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Future classics

22/02/12

One of many displacement activities motoring journalists like to dress up as work is idly leafing through the classifieds gazing …

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Future classics

22/02/12

One of many displacement activities motoring journalists like to dress up as work is idly leafing through the classifieds gazing …

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Car of the Year: the contenders

16/02/12

Every year, the Car of the Year jury gets together with all the shortlisted cars to put them through their …

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The beauty of the British B-road

10/02/12

It has taken a while coming, but there is increasing recognition among major car manufacturers in the world that if …

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Where to build what?

31/01/12

News that Land Rover is considering building the new Defender in India has already been greeted with some fairly predictable …

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Power versus pounds

24/01/12

A moment of idleness turned into an interesting experiment last week. Having succumbed some time ago to the somewhat dubious …

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The future of hybrid road cars

18/01/12

Just when you thought you’d mentally sorted your plug-in hybrids from your range extenders, your NiMh batteries from your lithium-ions, …

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The new Honda NSX is here

10/01/12

Seven years after ceasing production, Honda has not only publically committed to building a new NSX, it has this week …

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Where’s the future of Land Rover?

04/01/12

Like most industries, the car business awards itself a large holiday over Christmas and New Year. So every year I …

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My 2012 wish list

27/12/11

Presuming this reaches you at or around the start of the New Year, can I just wish you happy motoring …

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A reality check for Renault in the UK

20/12/11

Renault has announced it is taking a chainsaw to its UK operations, cutting back its dealer network by a third …

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A ride with Juha Kankkunen

13/12/11

Over the years I have learned for the most part not to turn into a gibbering idiot in the presence …

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Toyota sees the fun side

06/12/11

Sometimes it is not what is said but who is saying it that provides a statement with its true significance. …

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A poor show for Tokyo

30/11/11

It’s been a long time, six years I think, since I last attended a Tokyo Motorshow. I regretted it almost …

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A very different 911

25/11/11

I have just climbed, somewhat breathless, from the driver’s seat of the new Porsche 911, mind too full of whirling …

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Muscle cars are back

17/11/11

Ford’s big news from this week’s Los Angeles Auto show was the unveiling of its new Escape SUV. I know this because that’s what I was told by …

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Gold-level fuel saving

13/09/11

The London Olympics is fast approaching and with that comes partners, sponsors and various British athletes doing weird and wonderful …

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The greatest of the lot – Norman Dewis

03/09/10

Last night I had the great privilege of attending Norman Dewis’s 90th birthday party. Held at Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant, …

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As well as writing regular road tests for the magazine and website, Andrew Frankel also writes a weekly feature on the road car industry. Whether the feature is on the future plans of one of the car manufacturers, or an interview with one of the industry’s leading figures, Frankel’s words are guaranteed to keep you up to date with the news and opinion that matters.