• Carrera, Turbo S, GT3... making sense of the 911 line-up

    Carrera, Turbo S, GT3... making sense of the 911 line-up
    There are 21 different flavours of Porsche 911, and buying the 'wrong' one is easier than you might think...A colleague asks me if I can explain exactly where the GT3 sits in the 911 range, because I've said it's the best driver's version, but doesn't Porsche do a GT2 as its hardcore variant?
    I explain that it did, and it was kinda like a GT3 but with a Turbo engine, but you can't buy one at the moment; and that there is, or was, actually also a GT3 RS, but you can't get that right now eith
  • Denza Z driven: First taste of China's £173k, 1584bhp 911 rival

    Denza Z driven: First taste of China's £173k, 1584bhp 911 rival
    How do you beat the best-known sports car with an EV? A Chiron-baiting power output is a good start...Disorder would seem to be the main risk for BYD’s new premium brand Denza. Lack of cohesion, if you prefer. With a bluff, ladder-frame off-roader, a large seven-seat MPV, and a sleek executive shooting brake in it already, the firm’s product portfolio could, before long, look more like an odd sock drawer than a unified family of desirable electrified cars. 
    A focal point to gath
  • The best cars ever made by Ford

    The best cars ever made by Ford
    A company whose illustrious history is just as important as some of its cars - here are a few examplesThe Ford Motor Company was founded in Detroit over 120 years ago, on 16 June 1903.
    Within five years, it had hit the jackpot, creating the most important, and for a long time the best-selling, car in history. Today, it remains one of the largest manufacturers in the world, and one that has ingrained itself into the culture of countries other than America like few other foreign firms.
    This would
  • Photos: The world's strangest car collection

    Photos: The world's strangest car collection
    It may belong to an oil sheikh, but there's no room for supercars in this particular collection. We pay it a visitYou're looking at the world's largest SUV.In the lower half it's an Oshkosh M1075, an all-terrain 10-wheeler truck more usually deployed by the US Army. On top however it's a Jeep Wrangler, while overall power comes from a 15.2-litre Caterpillar diesel, good for 600 hp. It's a cool 10.8 metres long (35 feet) and 3.2 metres (10 feet) high. Oh, and it has headlights from a Ford F-
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  • The longest-living car engines

    The longest-living car engines
    Tried and trusted engines can survive in production for decades – often far longer than the cars in which they’re fitted. These are the longest survivorsThe engine world as we know it is changing.The advent of electrification means that the days of us being able to worship legendary engines in the future may well just not happen. The industry is yet to make legends of any of the raft of new electric motors now being installed in the wave of electric vehicles, and we can’t
  • The best German cars ever made

    The best German cars ever made
    Germany is famous as the home of some of the world's great car makers. We look at some of the cars they've built that we think are the bestGermany is one of the most prolific car-building nations in the world.This in turn gives it a brilliant back catalogue of all types of car. Here, we choose the best Germany has to offer from the present and past, arranged in alphabetical order:Alpina B3
    There has been an Alpina B3 for every generation of BMW 3 Series, with the tuning firm adding more than a s