Matt Kimberley

The MacPherson strut is the most common type of front suspension on modern cars, but what exactly is it, and why does almost everyone use it?

With the Munich brand having decided to stop using the letter ‘i’ as a suffix on its petrol-powered cars as it repurposes it wholesale for its electric cars, we’re left with question marks over the brand’s identity

With reports circulating that The Grand Tour might reboot with new presenters, we think it'll be better consigned to history books

This year has been a pretty good one for some areas of the car industry, and a bit of a nightmare for others...

No new Ferrari reveal would be truly complete without a neon-bright collection of big numbers, and this new ultra-exclusive, hyper-fast beast is here to light up your weekend

If lame wordplay, weird ideology, nonsensical waffle, blatant untruths and eco-sensible apologism sells cars, Stallantis is in for a bumper year...

A week spent in the remarkably accomplished hybrid 508 has got our man making some fairly bold statements, but there’s still one frustrating niggle

With a gaping maw, a ground-hugging aesthetic and a retro sci-fi vibe, the MG Cyberster is a world away from the brand’s value-focused biffabouts

Just 10 years since the original electric SLS was revealed to the world, we can look back and see just how far we’ve come since then – and how far we might go in the decade to come

To prove the reliability and strength of the new GT3’s engine, Porsche put it on the circular Nardo test track and racked up 5000km at a constant 186mph, with stops only for fuel

Our old friend depreciation is helping out again, with a very tidy AMG GT S spotted for less cash than a new Cayman GTS, and complete with thunderous 4.0-litre V8

Aside from being thoroughly spectacular to look at, this right-hand drive tuning house special is a super-rare way to get your wildly excessive ‘80s kicks

Just over two decades ago Nissan was in deep trouble, but its American division secretly put together a Z-badged concept that signalled they weren’t done yet

By moving gear selection to a tiny and obscure position on the control screen and placing neutral in a sub-menu next to the glove box opener, Tesla has plumbed new depths of weird

The WRC-spec Yaris may have been canned a long time ago, but the feisty little GR version will see action after all courtesy of the Australian Rally Championship

High-performance electric motorbikes are creeping closer thanks to a new lightweight battery developed by Williams Advanced Engineering

With Mitsubishi's ignoble exit from the UK back in the news this week via the sale of its British heritage fleet, it’s a good time to look at how it went so wrong

An unbreakable law of physics is that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, and when it comes to Lancias, for every legend there's a truly woeful stain on the family album

The Chinese do like legroom in a car, and with a number of models already sold to them with more rear space than the rest of us get, Skoda has joined in with a lengthened Octavia

In the 1990s Mazda watched a golden era of WRC with envious eyes, seeing the sales it was generating for Mitsubishi and Subaru. So it began plotting to gatecrash the party…

When the futuristic BMW i8 emerged after what seemed like the longest gestation in automotive history, it was a six-figure sports car fantasy, but now even low-milers can be yours for hot hatch prices

The 2020s heated up this week with reveals of two polar-opposite supercars, one nudging the combustion era to new heights and the other taking a bold step towards an electrified future. Incredibly, for all their differences, they’re still rivals

In a wild race, a big chunk of the pack was taken out during the early nose-to-tail chasing while the first- and second-running cars were nudged out on the last lap, starting a chain reaction that saw several cars burst into flames

Jaguar will ‘reimagine’ itself as an all-electric luxury brand from 2025, with Land Rover following and potential for hydrogen fuel cell power