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Pictures: British Motor Show

Alfa Romeo GT Cloverleaf Special Edition

Photographs from the 2008 British International Motor Show at the ExCel Centre in London

Pictures: Jaguar XKR-S

Take a closer look at the hot new Jaguar XKR-S

Pictures: Fiat 500 Abarth

Pictures of the most eagerly awaited tiny tearaway since the souped-up Mini Cooper

Clarkson's greatest hits. Jeremy Clarkson looks back on the 25 best, fastest and most exciting cars he has driven in the past five years
Subaru Impreza WRX

Pictures: Subaru Impreza WRX STi

If you’re a Subaru fan with a full range of Subaru clothing in your wardrobe, you’ll probably love it

Tata Nano

Tata Nano

The world's cheapest new car, unveiled in India, has been hailed as a revolution in motoring

Detroit motor show

Smaller and greener is the message in Detroit as major manufacturers move towards sustainable technologies

Mazda CX-7

This is an exceptionally good-looking car. And no concessions are made to the terminally beige, says Jeremy Clarkson

Volkswagen Tiguan.

VW Tiguan

Soon the cleverly designed Tiguan will be snapping at the heels of its rivals

Rolls Royce Phantom.

Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe

A blast of trumpeteering to silence the crowds when someone special is about to enter the room

Pictures: Peugeot 207 GTi THP 175

The spirit of the 205 GTi, with some fancy frills

Pictures: Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

Aston’s finest convertible in decades

Vauxhall Corsa VXR

Pictures: Vauxhall Corsa VXR

Looks great, powerful, responsive, superb engine but is a bit too noisy on the motorway and quite costly

Jay Leno at the wheel of the Ariel Atom 2

Pictures: Ariel Atom

With most modern sports cars, 100mph feels like 50 and 50 feels like 25. The Ariel Atom is the exact opposite: 50 feels like 100 and 100 feels like 200

Pictures: Mitsubishi Outlander

Stylish and practical, but a little too crude

Pictures: Mazda3

The rapid, turbocharged Mazda3 has all the essentials for a pocket rocket

Dodge Demon

Pictures: Dodge Demon

This tough little sportster is possessed of the kind of character that will tempt you to take the long way home

Ford Mondeo X

Pictures: Ford Mondeo Titanium X

The poached egg on toast of cars, according to Jeremy Clarkson

Pictures: Honda Civic Type R

The old Civic Type R was a tough act, but the new one has followed it

Pictures: Renault Twingo

Lacks a little inspiration, but is quite fun nonetheless

Citroen

Pictures: Citroen C-Crosser

Citroen claims its first SUV is home grown, but there’s a Mitsubishi lurking under the skin. However, that’s a good thing

Fiat 500

Pictures: Fiat 500

Cute, well made, practical, charming and hard to resist

Pictures: Maserati GranTurismo

A suave casino cruiser with a whiff of leather

Pictures: Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Roadster

Quite aside from the effects on the life expectancy of your hairpiece, driving at 200mph is not actually a pleasant way of passing the time

BMW 3 Series Convertible

Pictures: BMW 335i SE Convertible

The convertible may be good by chop-top standards — and it’s probably the best in its class — but the coupe feels like a proper sporting BMW, something this convertible may aspire to but never comes close to achieving, says Andrew Frankel

Mercedes-Benz CL 600

Pictures: Mercedes-Benz CL 600

Silence, please, for a new king of the road, says Jeremy Clarkson

Pictures: Volvo V70

Practical, comfortable and versatile. Good though this new V70 is, it’s hard not to conclude that the model it replaces didn’t really need replacing at all

Pictures: Mini Cooper S

It might be small but it’s what you can do with it that counts, as they say

Renault Laguna Sport Tourer

Pictures: Renault Laguna

Like all the best Renaults, it is an easy and relaxing car in which to waft around

Bentley GT

Pictures: Bentley Continental GT Speed

Bentley has given its big GT more power, but you have to drive furiously to enjoy it

Pictures: Mini Clubman Cooper S

It’s just a shame Mini didn’t take the comeback seriously and bring "Woodie" back: a model with wooden cladding down the sides

Pictures: Skoda Roomster

Don't call it ugly, call it quite brilliant, says Jeremy Clarkson

Geneva Motor Show

The new Cadillac Hummer Hx Concept car

Pictures: Geneva 2008 Concept Cars

Introducing this year's concept cars, including the zero-emissions Chevrolet Equinox and the new Cadillac Hummer

Lamborghini Gallardo

Pictures: Geneva 2008 Supercars

Makers unveil their news supercars, including the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider, Cadillac Corvette ZR 1 and Bentley Arnage T

Pictures: Geneva 2008 Production Cars

Nostalgia as the update of the old Cinquecento, the Fiat 500, takes centre stage. Plus the new Citroen Berlingo and a couple of Fiestas

Pictures: 2007 Geneva Motor Show

All the colour and action from the 2007 Geneva Motor Show

Special events

The Gumball Rally takes off from Pall Mall, London

Pictures: Gumball Rally 3000

The 2007 Annual Gumball Rally, a seven-day dash for the rich and famous, was stopped in Germany after being wrongly declared illegal

McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain waits to practice at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal

Pictures: Goodwood Festival of Speed

McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton was just one of the stars to appear at 2007's Goodwood Festival of Speed

Pictures: Frankfurt Motor Show

The Frankfurt motor show revealed the cars heading for showrooms rather than fantasy machines

Pictures: Extreme machines that made history

We take a look back through motoring history at some of the most significant and ground-breaking cars of all time