The ever-increasing range of marques, models and derivatives can make buying a new car a daunting process. Depending on what your needs to you’ll need to evaluate several aspects of you new car: the power, handling, ride comfort, space, cost…
Our A to Z section is designed to give you an overview of every car that’s currently on the road - though we may struggle with mid-80s Austin Maestros - from Alfa Romeo to, er, Volvo.
We’ll also tell you what to look for by each model segment, and what to bear in mind when evaluating a car on its various characteristics.
There’s also NCAP safety data on each model, motoring jargon explained and reader reviews, so you don’t just have to take our word for it.
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2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed is the best excuse yet to see new Nissan GT-R, Ariel Atom 500 V8, Mazda Furai, Tesla Roadster and Toyota Aygo up close in UK, fortnight before British Motor Show. | 04/07/2008

Top Gear presenters James May and Richard Hammond will be out of contract by the end of July - following the end of the current series - after refusing new contracts. | 04/07/2008

Toyota head for British Motor Show with convoy that includes all-new iQ city car, Urban Cruiser mini-SUV RAV4 descendant, earnest Hilux Invincible 200 pick-up and steroid-munching Aygo Crazy supermini. | 04/07/2008

All-new Nissan Qashqai+2 and revamped Murano SUV Crossovers, Denki Cube electric box car, celebratory Micra 25 supermini genre-setter and jaw-droppingly urgent GT-R supercar line up at British Motor Show. | 04/07/2008

New Lexus LF-A Concept supercar takes centre stage at British Motor Show, surrounded by Lexus IS F super saloon brother in arms, as hybrid-evolved performers GS 450h, RX 400h and LS 600h pipe up too. | 04/07/2008

British Grand Prix set to be gate-crashed by Dark Knight Batmobile and Bat-Pod, as Silverstone braces itself for a Hollywood style shoot-out between Toyota TF108 and Batmobile. Whoaa!

New Range Rover variants aimed very much at new money - a new exclusive Overfinch collection from £60K.

New 2009 Range Rover Autobiography luxury 4X4 flagship model will break cover at British International Motor Show, and take its place as the heir apparent to crown the new line up.

£305k Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe handed over to Pininfarina by wealthy – yet unnamed – car buyer, to pimp in a decidedly 1930s styley.

SEAT will debut the new SportCoupé at the British International Motor Show (BIMS) in July and goes on sale 16 July.

Around 400 people a day risk damaging their car by misfuelling, and filling up with gas is a mistake that could cost thousands. So what do you do if you´ve filled up your diesel car with unleaded petrol?

Fuel protests similar to those that brought the UK to a halt in 2000 are being planned by a breakaway group of disaffected hauliers, according to press reports.

Volkswagen has been forced to issue a statement on the Polo singing dog advert after complaints that the dog was mistreated. VW says the animal was not harmed.

Top Gear in hot water again over smoking ban breach after Clarkson and May spark up Porsche ´911´ pipes.

The People´s car, the one-Lakh car, the cheapest car in the world, an environmental disaster or a seismic shift in the industry. Call it what you will, its manufacturer calls it the Tata Nano, and it costs less than £1,300.