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Welcome to the club

BMW's M 1000 R is its most powerful naked bike to date, joining the 200bhp club with aerodynamic wings, just to keep it on the ground

Rare bit of Wales with Nick Sanders

Wales offers some fantastic riding even if you just turn up and tell the sat-nav to show you the way, but for a properly unforgettable experience local knowledge is key. We sampled the hidden backroads with the record-breaking round the-world rider and a local expert Nick Sanders

Vosges on the way

I didn't mean to ride to Vosges. Although I didn't end up there by mistake either. Either way, I'm glad I did, because my short visit to the area confirmed my suspicions that much good riding hides in this unassuming provincial region of France...

Top of the world

Maja led a tour to Nordkapp and back. Five thousand miles in three weeks. And she reckons it was worth it. Here's why...

Suzuki Bandit 600, from road to track

Paperwork and bike prep are supposed to be easy, even if they are time-consuming. And time is running out...

THE FUTURE IS IN PRINT

A British firm's cutting-edge 3D-printing technology promises to make car parts cheaper, lighter, stronger, less wasteful and more customisable. Piers Ward learns how

VOLVO V60 CROSS COUNTRY

Time to revisit one of the last cars standing in the jacked-up estate class

Vauxhall Astra GSE Sports Tourer

FIRST DRIVE Load-lugging plug-in hybrid mixes performance and practicality, but there are some flaws

Dacia Duster VS the desert

Sean Carson

Mercedes C 300 d

FIRST DRIVE Executive estate proves that there's life in diesel yet

USED CAR STARS

Delays for new cars mean used demand is up. Here are our top picks in eight brackets

More power and tech for Suzuki Swace estate

Badge-engineered estate follows Corolla's lead with a range of updates

New 5 leads the charge for Omoda in the UK

Qashqai rival is Omoda's first UK car | Full range to come from Chinese brand

Bentley Flying Spur S Hybrid

FIRST DRIVE How well does hybrid limo blend efficiency and luxury? We drive it in the UK to find out

Dynamic duo of new BMW M SUVs swoops in

New X5 M and X6 M Competition SUV's revealed | First M division models to feature 48-volt mild-hybrid technology

Vauxhall Insignia to return as crossover

Next-generation all-electric family model to make a clean break from tradition

SUNNY DELIGHT

Mercedes has let AMG loose on the latest SL. We put it to the test against BMW's M850i Convertible

Toyota Corolla Commercial

FINAL REPORT Car-based van has been great, except for a couple of actual blind spots

Toyota Yaris GR Sport

FIRST DRIVE Warm hatch gets sporty styling, but same powertrain as lesser models

Vauxhall Astra

FINAL REPORT Hatch signals its departure from our fleet

Kia Niro

FINAL REPORT Our hybrid had more than its fair share of problems, but there was much to like, too

INVESTIGATION: Does looming 'austerity' budget signal crunch time for UK roads?

Drivers face yet more doom and gloom as signs point to the forthcoming budget leading to big cuts in road-buliding plans

Bigster begins Dacia expansion

Large SUV will bring new buyers to value brand and precede two more new models

Roll-out of H₂ network starts

New UK hydrogen supplier plans to provide a refuelling station every 100 miles

THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE

Which elements of different M cars through the ages would you combine to create the greatest one there's never been? Matt Prior and James Disdale have their say

VOLVO XC40 B3

Facelift for compact SUV gives us an opportunity to assess the unsung base variant

AC SCHNITZER ACS2 401

German tuning experts airn tomake the BMW M240iless tourer, more sportster

FIRST AMONG SEQUELS

Many companies restore and electrify classic cars, but at Lunaz the thinking goes deeper, discovers James Disdale

CUPRA FORMENTOR

Sporty, different, well equipped and still with a shiny lustre of newness, this SUV will turn heads. Oliver Young is your guide

APEX PREDATOR

Honda has honed every last detail to make the new Civic Type R the hot hatch to end them all. Maybe literally, in an ICE sense. Richard Lane pits it against three key rivals