Autocar  |  1st August 2018
BRITAIN'S TOP FIFTY NEW CARS
Compared to previous celebrations of our top fifty favourite cars on sale, this time we varied just one thing: we imposed a £50,000 price cap. This was not because of the correlation to the number of cars included but, in an age when Nürburgring-crushing hypercars seem to go on sale with only slightly less regularity than compact crossovers, we thought it might bring a welcome change of pace. Otherwise, the usual rules apply, which means that there are no rules. These cars are not united by being the best in their classes, nor by having won group tests or the number of stars awarded in road tests. The only thing that binds them together is that, for a host of reasons both subjective and objective, we just really like them. So this week, we are combining the smarts of Tony Blackburn with the sparkle of Pan’s People, our road testers count down the finest cars on the market today from fifty to number one
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Autocar 1st August 2018.