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Bentley Continental GT review: 100 years on, Bentley still making the ultimate hybrid of sports car and limousine
Over the past decade and a half the Bentley Continental GT has become the most-successful model in the company's history. As the Crewe-based firm hit their centenary, Toby Keel takes a look at the latest iteration of their flagship model.
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A tour of Italy in a classic Alfa Romeo Spider, the classic 60s car promising romance and adventure
It's half a century since the Alfa Romeo Spider's cameo role in one of the defining films of the 1960s. Jeremy Taylor took one for a spin round Italy, taking in Lake Como and Tuscany, to see if it still cuts a dash.
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Hyundai Santa Fe review: Yes, it's a Hyundai. But it's a bloody good car.
The Hyundai Santa Fe might not be as sought-after as some German four-wheel drives – but it should be, says Charles Rangeley-Wilson, because it’s comfortable, refined and classy.
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The dangers of touch screens: handy device or hazardous distraction?
Charles Rangeley-Wilson bemoans the ubiquitious use of dangerous touch screens in vehicles and says they need to be banned – now.
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Audi Q8 50 review: Audi’s answer to the ‘genetically-engineered love child of a tractor and the Batmobile’
Large but handsome, the Audi Q8 is an enormously well resolved, coherent and comfortable car, worthy of any Palladian driveway says Charles Rangeley-Wilson.
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Mercedes GLS 350d review: Is it a bus? A van? A limo? An off-roader? Yes, yes, yes and yes
When it comes to a large automobile, they don’t get much bigger or finer than the Mercedes GLS 350d 4MATIC, which makes some yachts look small.
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Fantasy travel: The boat, car and plane of you dreams
If money were no object, we all have a dream car, a boat and very probably a plane in mind. Simon de Burton shares his.
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The lives, luxuries and lasciviousness of past and present gentleman racers
Cigars and brandy during pitstops may be a distant memory, but there are still those who pay for the privilege of being behind the wheel. Adam Hay-Nicholls joins the indulgent and hedonistic ranks of the gentleman racer.
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Twisted Land Rover Defender review: 'The throttle pick-up of an F1 car, the aerodynamic profile of a washing machine'
It's several years since the discontinuation of the much-beloved Land Rover Defender, but companies such as Twisted are making sure they don't go gently into the night. James Fisher tried one out, and has been trying to wipe the smile off his face ever since.
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Jason Goodwin: British vans, Czech shoes, and cars that leave their wheels behind as they pull away
Our columnist Jason Goodwin tells a tale of clapped-out cars, ancient vans and a Czech shoe magnate who turned the lift into his office.
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Alfa Romeo Giulia Super review: An Italian masterpiece
Our motoring expert Charles Rangeley-Wilson will never look back after test driving this incredible car.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee review: More Vegas than Tisbury, but you can't argue with its bang-for-buck
Our motoring correspondent Charles Rangeley-Wilson tries out the Jeep Grand Cherokee and comes away impressed.
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Across Scotland by motorbike: The beauty of Skye, hangover cures and noisy neighbours
Country Life's Steve Ayres is taking a trip that's a biker's dream: touring Scotland on a Triumph Tiger XRX 1200. In his latest dispatches he camps on Skye, tackles the local mountain range and learns how to manage the neighbours.
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Audi RS4 Avant review: A rocketship cleverly disguised as a family estate
Our correspondent Charles Rangeley-Wilson takes a spin in the sure-footed, blisteringly quick Audi RS4 Avant.
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Toyota Land Cruiser review: Cruising through the Gates of Hell – and ending up wanting more
Toyota's new Land Cruiser is as tough and reliable as 4x4s come – something that Toby Keel was only too grateful about while cruising through the 'Gates of Hell' in Namibia.
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Mercedes All-Terrain E350d review: Speed, luxury, ruggedness – and the best towbar ever
Our correspondent Charles Rangely-Wilson loves his Audi A6 allroad. But can the new Mercedes All-Terrain E350d 4Matic persuade him to change?
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Land Rover Discovery 2.0 SD4 HSE Luxury review: 'A veritable smorgasbord of all-terrain technology'
Charles Rangeley-Wilson puts the Land Rover Discovery 2.0 SD4 HSE Luxury through its accomplished paces on a trip to France.
