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• Why the Focus RS isn’t four-wheel drive
  If they are to be believed (and usually they are) Ford’s engineers have come up with an awfully...
• Scandal at VW
  The more you learn about the VW scandal (which involves everything from bribes and prostitutes to bogus...
• The end of the world isn't nigh
  Sometimes, amid the doom and gloom of our melting ice caps, doom-laden tabloid headlines and the malaise...
• Just another extraordinary day in the life of an Autocar road-tester
  Right now I am sitting in the back of a big black Audi A8, being chauffeur driven from Gatwick airport...
• Veyron vs Ronaldo: brilliant YouTube viewing
  You’ve got to love YouTube, especially if you’re a car nut. My favourite clip of the moment is a viral...
• Does this mean we're going to have to start calling him Chris?
  Bear with me for a moment, because I'm going to write (only fleetingly) about cricket. In the aftermath...
• Reasons to be cheerful for 2008: two stellar new cars from Renault
  There are bundles of reasons why I’m looking forward to 2008. Watching to see what happens when Fernando...
• Jenson Button: what a top bloke
  Having not met any of F1’s current superstars previously, I bumped into Jenson Button last week for a...
• Mercedes C63 AMG: not-so-comfortably better than a BMW M3
  If the Mercedes C63 AMG, road tested this week, isn’t a better car than the new BMW M3 then I’ll eat...
• Nissan GT-R: cheap at twice the price
  Went to Japan to drive the Nissan GTR last week, and you can read more about how good the car is in the...