Articles by Matt Kimberley

Alfa Romeo's High US Giulia Quadrifoglio Pricing Makes The BMW M4 Look Cheap
Not a company known for its shy and retiring ways, Alfa has once again proved that no damns are given by pricing its new Giulia super-saloon way above the M4. Let battle commence...

You Can Now Order Alpine's New 250bhp Cayman Rival
Porsche and Lotus will be paying close attention to this. Reborn sports car maker Alpine has opened the order books for its first car of the 21st century, and it's set to be both faster and cheaper than a Cayman S

The Seat Leon Cupra Has Gone AWD - But It's Not That Simple
Seat has given the Leon Cupra a power and torque boost across the range, which is great, but four-wheel drive now makes a seemingly random appearance on the estate model alone

Mazda Kills RX-9 And Relegates Rotary Power To Hybrids
Sadly, the recent hope we had for a rotary-powered successor to the RX-8 has been smashed to bits. Mazda's CEO has confirmed that both the large sports car and the rotary sports car engine are dead

No, Apple Hasn't Just Confirmed The Autonomous iCar
You might have seen claims all over the Web that Apple has confirmed an autonomous car, ending a year of speculation. It hasn't, so let the speculation continue
This Is Why You Don't Forget To Use Snow Chains In Canada
What do you get when you mix commuters, hills and sheet ice? Crashes, and lots of them. Even the Montreal police and a gritting truck got in on the fender-bending action
Next-Generation McLaren Project P14 Spotted Testing In The UK
Rumoured to be the replacement for the current 650S, the car codenamed P14 has been spotted in heavy disguise during testing in the UK. Time to see what we can seeā¦
6 Reasons You Should Care About The New Audi Q5
It's not prime CT fodder but we like it anyway, and there are a whole bunch of reasons why the Q5 is good news for car guys and girls
Australian Crashes McLaren F1 During 31-McLaren Convoy Through New Zealand
Of all the cars, times and places to crash, a McLaren F1 during a convoy of like-minded owners on a pre-set and police-monitored route is not the best, and the law is set to come down hard on this guy
Is It Time For Us To Stop Living Dangerously At Car Meets?
We all love a good car meet, whether it's Cars & Coffee or just something small with your mates. But if these events encourage bad behaviour and put people in harm's way, it might be time to think twice
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This Custom Porsche 911 Has A Central Seating Position Just Like A McLaren F1
Don't ask us why, just check out the pictures for proof that someone in America has turned a practical, everyday sports car into an impractical McLaren F1-impersonator!

6 Heroic Toyota Supras We Found In The Classifieds
The Supra is a legend, and you should cut anyone who says otherwise out of your life. With a new one on the horizon, we've been getting excited among the classifieds

11-Year-Old Boy Chased By Cops In His Parents' Minivan After Being 'Inspired' By GTA
After a session playing GTA, one lad thought he'd find out what driving a real car was like. How no one was killed is anyone's guess

Volkswagen Is Hunting BMW And Mercedes With A New Premium Four-Door Coupe
In an unusual move for a German brand, Volkswagen has released a fairly detailed teaser design drawing three months ahead of its motor show debut
Somehow This Driver Survived After Driving Off A Motorway Bridge Into Traffic
As methods to join the motorway go, we're quite fond of the conventional slip road. Nothing so ordinary will do for this driver, though, who apparently loses control and crashes straight off a bridge into heavy traffic

Is The Car Industry Really Giving Us What We Want?
With new cars being loaded with more and more gadgets in a global automotive tech war, it's time to ask whether the products being delivered are actually what we want

The 7 Ugliest Modified Cars We Could Find In The Classifieds
The good bits of the classifieds are a seriously easy way to kill time, but there's a dark side to the likes of eBay. We swallowed our bravery pills and compiled a list of the simultaneously bad and ugly

This 240SX-Engined Datsun B-210 Has Banished Our Winter Blues
Take one tiny but awesome Datsun from the late 1970s and swap out its wheezy engine for something a bit more special and what do you get? Want - that's what you get
Sci-Fi Awesomeness Is What Tesla Autopilot Actually Sees
Elon Musk has released a video of a Tesla driving along urban and country roads on full Autopilot, featuring live feeds of what the car is actually seeing, and it makes for compulsive viewing

In The Future You'll Use Your Face To Unlock Your Car
With Jaguar Land Rover filing a patent for facial recognition-based keyless entry, it seems the days of the key fob could be numbered
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Volvo Will Refuel Your S90 If You're Too Lazy To Do It Yourself
Tired of wasting precious minutes refuelling or dropping your car off for a service? You're in luck, but only if you've bought a high-end Volvo and live in San Francisco

China Proves Its Own Weirdness With Horror Film Window Stickers
Window stickers are not new, but they've always been rubbish. Nonetheless, China has done its level best to make what was already a bad idea even worse

This Ex-Police Mustang Has A 1000bhp 2JZ Under The Hood
Take one early 1990s Mustang, swap out the engine and go nuts. That's the recipe one guy in America seems to have used to produce a fearsome drag strip weapon

A New Three-Seat McLaren Is Finally Happening, But It's Not Quite What You'd Expect
A new three-seat hypercar might hark back to the McLaren F1, but the new project is set to take a softer, more relaxed approach to warp speed