Matt Kimberley

Barring anything totally unexpected in the last week of the year we’ve seen everything 2019 has to offer, and there are good reasons why it’s been a strong one

In a relatively small but extremely expensive accident, a transporter trailer has jackknifed and tipped over while travelling down a US interstate

Using next-generation ultracapacitors in tandem with conventional lithium-ion cells, the NAWA Racer concept can harvest and re-use 80 per cent of lost energy through braking

The makers of Citroens and Peugeots, fresh from buying Opel and Vauxhall from General Motors, have agreed to merge with Fiat Chrysler

Specialist Land Rover tuning and race-preparation outfit Bowler has been snapped up by Land Rover itself, integrating into the SVO division

Honda’s parts department has come up with a programme to give the S2000 a new lease of life, potentially testing customer demand for a new model – or so we hope

Porsche has dropped, boosted and otherwise enhanced the Macan GTS, making it the most driver-focused of the brand’s small SUVs

SUV sales growth, particularly among the mainstream brands, is as a whole slowing to a stop, and other factors could combine to push car makers to start thinking about estates again

As if the V8 TDI in the latest Volkswagen Touareg wan’t powerful enough, ABT has cranked it up to 11 with new peaks for power and torque, and there’s even a warranty

Oh dear. Although Top Gear presenter Chris Harris doesn’t think the Tesla Cybertruck looks too bad, he thinks it’s “a bit of a p*ss-take…”

One of Germany’s most handsome cars of the last decade used to have a glorious high-revving 4.2-litre V8, and you could own one for the price of a modern supermini

Mercedes-Benz has revealed the newest and smallest member of its now-compulsory SUV family, and while it’s not as handsome as the GLB, it’s still packed with advanced features

It’s just what every growing petrolhead wants for Christmas: extra driving modes on the fastest Audi 5, for more customisation and activation at the touch of a button

It only seems like last week that Holden took its last production presence out of Australia, but now it’s going one step further and ditching conventional cars altogether

The old British off-road hound has learned a few new tricks with a soft-top conversion and a 6.2-litre V8

It's got very little to do with running costs: the removal of the V6 from the F-Type range has subtly but significantly changed the F-Type's image

Don’t ask why; just admire the neat work that has gone into this mid-engined shooting brake based on an early Porsche Boxster

Although the authenticity of the leak isn’t guaranteed, a whole heap of new cars could be coming to screens very near you

Bugatti’s ‘La Voiture Noire’ one-off from early 2019 created so much interest that the French firm has decided to build 20 ‘inspired by’ cars based more closely on the Chiron

It seems like everyone either likes to hate on the Volkswagen Golf GTI, or is weirdly apologetic for owning one in the face of more exotic rivals. Here’s why it’s still the king of the hot hatch hill

Most famously associated with running Subarus and Fords in top-level rally competition, Prodrive has launched a formal programme to restore its past glories

The pope has been gifted a specially adapted Dacia Duster 4x4 for official duties, blessed with an expanded sunroof and glass display case for His Holiness

Serial fastest pit-stop record-setters Red Bull Racing have taken it to the next level by performing a tyre-change pit-stop in zero gravity