Car review

Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer

Estate version of newly facelifted family car arrives with plug-in hybrid powertrain

Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer
Ford Fiesta generations
Used prices for the Ford Fiesta have risen from an average of £5000 to £7200
Opinion

Matt Prior: Is your old Ford Fiesta suddenly worth a fortune?

In a world where pre-loved icons are worth thousands more than before, Prior offers a word of warning

Matt Prior: Is your old Ford Fiesta suddenly worth a fortune?
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?
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

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