Antony Ingram

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Best cheap company cars 2025

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

Having the option of a company car through your job can be a great perk, but if you’re spending a small fortune for the privilege then it can quickly become a bit of a burden. Fortunately, the best cheap company cars aren’t only kind to your bank account, but they’re also rather desirable. Below we’ve gathered what our expert road testers believe are the best cheap company cars on the current market.
Car Deal of the Day: Elegant Mazda 3 hatch for a preeminent £178 per month

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

Prime Line trim with 16-inch alloys and radar cruise2.5-litre petrol engine good for nearly 48mpg£2,495 down and £178 per monthManufacturers tend to play things safe with the styling of their family cars. The buyers of small SUVs might be a bit more adventurous and supercars can be as wild as you like, but the average family hatchback tends to fade into the background.
The best big cars for big families: our favourite new 7-seaters | Auto Express

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram |Dean Gibson |Ellis Hyde |Alex Ingram

Seven-seater cars are as popular as ever with large families, and there’s a wider variety than ever to choose from with both SUVs and MPVs up for grabs. Our expert road testers have extensively tested every seven-seat car on today's market and here, we round up the top 10 best seven-seater cars to buy in the UK right now, based on this thorough real-world testing.
Best Mercedes cars: the top saloons, SUVs and sports cars in the firm’s line-up

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

Mercedes may no longer put a three-pointed star mascot at the end of the bonnet (it’s somewhat detrimental to pedestrian safety), but the badge itself, not to mention the cars it’s attached to, remains one of the most desirable on the road. While many of Mercedes’ cars are unrecognisable from their predecessors of decades past, the brand’s prestigious reputation remains. And given that the company sells cars in just about every market segment, a Mercedes is no longer the preserve of the wealthy.
Stunning machines with silly performance: it's the world's most powerful cars Auto Express

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram |BYD Seal

Things have gone just a little bit mad. We live in a world of 400-horsepower family cars, 700-horsepower saloons, and if you’re creating a supercar, don’t even bother unless it has a four-figure power output. Where once the world’s most exotic and powerful cars got by on perhaps 500, or 600bhp – the original McLaren F1 developed 618bhp – today it’s not unusual to see two or even three times that number.
Toyota RAV4 alternatives: Seven mid-size SUVs you may want to consider instead

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

The Toyota RAV4 was one of the first cars to blur the line between regular passenger vehicles and tough but agricultural 4x4s when it arrived in 1994. So successful was this new SUV that you could argue it kick-started the entire genre – it wasn’t long before the likes of Honda, Land Rover, and others were offering cars that traded some off-road ability for on-road comfort, economy and handling. Today the RAV4 is in its fifth generation, and has far more rivals to contend with.
My Life & Cars – Paul Cowland, TV presenter and incorrigible car hoarder | Evo

2 weeks ago | evo.co.uk | Antony Ingram

Pick any two vehicles from Paul Cowland’s large and ever-growing collection of cars and you can be reasonably sure that nobody else in the world has that particular pairing. Take the last two added to the stable: Dodge Viper RT/10 and… er, a Vauxhall Frontera. Pre-facelift, naturally. How about a modern Ford Mustang GT rubbing shoulders with a classic Subaru 360 kei car? Maybe someone, somewhere, has both a Mk1 Renault Espace and a Mk2 Golf GTI race car? On second thoughts, maybe not.
Alfa Romeo adds a golden touch to all models with the Intensa special editions

3 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

It’s not often you get special-edition models spanning a manufacturer’s entire range, but that’s what Alfa Romeo has done with its new Intensa series. The company says its special-edition line-up celebrates “the exclusivity of Alfa Romeo and its rich heritage”. Intensa trim is on sale now and available on the Tonale, Giulia, and Stelvio, as well as the more recent Junior Elettrica. Some equipment and details are shared across the line-up, and first customer deliveries are due in April.
In-car gaming arrives in latest Android Auto update

3 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

A few decades ago, in-car gaming used to be a case of bringing along your own Nintendo Game Boy or hoping that the Pimp My Ride crew would show up to install a PlayStation 2 in your dilapidated old nail. But with an impending update, you’ll soon be able to play games in any car compatible with Android Auto. Tesla has offered games on its huge central display for some time, but Android users will soon be able to join them – albeit on a relatively small scale at first.
Car engine sizes explained: what engine size do you need?

3 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Antony Ingram

Assuming you’ve not already made the decision to step into a fully electric car, then the next car you buy will have some sort of engine. ‘Some sort’ undersells the complexity of it a little too, as most manufacturers still offer more than one engine in each of their vehicles, and these engines can have quite different characteristics, strengths and weaknesses.