s only just caught up, but you can buy an A2 from as little as £300

20 May 2019
Used car buying guide: Audi A2
Electronic power steering
This state-of-the-art electric power steering system from ZF has the electric motor on the front driving a wheel on the internal rack via a belt. The wheel and rack work like a nut and a bolt, so as the wheel spins, the rack moves.
Technology

Under the skin: How EPAS is steering electric assistance to a better future

Electric power-assisted steering systems have become the norm for almost all new cars, and are much improved from their initial versions

20 May 2019
Under the skin: How EPAS is steering electric assistance to a better future
New cars

BMW lines up all-electric future for next-generation i8

BMW will decide this year if its new flagship sports car will be electric only or hybrid

20 May 2019
BMW lines up all-electric future for next-generation i8
Slideshow

Japan's most unusual car designs

These quirky cars shattered the status quo, and moved the look of Japanese car design on, one way or another

19 May 2019
Japan's most unusual car designs
BTCC Thruxton Jordan
Jordan led home Turkington in race two
Motorsport

BTCC 2019: Jordan continues BMW's strong form

BMW 3 Series driver bounces back from Donington Park accident with double victory at Thruxton

19 May 2019
BTCC 2019: Jordan continues BMW's strong form
Slideshow

Power league: The 1000 horsepower club

Cars that featured engines with 1000 horsepower or more used to be extremely rare and extremely expensive. Today, a new breed of machines is filling the ranks - and many are powered by electricity

19 May 2019
Power league: The 1000 horsepower club
Citroen C1 racing at Silverstone
C1 event was by far the biggest motor race ever held in Britain
Features

Autocar drives Britain's 'biggest, best and most bonkers race'

Take (almost) 100 identical Citroën C1 city cars and race all day and all of the night. We joined in

19 May 2019
Autocar drives Britain's 'biggest, best and most bonkers race'
Slideshow

British team sets new sand land speed record

British racing team Madmax broke a new British sand speed record on Saturday, achieving over 210mph in a modified Porsche 911 Turbo S

19 May 2019
British team sets new sand land speed record
Volvo V60 braking tests
V60 simulates undertaking the ‘fake’ Fiesta on the motorway but the Fiesta moves into the lane at the last moment and the AEB-equipped V60, like many AEB cars, fails to avoid it
Features

Are semi-autonomous systems making cars safer?

Assisted driving tech should boost road safety, but it can actually make things worse if it isn’t tuned properly

18 May 2019
Are semi-autonomous systems making cars safer?
Features

The best budget British bangers to buy before Brexit

We might be a bit poorer after leaving the EU, according to some experts. So celebrate or dull the pain of Brexit with our best-of-British bargains

18 May 2019
The best budget British bangers to buy before Brexit

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