Merry Christmas from the Motor1.com team

From all on the Motor1.com UK team, we would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. 

It's been an eventful six months or so since the team came together, but we started with a bang, putting the new Honda Civic Type R straight up against its toughest rival by sneaking a Ford Focus RS out to the launch in Germany for a head-to-head video. Scenes.

We started with a bang and it's been fairly constant ever since. Check our Videos and Features pages for a look of some of the exciting things we've been up to. We've also been busy bringing you the latest first drives and full reviews of the newest cars on the market – make sure you visit our reviews page to see some of the hottest cars of 2017 that we've reviewed, including the Alpine A110, Rolls-Royce Phantom and Volkswagen Polo GTI. 

All of that will continue into 2018 – starting of course with our exciting stand at the Performance Car Show at the NEC, which forms part of Autosport International from 11-14 January 2018. We're going to take pride of place with our excellent stand and we'd love to see you there. We've got five exciting cars lined up, including the UK debut of the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, the car VW has created for customers to take racing. We'll have special guests on our mini stage and lots happening – come along and find out more.

There are lots of ways to keep up with the latest car news via Motor1.com – subscribe to our Youtube channel, like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter or sign up to our newsletter, with regular updates being sent from the New Year. You'll find out the latest automotive industry news, what the newest cars are like to own and drive and how you can get the most out of being on the road.