{"id":5026,"date":"2025-11-11T03:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2025-11-11T03:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:21:41","slug":"c1111007_sara-bastos-ginja-on-portugal-got-talent-audition_part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=5026","title":{"rendered":"C1111007_Sara Bastos Ginja on Portugal Got Talent (Audition)_part2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/ext\/embed.html?id=1118722363700689328\" height=\"295\" width=\"345\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The great debate: the best car of the past 25 years<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From V12 SUVs, to plug-in hybrid roadsters, we discuss our top picks from the last quarter century<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/gallery_slide\/public\/images\/car-reviews\/first-drives\/legacy\/25-for-25-feature-2025-me-72.jpg?itok=kuuJCzmH\" alt=\"25 for 25 Feature 2025  ME 72\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/square_43x43\/public\/0000_-_autocar_logo.jpg?itok=pTjv4ayR\" alt=\"Autocar\" title=\"Autocar\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/users\/autocar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autocar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 mins read<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/follow_button.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.en.html#dnt=false&#038;id=twitter-widget-0&#038;lang=en&#038;screen_name=autocar&#038;show_count=false&#038;show_screen_name=false&#038;size=m&#038;time=1762831279229\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?app_id=236580861022118&amp;sdk=joey&amp;u=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/great-debate-best-car-past-25-years&amp;display=popup&amp;ref=plugin&amp;src=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/great-debate-best-car-past-25-years&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=autocar&amp;text=The%20great%20debate:%20the%20best%20car%20of%20the%20past%2025%20years&amp;counturl=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/great-debate-best-car-past-25-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=The%20great%20debate:%20the%20best%20car%20of%20the%20past%2025%20years&amp;body=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/great-debate-best-car-past-25-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re only 25 years into the 21st century, yet it\u2019s already produced a remarkable wave of game-changing cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hard to believe the millennium turn was that long ago, but the nice round 25-year mark gives us a perfect excuse for reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve already highlighted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/21st-century-icons-best-car-every-year-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 cars that defined each year<\/a>, and looked at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/best-selling-cars-21st-century\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bestsellers of the era<\/a>. But choosing the best cars from 2001\u20132025? That sparked some serious debate &#8211; so we headed to Caffeine &amp; Machine to attempt to settle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James Attwood:<\/strong>&nbsp;Illya, shall we start with your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/used-car-buying-guides\/mini-cooper-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mini<\/a>, given that it\u2019s&nbsp;from 2001?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Illya Verpraet:<\/strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s significant on a number of levels. Originally it was meant to be just a car, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/bmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW<\/a>&nbsp;built a whole brand off it \u2013 and it has been incredibly successful. The Mini was part of a wave of retro designs, along with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/bug-life-everyday-motoring-52-year-old-car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volkswagen Beetle<\/a>&nbsp;and the Chrysler PT Cruiser, but it\u2019s one of the only ones that has really stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those achievements were contingent on how good a product it was. It wasn\u2019t hacked off another platform but was built on a completely bespoke platform, and the designers had freedom to style it and give it characteristics that linked it to the original&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mini<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steve Cropley:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 25 years, nothing else has come along that could be confused with the Mini. And that 2001 car is better looking than&nbsp;the current one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:&nbsp;<\/strong>That\u2019s because it\u2019s its own thing. The current Minis have to share their platform with a BMW, while this one was a clean slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/25-for-25-feature-2025-me-5.jpg?itok=9OztlFNF\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark Tisshaw:&nbsp;<\/strong>That car created a brand, but it has remained a problem ever since: even today, the three-door&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-small-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hatchback<\/a>&nbsp;is the centre of the brand. In 25 years of trying and 10 or 15 other models, nothing else has even got close to being so interesting or so popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Reviews<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-28.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5029\" title=\"Toyota Hilix electric review 01\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/toyota\/hilux-electric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/toyota\/hilux-electric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyota Hilux Electric<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/toyota\/hilux-electric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyota Hilux Electric<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-27.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5028\" title=\"Hyundai Ioniq 6 N review 2025 01\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/hyundai\/ioniq-6-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/hyundai\/ioniq-6-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyundai Ioniq 6 N<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/hyundai\/ioniq-6-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyundai Ioniq 6 N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-30.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5031\" title=\" P6A1936 1600x1067 e125f67b 0fda 44af 8430 19a0966d861d\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mitsubishi\/lancer-evolution-vi-1999-2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mitsubishi\/lancer-evolution-vi-1999-2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Used Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 1999-2001 review<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mitsubishi\/lancer-evolution-vi-1999-2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Used Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 1999-2001 review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-29.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5030\" title=\"MG IM6 review 2025 0001\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mg-motor\/im-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mg-motor\/im-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MG IM6<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mg-motor\/im-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MG IM6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-31.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5032\" title=\"Honda Super N review 2025 0001\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/honda\/super-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/honda\/super-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honda Super-N<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/honda\/super-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honda Super-N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View all car reviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read our review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Car review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-32.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5033\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/alpine\/a110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/alpine\/a110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alpine A110<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France\u2019s revered sports car brand is back and chasing some heavyweight scalps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/alpine\/a110\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read our review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;But it\u2019s the model that keeps Mini grounded. It makes models such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mini\/countryman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Countryman<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mini\/aceman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aceman<\/a>&nbsp;legitimate. It\u2019s like how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/porsche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porsche<\/a>&nbsp;can do whatever it likes with 911-adjacent styling because it still has a proper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/porsche\/911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">911<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cars like the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/renault\/5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renault 5<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/fiat\/500-2008-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiat\u2019s 500<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/fiat\/grande-panda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grande Panda<\/a>&nbsp;wouldn\u2019t exist if Mini hadn\u2019t proven that retro design works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mini is also one of very few manufacturers that have made a premium small car work. The Mini isn\u2019t cheap and doesn\u2019t feel cheap, and it\u2019s&nbsp;a great thing to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;When they put the third-generation model on a BMW platform, it showed Mini could handle a big price tag: people still bought it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mini was also an EV pioneer: there was a Mini E trial in Oxford and learnings from that influenced the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/bmw\/i3-2013-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW i3<\/a>. On which note, we probably should have had an electric car here, most likely a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/tesla\/model-3-2017-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla Model 3.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-33.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5034\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rachel Burgess:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tesla is about more than just being an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-electric-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EV<\/a>, though. Every brand in the past 25 years has been influenced by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/tesla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla<\/a>&nbsp;and tried to follow what it has done as a technology firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Model 3 was such a big step up in electric technology: here\u2019s an EV that is actually good, has range and drives well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:&nbsp;<\/strong>Every CEO from every mainstream manufacturer said: \u201cWe\u2019re watching what Tesla is doing.\u201d Do you remember [former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/business-corporate\/vw-group-continue-strong-cuts-amid-unsustainable-profit-drop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volkswagen Group<\/a>&nbsp;CEO] Herbert Diess on social media saying \u2018oh, me and Elon are hanging out\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;Steve, you interviewed Musk when we gave him an award in 2014. How did you find him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;I met him in Westfield shopping centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;He wouldn\u2019t go there now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;Neither would I\u2026 Anyway, he was explaining that if people were out buying socks, they\u2019d be in a buying mood and would be interested in cars for sale. That\u2019s why they developed Tesla stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-34.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5035\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;Everyone thinks about Tesla as being an industry outsider, but the first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/tesla\/roadster-2008-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roadster<\/a>&nbsp;was basically engineered by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/lotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lotus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matt Prior:&nbsp;<\/strong>I tried to bring one today. We had one in for a road test in 2009. It was the only EV&nbsp;at the time that we could drive from the office in Teddington to MIRA in Warwickshire and&nbsp;do something useful when we got there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;It was the first car that really conveyed electric performance. I remember going for the throttle, and the car sort of erupted before my foot even got to the end of the accelerator track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;So, Matt, since you couldn\u2019t turn up in a Roadster, what small, sleek car did you pick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/audi\/q7-2006-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audi Q7<\/a>. Imagine that in 200 years you\u2019re setting up an exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum trying to define what early 21st-century life was like. If you want a car that exemplifies that, it would be a big,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-luxury-suvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">premium SUV.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the start of the century, Audi was selling 500,000 cars; they\u2019re now doing two million.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mercedes-benz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercedes-Benz&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/bmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW<\/a>&nbsp;are similar. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of SUVs on the road multiplied by six. The Q7 was Audi\u2019s first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-suvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SUV<\/a>, and now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/audi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audi<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz, BMW,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/volvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volvo<\/a>&nbsp;and others are&nbsp;all in effect SUV brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My example, I grant you, is an uncommon V12 diesel, but the Volkswagen Group diesel story&nbsp; is one of the defining events of the past 25 years. Dieselgate prompted the VW Group to reinvent itself and led to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/volkswagen\/id-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VW ID 3<\/a>, which was probably released before it was ready. Legislators also decided manufacturers couldn\u2019t be trusted, so they lost any influence in decisions such as when to introduce an EV mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-35.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5036\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, German car firms are brilliant at&nbsp;making cars, but they\u2019re not technology experts. The emergence of China as a market was very appealing for European firms, but to make cars there they had to do joint ventures with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/chinese-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese firms.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They thought the European players would do the manufacturing and the local firms would do the red tape, but the Chinese firms took all&nbsp;of the manufacturing knowledge, and now, because they are technology experts, have introduced models that are better engineered than cars like that Q7. The story of the next 25 years will be about many of those Chinese cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;Someone from a national dealer chain told me his technicians say the best-built cars, bar none, are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/byd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BYDs<\/a>. Which is quite terrifying&nbsp;for Western car firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;We said earlier about there not being an EV here, but I\u2019ve brought a car with an electrified&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-plug-in-hybrid-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plug-in hybrid&nbsp;<\/a>engine: a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/bmw\/i8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW i8<\/a>. It was incredibly innovative and felt like a real turning point for electrification. It arrived in 2014 and still looks brilliant today: it\u2019s space-age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You could also put this in the V&amp;A and in 200 years it would still look amazing. It also has a 1.5-litre Mini engine, which I loved talking about to anyone who was interested, because it always surprised them. It did about 30 miles on battery power, which is about the same as my long-term&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/land-rover\/range-rover-evoque\/long-term-reviews\/3000-miles-range-rover-evoque-low-key\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evoque PHEV&nbsp;<\/a>now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The technology has moved on in 11 years, but not by that much. It did 0-62mph in 4.4sec, which is all you ever need. BMW pitched it as a hybrid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-supercars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supercar<\/a>, which was debatable, but it was genuinely a rival to the 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:&nbsp;<\/strong>It didn\u2019t make our final list because it felt like BMW never really followed it up properly or built off it, so it was something of a dead end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;It sold more than BMW expected. Because of the low tax, it built a huge fleet following: company car drivers who wanted a 911 got an i8. And although you could say it was a dead end, it pushed technology in many ways, such as the use of CFRP to keep it light. A lot of innovation on that car helped BMW and the whole industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s frustrating that if BMW turned around and launched the i8 and i3 today, with updated powertrains, you\u2019d absolutely believe they were conceived this year. They would be amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/25-for-25-feature-2025-me-13.jpg?itok=ruZVLi6x\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;Former BMW sales boss Ian Robertson was the main advocate for those cars, and when he left soon after their launch, it suggested they weren\u2019t going to be smash hits. They weren\u2019t profitable, were they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;Early cars that innovate quite often aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;The world probably wasn\u2019t ready for it in 2014. And it\u2019s really expensive to engineer lightweight cars at scale, which was a problem for the i3 and i8, the Audi A2 and other cars that haven\u2019t made any money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;The i8 was designed to be obviously forward-looking. It\u2019s another difference with Tesla:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/tesla\/model-s-2013-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Model S<\/a>&nbsp;is massively innovative, but it looked like a normal car. That\u2019s what people wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;Talking about cars that confused on first impression, I\u2019ve brought a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/how-nissan-qashqai-became-king-crossovers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nissan Qashqai<\/a>. Of the cars here, the Qashqai, good or bad, has had the most impact in terms of the cars we see on the roads today: everything is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/top-10-best-crossover-hatchbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crossover<\/a>&nbsp;or an&nbsp;SUV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original plan was to develop a car bigger than the Almera, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/nissan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nissan<\/a>&nbsp;decided that wouldn\u2019t be profitable. So it looked at the popularity of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/best-cars\/best-4x4s-off-road-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big 4x4s<\/a>&nbsp;and realised people liked the high-riding position but didn\u2019t want all-wheel drive and agricultural interiors; they just wanted a normal car with a high driving position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/25-for-25-feature-2025-qashqai-judges.jpg?itok=oMCf9T_l\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s interesting to remember how crap the Almera was and the step Nissan made from that, a car nobody wanted, to the Qashqai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;When I first drove the Qashqai, I just felt \u2018it\u2019s not as big as a Primera inside but it\u2019s taller, has worse fuel economy and costs about 20% more\u2019. And 20 years later, I was still right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Qashqai and i8 are a nice contrast of how enthusiasts are so often not representative of the wider population. In both cases, a manufacturer took a punt on something different from the norm. The i8 is very cool, but the Qashqai worked because people actually wanted it. It found a completely new segment: it just struck gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;We think of the Qashqai as being radical,&nbsp;but that Mk1 is really just a tall hatchback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:&nbsp;<\/strong>It looks like a tall hatchback now because everything is an SUV. The Qashqai is also a British success story: it was designed and engineered here and built in Sunderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;Andy Palmer was involved in its development, wasn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;David Moss was probably the true creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;David Twohig worked on the Qashqai \u2013 and on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/alpine\/a110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alpine A110.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:&nbsp;<\/strong>It\u2019s like football: the same great managers pop up at different clubs, and those clubs tend to win. If you\u2019re good, you can work on a Qashqai and you can work on an A110.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3\" height=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-36.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5037\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;I brought my own A110 today. It fits an interesting gap between a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mazda\/mx-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mazda MX-5<\/a>&nbsp;and a Porsche 911. And it\u2019s still a Renault, so when you get it serviced, it\u2019s \u00a3400 instead of \u00a31400. Because of the mid-engine layout, it has nice balance and steering. I\u2019ve owned nine&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/lotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lotuses<\/a>&nbsp;and they were all light and delicate in their handling \u2013 and this is the best \u2018Lotus\u2019 of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;It&nbsp;feels defining because it\u2019s so different from what everyone else was doing. It\u2019s almost anachronistic: here was this pure driver\u2019s car&nbsp;in a world of SUVs and fancy technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:&nbsp;<\/strong>It could have failed, couldn\u2019t it? It\u2019s quite similar to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/alfa-romeo\/4c-2013-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfa Romeo 4C<\/a>&nbsp;in outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;Has it actually worked? We love it, but you don\u2019t see many of them. It\u2019s like Mini again: will they ever better their first car, and can they make a brand out of it? You look at what\u2019s coming from Alpine and all I see is slightly faster, slightly heavier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/renault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renaults<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s like the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/polestar\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polestar 1<\/a>: it\u2019s different from the other cars the brand is going to launch. The first car is one for engineers to do their thing on. Nobody\u2019s expecting it to make any money, so they just get away with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;When the A110 was launched, I\u2019m not sure they had plans for it as a brand, but because it was successful, they wanted to do something \u2013 but they didn\u2019t know what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;I didn\u2019t buy that car viewing it as part of a family; I just liked it. I\u2019ve done a couple of track days in it, and even on basic suspension you can, if you\u2019re good enough, do a bloke in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/used-cars-used-car-buying-guides\/used-car-buying-guide-porsche-cayman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porsche Cayman<\/a>, which is fun. I intend to hold on to it, because it\u2019s light and it has a simple, effective engine that sounds good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;Most of us turned up in a car that was pioneering. Mark, you rocked up in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/volkswagen\/golf-2012-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volkswagen Golf\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Mk7 Golf represents as close to perfection as you can get in a mainstream car. It\u2019s the result of some serious engineering power: it\u2019s based on the MQB platform, on which 40 million cars have been built, and 40 million more will use it into the 2030s. It represents the engineering might of the VW Group at its biggest. I\u2019ve brought a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/volkswagen\/golf-gti-2013-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;facelifted GTI<\/a>, which is the Golf at its sweetest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/25-for-25-feature-2025-me-3.jpg?itok=gsMJF9-o\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ran one as a long-termer in 2018, and I was so close to buying it afterwards \u2013&nbsp;although it was a three-door, so it wouldn\u2019t&nbsp;have worked with my dog. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/volkswagen\/golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mk8 Golf<\/a>&nbsp;was&nbsp;a backward step in almost every department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;When they were doing the Mk8 Golf they were also working on the ID 3 and all that.&nbsp;Do you think they got diverted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s back to Matt\u2019s point about Dieselgate changing Volkswagen. It meant the ID cars were rushed through before they were ready. With the enormous costs of developing the MEB platform, some of the tech had to go back into the ICE cars, and some of the usability flaws of the ID 3 made their way over to the Golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;There\u2019s also a huge shortage of personnel if you\u2019re trying to build two cars instead of one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the coming years, firms such as VW and Mercedes will offer identically styled ICE cars and EVs on completely different platforms. So there will be an ID Golf on an EV platform and a Golf based on a combustion-engine architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;Is it the best car\u2026 in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;If I could have one car to drive forever more, it would be a Mk7.5 Golf GTI. You could slip that car into almost any group test today and it would have a chance of winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/25-for-25-feature-2025-me-12.jpg?itok=_dQDdlvX\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;If I were going to pick just one car to buy, it would be a three-door Mk7 Golf GTI. I\u2019ve always found those sorts of cars are my sweet spot. I don\u2019t want to be driving a supercar; I want a car I can really live with and not be scared of chucking around corners. To me, that\u2019s the perfect car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;Where\u2019s the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/ford\/focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ford Focus<\/a>&nbsp;in this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;I think it lacks longevity. It has better handling, but it\u2019s the quality. If you got in a&nbsp;six-year-old Focus now, it would feel dated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;We should talk about other cars that should have been in the mix for today. Are we missing something high-end?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/ferrari\/458-italia-2010-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferrari 458<\/a>. I did think about trying to find one, because it is one of the greatest sports cars\/supercars of the past 25 years. Enough owners are not buying&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/ferrari\/296-gtb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">296s<\/a>&nbsp;because they&nbsp;would still rather have a 458.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/new-car-reviews\/mclaren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren<\/a>&nbsp;really deserves a mention: the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/mclaren-570s-1900-mile-road-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">570S<\/a>&nbsp;was peak McLaren. The firm is about to change a lot, so we don\u2019t know what will happen after that, but McLaren at its peak made the best Ferraris even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:<\/strong>&nbsp;If we\u2019re talking hypercars, the \u2018holy trinity\u2019 \u2013&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/mclaren\/p1-2014-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren P1<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/ferrari\/laferrari-2013-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaFerrari<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/porsche\/918-spyder-2013-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porsche 918&nbsp;<\/a>\u2013&nbsp;should be mentioned. They started the hybrid thing, parallel to the i8; they pushed the boundaries of speed and technology. It was the first time hybrid technology was applied in that way, and now everything is electric in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/25-for-25-feature-2025-steve.jpg?itok=RHoHHUUX\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;If you had to drive home in one of the six cars here, and you couldn\u2019t take the one you brought, what would be your pick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Mk1 Mini, because I\u2019m completely persuaded by the concept, even after 25 years. And I was the idiot who said \u2018it will never work, because it\u2019s not 10 feet long and it wasn\u2019t designed by Alec Issigonis\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IV:&nbsp;<\/strong>I\u2019ll take Steve\u2019s A110. It\u2019s just a compact, sensibly sized sports car without much bullshit around it. I could keep driving it forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MT:<\/strong>&nbsp;It would be the Mini for me too. It has aged unbelievably well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MP:<\/strong>&nbsp;A coup\u00e9 version of the i8, because I can see myself one day buying one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB:<\/strong>&nbsp;It\u2019s the Golf GTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JA:<\/strong>&nbsp;I love that GTI, but I\u2019ll take the i8 \u2013 since I\u2019ve volunteered to drive it back to the dealer\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great debate: the best car of the past 25 years From V12 SUVs, to plug-in hybrid roadsters, we discuss our top picks from the last quarter century News by&nbsp;Autocar 12 mins read 8 November 2025 Share We\u2019re only 25 years into the 21st century, yet it\u2019s already produced a remarkable wave of game-changing cars. 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