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The Intercooler Audio Articles

by Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

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  • Ti Drives: BMW i3 50 xDrive M Sport · 10 min · Episode 476BMW 3 Series have a habit of redefining their class with each new generation. And here’s one likely to do it all over again, says Andrew Frankel
  • Me and Mr Jones · 9 min · Episode 475Alan Jones was tough, gruff and suffered fools not at all. Yet despite an unprepossessing start, Gavin Green grew to know and like him
  • Man Maths: Audi S8 (D2) · 6 min · Episode 474The original Audi S8 was fast, beautiful and a film star. Today, says Wayne Bruce, they're still beautiful, but cheap, and above all, scarce
  • Our Cars: Cupra Formentor VZ5 · 13 min · Episode 473Last time out, Gez Medinger found plenty to criticise in the VZ5. This time he gets to engage Drift mode – and the tally looks rather different
  • Scandinavian Brick · 9 min · Episode 472Was it ever going to be possible to turn a sensible Volvo estate into a proper sports car? On the evidence of the 850 T5-R, Ollie Marriage thinks probably not
  • Ti Drives: Alpine A390 GTS · 13 min · Episode 471Three motors, two tonnes and one wet Formula 1 race track. Is this mid-sized crossover a worthy descendant of the A110? Gez Medinger finds out
  • ‘I knew within 300 yards it was a silly idea’ · 12 min · Episode 470Young writer Dan Hall recalls the TVR Cerbera Speed 12 – a car too extreme even for motoring’s maverick mogul
  • Boy wonder · 10 min · Episode 469How Kimi Antonelli became the youngest F1 World Champion in history, defying the expectations of many, Karun Chandhok included
  • Ti Drives: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SUV · 6 min · Episode 468It’s AMG’s first bespoke SUV, but can a 2.7 tonne car powered by electricity even call itself a proper AMG? Andrew Frankel drives it
  • Hypercar inheritance · 12 min · Episode 467It’s adiós Pilot Sport 4S and hola Señor Embargo at the first drive of Michelin’s new high-performance road tyre in Barcelona. But here’s what we can tell you, says Gez Medinger
  • The Impossible · 19 min · Episode 466Putting a modern F1 engine in a road car? Many thought it couldn’t be done. Then Mercedes made the AMG One. Andrew Frankel drives it
  • Ti Drives: 2026 Range Rover Electric · 10 min · Episode 465The Range Rover Electric has been a long time coming, and still won’t be for everyone. But Richard Aucock reckons it could still be the pick of the bunch
  • Our cars: Aston Martin DB12 S · 10 min · Episode 464The Aston has not been doing much of late, causing Andrew Frankel both to miss it, and feel guilty every time he sees it
  • Idle Hands: Mazda MX-5 (NC) · 13 min · Episode 463Mazda’s third-generation MX-5 often gets a hard time, but there are lots of reasons you might still want one on your drive, says Lewis Kingston
  • Man Maths: Polestar 2 · 5 min · Episode 462Is the Polestar 2 the smart entry into the world of electric motors – particularly with prices now down to just £12k? Richard Aucock reckons so
  • Ti drives: 2026 Noble M500 · 20 min · Episode 461Thought you saw M500 reviews years ago? That was just a prototype. This is the finished production car – and it’s the real deal, says Gez Medinger
  • Almost Great: Renault 16 · 17 min · Episode 460Ingenious, comfortable and fast, the 1966 European Car of the Year Renault 16 had almost everything. So why has it been all but forgotten, asks David Twohig
  • Fast out of the gate · 13 min · Episode 459Ferrari’s iconic gearshift is back, but all is not what it seems. Then again, asks Andrew Frankel, does that even matter?
  • Why your race car for the road… isn’t · 13 min · Episode 458It’s one of the most durable lines in car marketing, and decades ago it may have even been true. But not any more, says Alex Brundle
  • Mission Critical · 12 min · Episode 457The Porsche Mission S is far more than just an interesting new concept - it is the car around which the company will base the rebuilding of its brand, says Ben Oliver

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