Road tests

Is this the model that will help take Kia into the world's top five car makers? The Korean manufacturer certainly hopes so, and considering its growth…

Every new brand has to keep developing to prosper. Smart is no exception

Could it be the car that outsmarts Smart? That's what Vauxhall is aiming for with its radical Trixx - and Auto Express has driven it.

For mainstream makers, the executive car market seems a dead duck. Renault's Vel Satis tried to break the mould, but failed dismally. Peugeot's 607 se…

You don't get to the top by standing still. So fittingly, the world's most profitable motor manufacturer has facelifted the world's best-selling car o…

This is the all-new Octavia, and we've hit the road in one of the first cars in the country to find out.

Diesel power appears to have the family car market well and truly sewn up - but now it looks set to sweep the performance hatchback market as well...

It's big. In fact, it's absolutely huge. That was the first thing we noticed about the new Toledo when SEAT offered us the opportunity to climb behind…

It's nearly three years since MG first announced it was to build the SV-R, and for those who have been desperate to get behind the wheel of the compan…

Small cars with off-road looks are big business at the moment

While the VXR220 shows what can be done to spice up a nimble, lightweight yet powerful sports car, Vauxhall's second new VXR model represents the othe…

Launched with a huge fanfare at the British Motor Show, Vauxhall's VXR performance cars promise to be the most driver-focused range ever offered by th…

Although VW won't admit it, the launch of the new Golf hasn't gone entirely to plan. Sales have been slower than expected and the car has been critici…

Are Multipla sales about to Multiply? The Italian firm's compact MPV has always been one of the best people carriers around in terms of packaging, but…

It's very difficult to improve on perfection. Ask any designer, and they'll tell you that it's the purest and simplest works of art that stay fresh in…

Not many car makers would slip a 469bhp supercharged V8 into a 25-year-old off-roader. But to celebrate the G-Wagen's silver anniversary, Mercedes did…

You are a driver who appreciates a fine-handling performance car, but you also have the responsibilities of a family to look after...

Welcome to the world's most economical GTi! Auto Express is the first magazine to drive Peugeot's new oil-burning 206, which the French manufacturer h…

Ask any Boxster owner if the previous-generation Mercedes SLK could tempt them out of their Porsche, and they wouldn't be able to stifle their laughte…

With 342bhp, revised suspension and a tuned four-wheel- drive system, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII has raised the performance car ante yet again.

Buying a performance car is a fraught business. Sure, you get driving pleasure, but you must also contend with high running costs and hefty fuel consu…

A strange thing is happening to the supermini market... Conventional hatchbacks are being turned into 'urban on-roaders'.

The engineers at MG Rover are a talented bunch, and the current MG range is proof. Take the ZS line-up: it was originally launched three years ago, an…

Few cars have caused as much tension in our office as the Smart Roadster-Coupe Brabus. After a lukewarm review of the left-hand-drive version, we've b…

Less than a decade ago, diesel engines were found in only 10 per cent of all small hatchbacks. Mostly French and German models, they were fairly good,…

Entry-level models are too often viewed as the poor relation in a car's range.

To most people, 444bhp is more than enough power. But Audi is building a new A6, so it's decided to send the old car out on a high note - 473bhp to be…

You could be forgiven for thinking that the battle for honours in the UK's executive car market is a two-horse race.

It's no exaggeration to say that Kia dealers cried when the Pride supermini was killed off in 1998. The Mazda-based hatch was their bread and butter, …

It might be the world's biggest car company, but General Motors has struggled to fit quirky, Swedish Saab into its line-up. The firm has found it equa…

When Ariel suggested we tried its new 'user-friendly' Atom, we were a little confused. After all, this car looks like an electricity pylon on wheels, …

It's tough being a caddy. While the golf star hogs the limelight, the bag carrier never gets any credit. So what sort of 'Caddy Life' is this new Volk…

Not so long ago, the concept of a BMW off-roader would have been laughed off as fanciful.

If there was an anti-ageing cream for cars, Volvo would be the leading supplier.

It's a Volvo, but not as we know it! Forget load-lugging estates, the company is planning a shock move into the city car market with this wild-looking…

It's open season for MINI! The year's must-have drop-top has finally hit the streets, so we grabbed the keys and spent two days unearthing all the new…