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Suzuki Bandit 600, from road to track

Castle to castle - from the tight turns of Castle Combe to the wide expanse of Castle Donington.

Peace Dividend

Imagine if TE Lawrence - aka Lawrence of Arabia and the owner of seven Brough Superior vintage-era superbikes in his abbreviated lifetime - had actually conceived, designed and personally built his own radical sporting V-twins, rather than leaving George Brough to do it for him. And had earned the funds and the resources to do so as a direct result of a high-level blunder by British Army command, which saw him and his squad cast adrift in the Arabian Desert, stamped as 'Missing in Action'.....

Test fleet: BMW R1250 R SE

Alan leans towards his Teutonic temperament with a lusty big naked Bavarian!

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

The underwhelming DB11 has been given a new lease of life...can the new 'super tourer' DB12 right all of its wrongs?

BACK TO BASICS

Raw, uncompromised, stripped back it's a formula that works for watches too

BIGGER BUZZ

VW's three-row electric bus has arrived, and it promises room for all the family

Fiat targets Jeep with 600 EV

Electric crossover offers family-friendly space and tech-but is not available in grey

ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO

Tweaks to the super-saloon are aimed at boosting its ability to deliver fun on track

Ghost-lusters

While Aston Martin and Bentley make the most of their remaining tanks of petrol, Britain's poshest marque is whispering its way into the plug-in future. Over to our man in California...

'I have fought to bring back the uniqueness to Toyota'

Akio Toyoda transformed Toyota in 13 years as president. John Neville catches up with him at Le Mans to hear how

The only way is Nio

The Chinese EV maker is building its brand by using a wide-reaching, innovative approach that goes far, far beyond cars. James Attwood asks if it will catch on here

Light fantastic

NOBLE M500 PROTOTYPE

Aston's EVS to pack Lucid tech starting with 2025 SUV

New deal with US start-up secures tech for EVs including an SUV, a GT and sports cars

FUEL FOR THOUGHT

Where does the electricity that powers our EVS really come from? Paul Horrell and his trusty Megane Electric sidekick investigate

ROLLS-ROYCE SPECTRE

Elegant all-electric coupé heralds a new era of noiseless motoring from the world's pre-eminent luxury car maker

ASTON MARTIN DB12

New grand tourer replaces the DB11 and packs a 671bhp punch, as Gaydon sets its sights on the Bentley Continental GT and Ferrari Roma

PEUGEOT 508 PSE SW

Revisions bring welcome new infotainment to this characterful, feisty PHEV

Test fleet: Kawasaki Versys 650 GT

This month it's a case of 'two's company' for our Bert (who counts as a crowd all on his own). Will the 'little' Versys version cut it?

Grin and Tear it!

Yamaha's three-cylinder sports tourer middleweight receives an influx of technology for 2023

THREE BIKES ONE ENGINE

Honda's largest parallel-twin engine manages to cater for an incredibly varied trio of platforms, with the Rebel, NT and Africa Twin being just about as diverse as they come. We ride the Japanese firm's cruiser, adventure bike and commuter/tourer models to find out just how one powerplant can be suitable for all three.

Left field adventures

The adventure bike class has never been more popular. As a result, the range of bikes available is broader than ever. But within the large selection of machinery of very different shapes, sizes, specs and performance, sits something more left field

To the Alps and back

Mankind has always had a hankering to head for the hills. No doubt psychologists and historians would be able to give us a decent explanation why this is so. We don't need one, except to know that travel is good

ABSOLUTELY BATURED

Do you find a standard Bentley a bit mass produced? Well, meet the very exclusive (and very purple] new Batur

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Porsche's 75th birthday surprise is an EV successor to the 918 Spyder hypercar. It'll be faster, sure, but more of an event? That's the million dollar question...

HISTORICS HIT SILVERSTONE

There was plenty of action on Silverstone's Grand Prix circuit for the Historic Sports Car Club's International Trophy meeting on 27-28 May

SMALL, BUT PERFECTLY FORMED

The story of how a small-scale toy maker bridged the class divide and brought model cars to the masses, as Matchbox turns 70

RETURNED TO SENDER

Starting life as a coupé, this unique Ferrari went back to meet its makers for a factory-sanctioned roof chop and a hot new V12

THE FIRST SILVER ABROW

In 1932, a rebodied SSKL arrived at Avus and beat all comers. Now Mercedes-Benz Classic has built an exact recreation of this streamlined racing pioneer, and tested it in the wind tunnel for the first time

Coachbuilt Legacy

Meeting the committed few still flying the flag for Harrington, the coachbuilder that created distinctive bodies for buses and made classy coupés out of British roadsters

Excellence at all costs

The Phantom III embodied all that Rolls-Royce had to offer in terms of both luxury and technical sophistication, but it came at a price