Comparison car reviews

The family estate is dead: long live the SUV. Volvo's sold a million XC60s and Audi isn't far behind. Can the Stelvio top them both?

Two of the purest sports cars on the planet wage war: it's GT3 vs GT R, Stuttgart style

Can the new C3 and Swift prove Cactus and old Swift were no flukes? And can the new Micra make up for the last one?

The wildest and weirdest Civic Type R yet battles a horde of hot hatch rivals as diverse as they are talented

Which is the better turbocharged roadster? Fiat’s factory Abarth or an MX-5 upgrade from British tuners BBR?

1146bhp for 1200 miles. AMG's edgy thriller meets comfortable mile-killer

Who makes the best mainstream hot hatch? Time to find out in our GTI triple test

Mazda's MX-5 RF promises rear-drive fun with coupe refinement. Can it beat a grown-up BMW and the still-crazy GT86?

It's the new Discovery's sternest test: a trio of German and Swedish premium family SUVs

Twin exponents of the WRC-crushing art, separated by a generation. Raw analogue or digital dexterity?

The Levante is the first SUV to wear the Maserati trident. Can it beat F-Pace and X5?

Who makes the best affordable sports coupe? We test three of 2017's hottest prospects

We pit the Esprit against the 205 GTi in a week-long battle

Looking for a budget hatch that's easy to live with? We put four to the test

The new TT RS takes on Porsche’s slightly off-form 718 Cayman. Surely it will never have a better chance…

Both choices are correct, but if we pushed you, which is the all-round £28k hero?

In a legendary drive from CAR magazine in 1992, Roger Bell tests the then-new Ferrari 512TR against its nemesis

Just how far has the Porsche 911 come in the last 50 years? CAR heads for the Alps to find out

The year's acid test: we pit the new Alfa sports saloon against its German rivals

The king is dead? Lancia's Delta 4x4 moves to take Quattro's performance car crown

BMW's attempt to muscle into the hot hatch market meets the industry benchmark

No group of cars ever stirred our passions as much as these four roadsters. Richard Bremner tries to pick the best

Talk about a clash of ideologies; BMW’s turbo'd M4 takes on two naturally aspirated V8 rivals

New 911 faces its sternest test yet: the Merc-AMG GT and Jag's F-type R

Anything Ferrari can do... McLaren does for less cash and Audi does with less flash. Who comes out on top?

An awful lot of used Jaguar muscle for Nismo cash. Fascinating! It’s not just new vs used but also a massive culture clash

We put four seven-seaters to the test to find out which is best

And the year's best hot hatch is...

Was the E34 BMW M5 really a four-door supercar? In 1990, CAR decided there was one way to find out...

Affordable sports cars live on, in the shape of the Mazda MX-5, Audi TT and Toyota GT86

Three SUV bar-raisers trade drivetrains, design schools and tech solutions in the city. Which wins?

Two of the tastiest, most breathtakingly capable homologation specials CAR has ever driven

We put four ageing but durable off-roaders to the test

There's something in the water in the Midlands: time to test 200mph Jag and Aston

We take four hot coupes for a gallop across Exmoor, and find that the fastest is the least desirable

Both were born in the '60s to win races – but which comes out on top today?