Gareth Butterfield drives MG’s new Cyberster
By Gareth Butterfield When the 80-year-old British car maker MG re-emerged from a chrysalis to become the Chinese-owned MG Motor UK, there wasn’t a petrolhead... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield spends a wild week in the Caterham 170R
By Gareth Butterfield You really don’t need me to introduce the Caterham 7, do you? It’s the lightweight sports car that, as the old cliche goes, can... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests the new Genesis GV70 Electrified
By Gareth Butterfield This is the facelifted version of the Genesis GV70 Electrified which, as you can probably guess, is the battery-powered version of Genesis’s... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests Skoda’s new Elroq
By Gareth Butterfield I always imagine Skoda buyers to be the sorts of people who obsess over their front gardens. Their privet hedges never have a leaf out of place,…... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests the new Kia EV3
By Gareth Butterfield Take a look through Kia’s electric-car range (skip past the Niro) and you’re arguably eyeing up one of the greatest automotive... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests the new Citroen C4
By Gareth Butterfield When the new Citroen C4 landed on my driveway, I had to spend a moment taking it all in. And not only because of the multitude of…... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the new version of Kia’s Picanto
By Gareth Butterfield For reasons I’ll never really understand, the city car is dying. We’re an overpopulated society bearing the brunt of sweeping urbanisation... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests the new version of the ever-popular Tesla Model Y
By Gareth Butterfield People are often surprised to learn that the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling car in 2024. And not just the best selling electric car, but... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield travelled to Turin to test the new hybrid version of Fiat’s Grande Panda
By Gareth Butterfield Listening to Fiat bosses waxing lyrical about their new Grande Panda, at a rain soaked launch in Turin, there’s more than an air of optimism... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the new DS 4
By Gareth Butterfield You probably don’t need me to tell you any more that DS is the upmarket sister brand to Citroen. It’s like Lexus is to Toyota,... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield takes a used Tesla on a road trip to see what they’re like to live with after four years
By Gareth Butterfield I was scrolling through Auto Trader the other day, as you do, and noticed that used Teslas are amazingly affordable. For example, there’s... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield drives the new Vauxhall Grandland
By Gareth Butterfield Vauxhall recently announced that the starting prices for its entire range would squeeze in below the £40,000 “luxury tax” bracket.... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests Lexus’s new RZ300e SUV
I can remember when Rolls Royce announced its first fully-electric car. Purists were furious because the luxury brand had made a name for itself producing cars with... Read more.
Is Toyota’s First Fully-Electric Car – the bZ4X – Still up to Speed?
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in Toyota’s first fully-electric car to see if it still stacks up We’ve reached a point in the world of battery-electric... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests the Speciale version of Alfa’s new EV
By Gareth Butterfield I know what you’re thinking, an electric Alfa Romeo feels like a contradiction in terms. This is the iconic brand that brought us the... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the facelifted Suzuki Vitara
By Gareth Butterfield It often feels like the technology behind modern cars is developing at at an alarming pace. It’s quite refreshing, then to see a 10-year-old... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield sets off on a road trip to find out why the Tesla Model Y is the best selling car in the world
By Gareth Butterfield If you think you’ve noticed a lot of Tesla Model Ys on the road, that’s because us Brits just can’t get enough of them. We... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield finally gets to test the latest Toyota Prius in the UK
By Gareth Butterfield If you look back throughout the history of the Toyota Prius, it starts to feel like the design of every generation has very much been a function…... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the all-electric Jeep Avenger
By Gareth Butterfield The Jeep Avenger is very much a break from the norm for the iconic brand. It’s still an SUV, but it’s much smaller than its ancestors.... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield Takes the New Lexus LBX on a Road Test
This is the new LBX. It’s Lexus’s base model. The entry level. And, yes, that is a bit like saying the Oyster Perpetual is the cheapest Rolex watch.... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield Tests the All-New Toyota CH-R
I was always a big fan of the Toyota CH-R. It looked better than it strictly needed to, it drove well, it was spacious enough, and surprisingly economical with the…... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield Reviews the Striking, New Peugeot e-3008
This is the new Peugeot e-3008. Striking, isn’t it? It’s a complete reimagination of a hugely successful car for Peugeot and, in this fully-electric... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the all-new Dacia Duster
By Gareth Butterfield Remarkably, one of the cars I was most keen to drive in 2024 happened to have been one of the cheapest. The all-new Dacia Duster. We probably…... Read more.
Gareth Butterfield tests Suzuki’s important new supermini, the Swift
By Gareth Butterfield You could be forgiven for not noticing, but small cars are starting to disappear from the automotive landscape. We’ve lost the Ford Fiesta,... Read more.