Road Cars

Make no mistake, the V12 engine is a dead man walking. For over 100 years and on both road and track we have marvelled to the sound of a dozen…

Mention the name Ford Torino to some of a certain age and they will immediately picture an image of the red-and-white ‘Striped Tomato’ Torino that featured in the 1970s TV…

Car manufacturers try their best to predict what people want, often going to great lengths to offer all the options anyone could possibly ask for – but, as the old adage…

Back in the early 1900s, your automotive options were rather limited, to say the least. On the one hand if you were rich, you were fine: with hefty Ford Model…

BMW is exerting upward pressure on the positioning of its M5 super saloon. When the previous model was introduced in 2011, it cost around £73,000. When it replaced the current…

This ‘new’ Macan is actually the old Macan with some minor cosmetic upgrades, by far the most important being a more modern look to the interior, with far fewer buttons.…

You may have already read elsewhere some fairly breathless reviews of the new Hyundai i20 N. And if you have, you would be forgiven for concluding that it was the…

The microchip crisis that is affecting the ability of manufacturers to build cars the world over shows no sign of going away. It has been created by a perfect storm…

Adrian Hamilton's enthusiasm and passion for cars, displayed in his extensive dealership success, was matched only by his kindness and willingness to help others within his world

The case of the BMW M1 is an interesting one. Technically it was a fleeting diversion from the norm, birthed out of the desire to beat Porsche at its own…

If you've always fancied an ultra-high-performance version of Porsche’s legendary air-cooled swan-song, the 993, German dealer Jan B Lühn might leave you spoiled for choice with this remarkable quartet of…

Without wishing to spoil your reading pleasure, it is fair to say that the two other road cars that I’ve reviewed this month are both machines you expect to be…

It’s been two years since Mercedes announced the existence of this secondgeneration A45 S but now it’s found its way over here its 416bhp 2-litre engine still offers the highest…

Don't look at the Land Rover Defender as a standalone vehicle. It is in addition an image builder for Land Rover and a much needed one as well. For a…

Unsurprisingly my favourite events of the motoring year take place at Goodwood, but not far behind is the Festival of the Unexceptional, held this year at the end of July…

Jenson Button has diversified his post-F1 career by forming part of a consortium dedicated to bringing back one of Britain’s coolest 1960s coachbuilders – Radford. Button has got together with…

F1 drivers have developed and promoted road cars before, but few have bought their own company and actually built one – Jenson Button explains why he's bucking the trend