As The New Yardstick reaches its 75th article and launches its Instagram account, we're taking a moment to look beyond new vehicle launches and future technologies. While exploring Instagram's automotive community, we discovered a surprisingly enthusiastic following for the ordinary cars of the 1990s and 2000s. From dedicated owners to small enthusiast…
For most British buyers, BYD remains a relatively new name, associated primarily with affordable electric cars and increasingly competitive family SUVs. Yet behind those familiar models sits a much more ambitious operation, one now reaching into territory traditionally occupied by Rolls-Royce. The latest indication is the Yangwang Altior, an imposing new luxury…
Small electric cars are finally becoming affordable, but that doesn't mean they all need to follow the same formula. Renault's new Twingo E-Tech demonstrates what can be achieved with compact, cost-effective electric engineering, raising an intriguing question about what else those foundations could support. For TNY Design Studio, two names immediately spring to…
An estate car is supposed to be sensible. Room for the family, luggage, shopping and the occasional awkward trip to the tip. Yet for more than four decades, manufacturers have questioned why practicality should mean sacrificing performance. In 1981, Volvo transformed its famously boxy 245 into a turbocharged performance car. What followed…
At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, Citroën’s reborn 2CV offered an intriguing glimpse of what Europe’s small-car market could look like from 2028. Compact, electric, full of character and targeting a price of around €15,000, it represents a return to the idea that affordable cars can still be desirable. Behind that vision…
Few new car brands have arrived in Britain with quite the impact of Jaecoo. Launched here in January 2025, the Chinese SUV marque had already put its Jaecoo 7 at the top of the UK sales chart twice by September 2026, recording 10,813 registrations in that month alone. Behind it stands Chery,…
Estate cars have long been among the most sensible vehicles on the road, but today's used market offers some particularly extraordinary value. From dependable family transport costing little more than £2,000 to enormous executive estates with almost 700 litres of luggage space, there's something here for virtually every budget. Spend a little…
Hidden among the hills of Mid-Wales is a carmaker that has spent more than two decades questioning almost everything about the conventional car. Riversimple isn't chasing enormous batteries, huge horsepower figures or ever-heavier SUVs. Instead, founder Hugo Spowers and his team have pursued an unusually simple idea: build a genuinely lightweight hydrogen-electric…