When he’s not lapping a new car around a race track, or driving over boulders, our Robert Pepper can be found delving into the technical specifications of the latest releases. Here’s what he’s gleaned about the Jaguar F-Type.

Our Robert Pepper has owned his Toyota 86 for more than 12 months – so he knows what he likes and doesn’t like. Read his Toyota 86 long-term review.

Holden announces capped price servicing for three years or 60,000km on all new cars – part of its new Professional Care program.

Do you love your car so much that you’d want a cuddly version of it? Never fear Rocket Craft is here with its custom-made soft toy car replicas.

Toyota updates the 86, tweaking the suspension and adding some cosmetic enhancements and bumping up the price of the GTS variant.

Europe gets the Fiat Panda Cross, but locally the chances of Australia getting it are slim. Shame. Would you buy one over a Subaru XV or Skoda Yeti?

The seven-seat Kia Sorento is one of the better medium SUVs. it combines good looks with good driving dynamics and just enough rough road ability to satisfy all but the hardcore 4WDers.

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV might finally be a plug-in hybrid that actually makes sense. It’s rough road ability is intact and that it can run on pure electric power for up to 52km is impressive.

An updated version of Mitsubishi’s mid-size SUV, the 2014 Outlander boasts a new look and more kit for the money. Is it better than the Hyundai Santa Fe or Subaru’s Forester?

British rally champion, Mark Higgins has set a new four-wheeled Isle of Man lap record (19min 26secs), driving a 2015 Subaru WRX STI around the TT circuit.

The Wörthersee GTI event is the event that keeps on giving. In addition to a swag of one-off concepts, the VW Group has shown off the Q3 camping tent.

MINI teases with the release of its one-off MINI Paceman Adventure – possibly the coolest looking MINI ever.

We bought a record 1.14 million new vehicles in 2013, Now the manufacturers are hoping we’ll buy even more in 2014. Paul Murrell lists what new cars are on the way.

Mazda has finally succumbed to the push for capped priced servicing and reconsiders its mandatory six-month service demands. The company hasn’t made it clear how this impacts existing owners.

The Audi S3 Sportback will find its way onto shopping lists of European buyers, but the real surprise is that it is also competitive with the Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi Evo X.