We tested three 'cheaps from the old Bloc' in November 1990… We go back to the 1990s and re-discover which budget Soviet brand was the best Europe was changing. We'd experienced the revolutionary Autumn of Nations in 1989, which began in Poland and soon spread like wildfire behind the Iron

Self-driving vehicles may be some way off. But they could offer cost-effective solutions Nissan has now finished testing autonomous cars on UK roads, as its EvolvAD project has come to a close – the last part of an eight-year scheme. This bit was to see whether a self-driving Nissan Leaf could operate outside of

160bhp for the EV, 181bhp for the ICE. Former around half a second quicker to 60mph. Similar in size, money and ethos. Yet wildly different in application Electric NA or all the bells-and-whistles ND: on which MX-5 would my £35,000 (ish) go? Honestly, it’s the new one. But it’s closer than

The 'Ratarossa' was bought from California for just £16,000 Yes, you can buy a flat-12, gaited-manual Ferrari for less than £20,000. Should you? That's a different story... Fortunately, the interior handle and door card on the driver’s side of Scott Chivers’ left-hook Testarossa spider is secure. Pull the handle on

Cosworth's engines dominated F1 in the 60s and 70s – but it also made its own unconventional race car Cosworth became famous the world over in the late 1960s as its Ford-funded ‘DFV’ V8 engine totally dominated Formula 1 – something it would continue to do throughout the 1970s. In fact, its

Joint venture announces new hybrid powertrain that fits into the same space as a traditional EV motor Horse, the engine-making joint venture of Geely and the Renault Group, has revealed a hybrid powertrain designed to be retrofitted into electric cars. It contains the internal combustion engine, electric motor, gearbox and related electronics in

Latest version of hardcore 911 dips under the seven-minute mark to outpace the V10-engined Dodge Viper ACR The Porsche 911 GT3 is now the fastest manual car to lap the Nürburgring, beating the previous record-holder by nearly 10 seconds. Porsche has sent the recently updated '992.2' around the Nordschleife – with ambassador