The Sports Utility Vehicle boom sweeping the world means that no manufacturer can afford NOT to have a 4×4 or crossover in its range.This year alone has seen debut SUVs from Maserati, Bentley, and now Jaguar with its F-Pace. Arguably the best looking car in its sector, Jaguar is billing …

SUVs seems to be getting all the love these days, but there’s still demand for traditional estate cars – and they don’t come much better looking than the new Kia Optima Sportswagon. The standard Optima saloon has been with us for a few years and is one of those hidden …

The new Ford Mustang is the UK’s most popular high-performance sports coupe. Ford has done some number-crunching and based on the sales of rivals with 250PS (247bhp) or more for the first half of 2016, it’s comfortably ahead of competitors from Porsche, BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes. More than 4,000 right-hand …

Renault’s famous ‘shooting star’ gas turbine-powered car has returned to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah – 60 years on. The Renault Etoile Filante (“shooting star” in French) established four new world land speed records – two of which still stand to this day. On September 5, 1956, the whistle …

Ford plans to mass-produce a fully autonomous self-driving car without a steering wheel by 2021. Company president Mark Fields outlined the bold plan at an event in Palo Alto, California. Ford said it would double its investment in its research centre in the city, as well as collaborating with four …

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has named his “top 10 drives of the past year (or so)”. The star of the upcoming Amazon Prime show, The Grand Tour, listed his favourites in his The Sunday Times Driving column. Here they are, in no particular order… Mazda MX-5 2.0 Sport …

A year on from its launch and Volvo’s widely acclaimed big new SUV is still turning heads and still winning awards. The previous version of the XC90 had a strong following thanks to its durability, space, safety and comfort and it remained a big seller in its final year. The …

Iconic British marque Aston Martin and upmarket menswear retailer Hackett have announced a new, long-term global partnership. One of the first fruits of the new partnership is an exclusive capsule collection for Autumn/Winter 2016 entitled ‘Aston Martin by Hackett’, available from September 5, 2016. Hackett’s relationship with Aston Martin stretches …

Land Rover has announced the introduction of the Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic for 2017. It’s the most powerful (and dynamic) Range Rover ever thanks to the addition of the bonkers 542bhp, 5.0-litre supercharged V8 petrol engine lifted straight from the Range Rover Sport SVR and Jaguar F-Type. Land Rover says …

More than 10 million UK motorists could drive a vehicle with an illegal and dangerous tyre during 2016, according to new research. The survey of Survey of some 340,000 replaced tyres by TyreSafe in partnership with Highways England at 819 retail outlets revealed that more than 27% of tyres were …