Group tests

Maserati's new GranTurismo goes head to head with the gorgeous Aston V8 Vantage high on the Stelvio Pass

We drive Fiat’s perfectly formed 500 and Renault’s dinky new Twingo. Which puts the biggest grin on your face?

V8-engined Elfin Clubman squares up to the lightweight Lotus 2-Eleven

Audi’s R8 must prove itself against its rivals: BMW’s M6, Porsche’s 911 C4S and Prodrive’s V8 Vantage

BMW’s 261bhp 130i M Sport is more desirable than ever, but are there more interesting ways to get the same power?

Can the new 189bhp Corsa VXR beat the Cooper S, Clio 197 and Ibiza Cupra?

It's here at last... We drive the new 414bhp V8 M3 and test it against its toughest rival, Audi's RS4

Two six-cylinder coupes: 261bhp Z4 3.0 and 309bhp 350Z. Choose your weapon…

The stuff-shifting version of Audi’s RS4 meets BMW’s new dog-friendly M5 in a pan-European hyperwagon showdown

The search for a small hot hatch hero continues as Peugeot and Renault wade in with new contenders

Panda 100HP just a little too… sensible? We find out what else you can buy for £10K – if you’re prepared to go second-hand

The ten greatest drivers’ cars, as voted by you in our on-line poll, brought together in one glorious test

You’ve read about the greatest icons from the last 100 issues. Here are the dogs

On one unforgettable day, we gathered everything from an Ariel Atom to a McLaren F1 for the ultimate circuit shootout

They’ve both recently grown up, but which is now the best? We bring new Cooper S and Clio 197 together to find out

BMW's Z4 M Coupe and Porsche's Cayman S meet a potential six-cylinder rival: Nissan's 350z GT-S

Chasing the sun in Lamborghini's Gallardo Spyder and Ferrari's F430 Spider

With the arrival of the new 134bhp 'S', the Elise has gone back to basics. But how does it compare with the original of ten years ago?

Porsche's new 997 Turbo takes on its exotic stablemate, the Carrera GT, and Mitsubishi's everyman hero, the Evo IX FQ-340

Both conceal turbocharged power and four-wheel drive, but which is the better drive: Mazda 6 MPS or Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec D?

BMW's new Z4 M Roadster takes on the Porsche Boxster S, TVR Tuscan and Alpina Roadster S

Is the elegant Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT a match for the muscle-bound BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz CLS 55 AMG?

Mitsubishi Evo IX and Subaru Impreza STI meet the Vauxhall Vectra VXR and BMW 330i M Sport. Which delivers the best drive?

The brilliant new 4WD Audi RS4 has the BMW M3 CS and Mercedes C55 AMG firmly in its sights

Marcos's lusty GT2 storms into the coupe market, and suddenly there's a fresh and exciting alternative to the TVR Sagaris. Let battle commence...

Don't fancy an M5? Well, worry not, because Maserati, Alpina and Cadillac make sparkling alternatives

Gallardo and M5 are both powered by V10s, but which is mightier, and which more fun?

Kleemann's supercharged SLK AMG has the performance to scare an SLR McLaren

BBR says its turbocharged 307bhp Cooper S is the fastest ever built. We find out

With a howling 414bhp V8 that revs to 8250rpm and rear-biased quattro 4wd, the new RS4 is ready to tear chunks out of the M3

Can Ferrari's baby Enzo, the F430, go up a class and beat the supercar giants, the new Zonda F and Carrera GT? We find out

We've had exclusive access to its development; now the re-engineered Seven hits the road

With its wild vents and 406bhp straight-six, Sagaris is the extreme new face of TVR

The Bugatti-based Edonis is the car the EB110 might have become. We drive them both

We put the two most outrageous roadsters on the planet back to back on the roads of Tuscany in the ultimate test of open-topped supremacy

The wicked Dodge SRT-10 meets its cousin, the Mercedes SL55 - two wildly different sides of the DaimlerChrysler family