Left to right: Kompakt, Oka, Oda; Aleko, Tavria, Debut, Giugiaro's 1125; X03, Florida, Cinquecento, Wars The Eastern Bloc had a burgeoning car industry during the 80s and 90s, until a major political upheaval In the late 1980s, the Eastern bloc’s communist governments realised their countries’ potential for car making and owning and strove...

Getting the Q6 E-tron project back on track was just one challenge facing Döllner Gernot Döllner's considered, decisive demeanour is perfect at such an unprecedented time - we hear his plan When Gernot Döllner arrived in Ingolstadt in September last year to start his new role as CEO and chairman of Audi, he probably found quite the to-do...

You’ll have fun in a Seven, whichever way you’re going Prior riffs on Caterham's drift experience, and explains what it's like to go sideways in a jacked-up 360R After a four-year absence, Caterham has revived its Drift Experience. The clue is in the name to what happens: it’s a day spent learning to drift, in a Caterham. While it’s rear-wheel...

Cold-weather test cars are usually pre-production models Untold mileage, inhospitable temperatures, extreme manoeuvres - we join Volvo as its cars fight their toughest tests Watching Niclas Lindberg, an ice-driving specialist, fluently testing adhesion in a Volvo EX30 is enough to mesmerise even an advanced motorist, let alone this humble...

Originator of the SUV launches new PHEV-only Land Rover rival Jeep takes a curiously small portion of the British SUV market, given that it’s the world’s biggest 4x4 company.Selling only a few thousand cars here per year, Jeep CEO Christian Meunier refers to its 0.3% share as “virtually non-existent”. However, it’s seeking to change that, with...

Converting diesel vans to hybrid power is a great step, but no governance means wildly varying standards and quality Who’s going to clean up the donkeys? The big, 3.5-tonne vans and derivatives that do the biggest mileage and stay on the road for the longest amount of time, and often have been fitted with bespoke cargo areas that cost several...