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Overrated: Every mega-hatch ever built

The hottest hatchbacks of all are not just overrated, they’re damaging. Steve Sutcliffe pines for the days when fast hatches were simple and light

By Steve Sutcliffe

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Understanding Adrian Newey

He may be a genius, but that’s just where his strengths start. Edd Straw says to pigeon-hole him so narrowly is to misunderstand both the man and his role

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Max attack

Would the Jaguar XJ220 really do 220mph? There was only one way to find out: belt in an F1 star and let it go. Gavin Green sat beside him

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The fastest rookie on the mountain

Glenn Irwin is the Isle of Man TT’s fastest ever newcomer but, as he tells Stephen Dobie, there’s much more to his life than conquering the mountain

By Stephen Dobie

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By Andrew Frankel

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2024 Porsche Macan 4 review

Porsche’s first electric SUV could hardly be a more important car, writes Andrew English. But first it must tempt buyers out of their petrol Macans, which remains on sale

By Andrew English

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