Mercedes-Benz A-Class - front
Merc is scaling back after expanding hugely through small cars
Opinion

Matt Prior: Car makers should prioritise profit not volume

Mercedes is making the right moves in trimming its whopping 36 model lines. It's just a shame that the cost is the manual gearbox

Matt Prior: Car makers should prioritise profit not volume
Whizzo Williams
Whizzo Williams never much fancied racing retirement
Opinion

Matt Prior: How soon is too soon to call it a day in motor racing?

Hang up your helmet after one F1 title if you like, but our man prefers indomitables like Whizzo Williams

Matt Prior: How soon is too soon to call it a day in motor racing?
Opinion

Matt Prior: Why executive AMGs go the distance

Yes, they can cut it on the track, but cutting miles is their real strength

Matt Prior: Why executive AMGs go the distance
Belgium motorway
You won’t get your kicks on Route E40
Opinion

Matt Prior: Why Belgium is the worst driving country in Europe

Well, except for England, as our man explains after a cross-continental excursion

Matt Prior: Why Belgium is the worst driving country in Europe
Jaguar F-Type - front
F-Type rolls swift and true with lashings of style
News

Jaguar E-Type at 60: return to the Jabbeke Highway

We take an F-Type to the Belgian motorway where Jaguar made its name as a sports car maker to consider its past and future

Jaguar E-Type at 60: return to the Jabbeke Highway
Opinion

Matt Prior: No Nissan Z Proto is one way to encourage EV adoption

370Z successor won't be coming to Europe because of fleet CO2 averages. If you want one, you'd better buy a Leaf

Matt Prior: No Nissan Z Proto is one way to encourage EV adoption
Audi E-tron Sportback
E-tron Sportback: quiet, comfy, fast, obese and pricey
Opinion

Matt Prior: Why heavy cars aren't worth their weight

Audi's E-tron Sportback drives well enough, but our man would rather have been steering something smaller and more spry

Matt Prior: Why heavy cars aren't worth their weight
Lake district
Wordsworth would have still been inspired even if he saw a few cars, surely? Credit: Sagesolar
Opinion

Matt Prior: 4x4 law and order in the Lake District

Debates about green lanes raise wider problems about the relationship between drivers and walkers

Matt Prior: 4x4 law and order in the Lake District
Aston Martin James Bond editions
007 Edition Aston duo celebrate new film No Time To Die
Opinion

Matt Prior: Why it's time for Aston's James Bond spin-offs to die

No normal adult can order a vodka martini without feeling like an impossible wazzock

Matt Prior: Why it's time for Aston's James Bond spin-offs to die
Jeep Wrangler
Being adventurous is exciting whether your Wrangler is old or new
Opinion

Matt Prior: What makes some old cars better than others?

A previous-generation Wrangler is still a hoot to hoon, as is an old Lotus Elise

Matt Prior: What makes some old cars better than others?

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