Auctions
Lewis Hamilton F1 race-winning McLaren for sale in auction first
Formula 1 teams really don’t like selling off their cars. I can remember once being shown around a Williams warehouse stacked to the rafters with old F1 cars, some 20…
Andrew Frankel
Senior Contributing Writer
After an inglorious stint in the City convinced him that he could handle cars better than he handled money, Andrew joined Autocar many years ago as a junior tester. Since then he has become one of the industry’s senior figures. Editor of Motor Sport for five years, he now runs our road test section.
Latest articles from Andrew
Road Cars
Just how much is riding on the last petrol-powered Lotus?
The Lotus Emira will be the final petrol-powered machine before a shift to electric cars. Andrew Frankel asks whether it will appeal to the audience Lotus hopes it can
Racing History
Don't forget Lady Susie Moss: the other half of Stirling's double act
Although no one would be so indiscreet or disloyal to say so, if it turned out that the Queen was beside herself with grief at the loss of her husband…
Road Cars
An F1 powered road car? Mercedes has cracked it... except for one problem
It has taken a while, but Mercedes-AMG has committed to start deliveries of its Project One hypercar this year. Or just ‘One’. Officially the concept was the ‘Project One’, the…
Club Racing News
Down but not out: club racing bounces back
With crowds to be allowed back from May, club racing could finally start to recover from Covid – but the future is uncertain for some
Road Cars
GTO Engineering Ferrari Moderna: 'homage to the past with a contemporary twist'
The name. I don’t like the name. Moderna. It sounds like someone trying to say the name of an Italian city in a silly accent. And a vaccine. Think about…
Le Mans News
When Ferrari conquered Le Mans: how it won nine times — so far
The participation of Ferrari at Le Mans started in 1949 when Ferrari the company was but two years old, though Ferrari the man was already in his fifties. But it…
Road Cars
2021 McLaren Artura revealed: why it's critical to the company's future
Sometimes a car company launches a new car whose significance goes far beyond its price and position in the range. In effect it resets the company. Volkswagen did this last…
Road Cars
Why Lotus has killed the magic to make way for new Esprit
I have never known it happen before without the company concerned going to the wall, but on Monday Lotus announced it would, during the course of this year, cease production…
Road Cars
The year of the electric vehicle? Sports car makers missed the 2021 memo
There is no doubt about it that, for good or ill, 2021 will be year in which electrification stopped being a subject more talked about than acted upon and became…
Road Cars
The 2020 car of the year? One that can cope with the rough...
To be honest I doubt it was ever to have been a ‘vintage year’. When in a few decades someone writes about the transformation in the car industry that took…
Road Cars
The black art behind tumbling Nürburgring road car lap records
We should be grateful for the last 1000km race ever to be held for prototype sports cars at the old Nürburgring in 1983 because it was also the only one…
