Smart #1 premium front three quarter
The Smart #1 Prior drove already had equipment fitted, but a payment had to be made to activate it
Opinion

Matt Prior: a hatred of subscription-enabled features

Over-the-air updates and subscription services may not be a new idea, but it's one that gets Prior's goat

Matt Prior: a hatred of subscription-enabled features
Hyundai Santa Fe 2023 front
New Santa Fe has a less rounded, more rugged stance than Hyundai’s previous 4x4s and SUVs
News

Exclusive: Why Hyundai Santa Fe takes a design "risk"

Company's design head SangYup Lee guides us around the outside of the new seven-seat SUV

Exclusive: Why Hyundai Santa Fe takes a design "risk"
Lotus Elise front three quarter
Innovative construction has kept this Series 1 Elise undiminished
Opinion

Matt Prior: Falling in love with the Lotus Elise S1

Prior gets to know an icon and quickly learns why the plucky, 59,000-mile Brit is a keeper

Matt Prior: Falling in love with the Lotus Elise S1
Opinion

Matt Prior: Ineos deserves admiration for the Grenadier

Few firms would put up the resources and the nerve to build a car like the Grenadier, Prior thinks

Matt Prior: Ineos deserves admiration for the Grenadier
empty road lead
Advertising roads so everyone flocks to them is, in Prior's mind, a bad idea
Opinion

Matt Prior: In defence of the Festival of Speed

Prior reflects on public disgust for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and how lonely roads are often the best

Matt Prior: In defence of the Festival of Speed
Morgan Super 3 USA Media 13 scaled
Morgan announced that its three-wheeled vehicle is to make a return to sale in the US
Opinion

Matt Prior: Morgan back in the states, and protecting working SUVs

In this week's column, Prior admires volume manufacturers that stick to their roots, and sticks up for big cars

Matt Prior: Morgan back in the states, and protecting working SUVs
News

Electric Caterham Seven: 322bhp track car weighs just 700kg

Two prototypes of reinvented icon shown at Goodwood preview production car being primed

Electric Caterham Seven: 322bhp track car weighs just 700kg
hyunda ioniq 5 n review front tracking
Ioniq 5 N's rev counter runs to an arbitrary 8000rpm
News

Matt Prior: Should electric sports cars have engine notes?

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N simulates engine revs and gearchanges in 'Ignition' mode

Matt Prior: Should electric sports cars have engine notes?
Car review

Bentley Batur

Bentley looks to continue its success with another ultra-exclusive Mulliner Coachbuilt car

Bentley Batur
Coryton biofuels
Coryton's new Sustain Classic range blends petrol and biofuel made from agricultural waste
News

UK firm launches plant-based biofuel for classic cars

Coryton says new biofuels are suitable for any petrol vehicle but low bioethanol content makes them perfect for oldies

UK firm launches plant-based biofuel for classic cars
First Drive

Renault Austral 2023 UK first drive

Unusually motivated new family SUV gets more sophisticated chassis in its top form

Renault Austral 2023 UK first drive

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