Even a double or triple take of these first-release images of the 2017 car make it hard to identify any differences to the Golf currently on sale. Yet, while it might look the same it does have a new infotainment system, automatic gearbox and semi-autonomous driving features. Here are the 10 new elements of the familiar-looking Golf you'll struggle to spot

The way Jeremy Clarkson tells it, The Grand Tour, the new high-testosterone supercar show he’s hosting with Richard Hammond and James May, has all the ingredients that made Top Gear a world-wide success. ‘It is full of middle-aged men falling over with the occasional car sticking its nose into the frame,’ he says. For legal reasons, they are being careful not to actually copy any Top Gear features, but Clarkson says the constant will be Hammond and May, ‘whom I hate’.

Ducati's bike is almost the same price as a Porsche 911, has a better power-to-weight ratio than a Bugatti Veyron and is 100 per cent road legal. But all 500 to be built have already been sold. So which other bikes launched at Europe's second motorcycle show can you buy next year? We pick ten of the best.

The Civic Type R has had plenty of plaudits for its properly rambunctious attitude - it’s like a touring car racer that’s been slightly civilised for the public highway. But is that too much to live with day-in day-out? We spent a week behind the wheel to see if it's a step too far for family motoring.

William Hindmarch setup BOTB in 1999, first venturing into Heathrow with a Porsche he had to clean with bottles of Evian because there were no taps on site. Now, thousands of people use his site every week to play for luxury vehicles. We chatted to some of the people who've won over the last two years.

It dispenses with the traditional front passenger seat, replacing it with a unit containing a high-tech pop-up touchscreen for work or leisure use, while creating more legroom for the VIP in the back. Volvo bosses say the vehicle is also a step towards the driverless car, which the company says will be on the road by 2021. The S90 is significant because by 2020 one in three of all Volvos will be built in China, rather than Europe.

Want a new car but don't want to spend a small fortune? We've enlisted the help of the expert test panel at What Car? to tell us which sub-£10,000 models are worth considering. The winner is a fairly modest brand that's managed to dethrone the might of the VW Group, but is it any of the cars pictured? Top left to right: Hyundai i10, Suzuki Celerio, Vauxhall Viva, Skoda CitiGo, Toyota Aygo, Dacia Sandero.

The new production line will see both cars and vans converted for use by police forces and fire and ambulance services nationwide. The plant is also responsible for decommissioning models once they're out of service. Vauxhall says the facility will provide 50 new jobs in Luton.

When you think of a Mercedes you probably imagine luxurious, comfortable saloons, but the German brand is planning a pick-up truck for 2017. Called the X-Class, Mercedes claims it to be the first truly premium pick-up you can buy, and this concept version points at what it will eventually look like when it hits the market in 2017.

If you're interested in classic cars with a rock and roll past, these two hugely collectible vehicles have previous owners boasting a mass of number one hits and sell-out tours. The 1971 Lamborghini Miura, top was once owned by Rod Stewart, top right, while the 1972 Maserati Ghibli, bottom, was owned by Adam Clayton, bottom right.

This latest installment of the Bonneville is about as British as a Big Mac and fries and is the latest example of bike manufacturers following in the footsteps of their four-wheeled counterparts by swamping the market with re-purposed products - at the risk of losing their identity.

There's nothing mini about the new Mini Countryman - in fact, it's the largest model to wear the iconic badge to date. The new Countryman will also be the first Mini to be sold with the option of a plug-in hybrid version and comes with a raft of new features, not least its own fold-out picnic bench.

BMW has found itself in the unusual position of playing catch up when it comes to executive class saloons. But now it has revealed the new 5 series and the lighter, faster car that can almost drive itself is likely to set down a new benchmark for rivals including Jaguar, Mercedes and Audi. We look at why.

Of the ten biggest cities in the UK, the one that tops the table as the highest average spender on new vehicles has an outlay of £26,271 - and the location may surprise you. Of the 10 largest cities in the UK, big-city dwellers in London are only the third highest spenders, meanwhile people in Cardiff are paying £3,000 more on average than just six months ago. We reveal the car-spending list.

H&H; Classics said its recent car auction at the Imperial War Museum 'brought in additional new foreign buying interest' as overseas investors jumped at the opportunity to buy. Among ten E-Types included in the sale, pictured, was a barn-find 1964 3.8-litre Jaguar E-Type Coupe, centre, that sold for double its estimate.

And the anonymous buyer didn't even have to be there in person to swipe his iPhone or iWatch - instead, he secured the ultra-collectible classic on a social media app. Coys said it is the first ever classic car sale completed via social media.

Motor giant Geely is set to release the new Lynk & Co car, which will be sold online or in small shops on high streets and large shopping malls. Drivers will be able to sign up using the sort of monthly pay-as-you-go payment plans already familiar to millions of mobile phones users. Subscribers will be able to specify what sort of deal they want.

There are some 30 million cars on the road in the UK today. The most popular colour accounts for 6.8 million so can you guess which one it is? The RAC has been digging into the data to find out which tones are on the up and which ones are going out of fashion. We reveal the answer based on DVLA stats.

You might think Formula One is a world of elitism of outrageously fast cars. But Williams has an engineering department that's helping our everyday lives. We find out how Williams uses F1 know-how to make supermarket aisles warmer, military tanks less susceptible to explosions and find more efficient ways to produce washing powder.

The classic car market is now attracting younger, financially savvy women defying falling savings rates and plummeting annuity rates on their pension pots. Over the past two years, the number of female classic car owners has risen by 40 per cent, with female customers now accounting for 11 per cent of the market, says new research by classic car insurance broker Footman James.

A convertible version of the £1.1million hybrid LaFerrari hypercar has long been teased but now it is officially here... and categorically sold out. All 209 have been promised to Ferrari's most devoted customers. It uses the same 6.3-litre V12 engine and electric motor combo as the 950bhp coupe. Officially unwrapped at the Paris Motor Show on Thursday morning, Ferrari has confirmed the roof-down stunner will use the Aperta name - the Italian for 'open'.

The Harley shudders like a pneumatic drill and has suspension so firm that you'll need your orthopaedist on speed dial, so could it win Rob Hull over in three months?

They were the among the most-derided of their eras, but could now be a fantastic investment due to their rarity. Cars such as the Austin Metro, Morris Marina and Ford Sierra, that once dominated Britain's streets and driveways until relatively recently are now on the verge of extinction, according to classic car insurance specialist ClassicLine. The firm has now kickstarted a campaign to save a number of cars that were once responsible for transporting a nation, even if they were mocked by some users.

Classic cars have been one of the best performing alternative assets in the past year and going back further than that. So could you accelerate your wealth with one? The returns can be miles ahead of shares and property, but this is a high risk investment where prices are already riding high.

One in three motorists pay over the odds for their car insurance - and the worst thing you can do is simply renew. We reveal ten tips to get the cheapest car insurance deal and show you the places to go to compare car cover and potentially save hundreds of pounds.