Articles by Matt Kimberley
11/01/19
Mercedes-Benz has recently released two new compact cars with four doors and a saloon boot, so does the split branding just add confusion?
11/01/19
Ahead of a future production version of the solid-state battery-equipped PB18, a limited run of 50 cars closely based on the concept will be sold to help recoup costs
11/01/19
Protesters said to be from the ‘yellow vests’ movement have reportedly rendered six in 10 speed cameras inoperative right across France
09/01/19
While Valeo’s new innovation in rear-view tech won’t actually vanish your trailer, it does the next best thing thanks to clever camerawork
09/01/19
A scummy quartet of minors broke into a CarMax showroom and began crashing expensive cars around the site, causing $800,000 worth of damage
07/01/19
In a monumental display of both admirable commitment and atrocious taste, an Indian car customiser has produced the world’s oddest replica supercar
07/01/19
The absolutely gigantic, not-at-all distracting screen in the Byton M-Byte has made it to the production stage, and we’re baffled
04/01/19
We’re always quick to lament signs that the beginning of petrol’s end is upon us, but actually, there are good reasons why 2019 is a brilliant time to love cars
04/01/19
If you have a hankering for a 200bhp+ six-cylinder E46 3-Series, you need a 330i, and prices for project cars start at just £700 – or less
01/01/19
Following super-expensive kits for the Bugatti Chiron and Porsche 911 GT3, a cheaper one has emerged… but you’ll need to use even more imagination than usual
01/01/19
In a bizarre incident at an inlet in Miami, dash-cam video has caught a man deliberately driving a Ferrari into the 30ft-deep water
31/12/18
We stumbled across this render of a Skoda Scala that’s been given the vRS treatment in rendering software, and we rather like it
31/12/18
Subaru has released a statement confirming that the WRX STI S209 will appear at the Detroit show, and it must mean that the S209 is going Stateside
31/12/18
It may not have been officially released yet, but an apparent blunder by the firm’s German marketing wing means we can now see its finished state
31/12/18
Lifelong Chevrolet man Jim Perkins, who was responsible for saving the Corvette from a premature doom at the hands of accountants, has died
27/12/18
The once-utilitarian Defender has made a return to the US for pre-production testing in 2019, followed by its 2020 arrival at an eye-opening price point
27/12/18
A McLaren dealer in Belgium has ordered a trio of specially customised 720Ss to commemorate the McLaren team’s very first grand prix win
27/12/18
In a world where the manual gearbox is dying and the choice of automatic transmission types is growing, there’s just one type we still can’t love
27/12/18
Alongside Taycan and Taycan 4S options there will be a Taycan Turbo, despite it being wholly electrically driven
27/12/18
We may rate the A4 DTM as a slice of something interesting and a more insurance-friendly alternative to an S4, but there are other fast Audis to consider
27/12/18
Volkswagen is well-known for its Transporter-based mid-size camper vans, but now there’s something bigger
27/12/18
In one of Top Gear Magazine’s less orthodox drag races for YouTube, a Renault Twizy electric biffabout goes up against a Mercedes-AMG GT R… sort of
27/12/18
The poster boy for 6x6 vehicles is naturally the Mercedes G63 AMG version featured on Top Gear years ago, but there’s a cheaper and much less precious option…
27/12/18
Buyers of next year’s new Hyundai Santa Fe SUV will be the first to have access to tech that allows them to unlock and start the car with their fingerprint