The fourth-generation Skoda Octavia vRS is the hot hatch version of one of our favourite family cars , the ever-popular Octavia .  Skoda's always done things a little differently when it comes to hot hatches though. Who remembers the original diesel-powered Fabia vRS ? And it's a similar story...

The BMW i8 marked a revolution, not just for hybrid cars but for sports cars and supercars in general. The technology was incredibly advanced, but the principle was really very simple. A small 1.5-litre engine, borrowed from the MINI , powers the rear wheels, while an electric motor drives the...

With SUVs’ ever-growing popularity, the BMW X3 is imperative to the company’s success. It may look different this time around — a fact that will undoubtedly arouse curiosity — but it needs to have depth of talent to persuade existing owners to buy another as well as attracting buyers new to the fold....

The Lexus LC was truly a bolt from the blue. Yes we’d driven fast models from the firm before, like the Lexus RC F . But while powerful, they were flawed and hampered by slow-witted gearboxes and underwhelming handling. The Lexus LC coupe was different. Very different. This was a new breed of Lexus...

The Toyota C-HR is unquestionably one of the more interesting hybrid SUVs available. When everyone was buying regular, rather staid SUVs, along came this origami-inspired model with angles, creases and folds that made it look like a concept car. It wasn’t like any other Toyota, and that probably...

Honda has spent the last couple of decades shaking off its 'reliable yet dull' image, particularly where the long-lived Civic is concerned. You only have to look back at the radical 2006 model , which still looks mad even today, to see that reinvention. But the following two generations of Honda...