To say the current generation of VW Golf is doing less well than that which preceded it is putting it mildly. Ten years ago VW was selling a million Golfs…
The most fun I’ve ever had driving an electric car was not in the 939bhp Porsche Taycan Turbo S referred to in my column in this issue, but a couple…
Monterey Car Week is now one of the world's premier automotive events – and a brilliant 2024 showing demonstrated just why
The Quail's 2024 edition proved again why its concours, exhibits and auctions are becoming so popular – there are few out there to match it
Rudi Klein's legendary Junkyard set – featuring some of the world's rarest cars and thought possibly to be the greatest private collection on the planet – is now going up for auction
It always felt a bit like making Usain Bolt run the 100m in Doc Martens. Here was something superior to anything else out there, yet which was being held back…
Rumours about how the Porsche 911 was going to address the environmental concerns of the modern era long pre-date even the outgoing first generation of the current 992 series, launched…
This is more of an amuse-bouche report prior to the proper review I’ll write later in the year because I only drove the new, heavily revised Continental GT in prototype…
Having felt something of a lone voice in my disappointment for the hot Alfa saloon since introduction in 2017, I’d been told by colleagues I respect that the apparently minor…
Mercedes-Benz’s fabled AMG division is going through a curious phase. First it decided that for the new C 63 AMG it was going to replace its beloved 4-litre V8 engine…
Through its proud publishing century Motor Sport has had many different crew members, but one thing has always united us – the deep love of cars. And not just watching…
There’s a lot not to like about the all new Mini Countryman, at least for traditionalists. First, it’s absolutely vast, the biggest Mini to date, an entire size category above…
Sometimes a car comes along that makes you feel all warm inside, even before you drive it. I’ve always loved the punchy BMW saloons short of the M cars, and…
Back in 2003 I went to drive a new kind of Porsche. Writing in a Sunday newspaper I concluded: “Porsche has failed with the Cayenne. By any of its own…
Track-only hypercars are big business. This year will see Red Bull enter the fray with its Adrian Newey-designed, V10-powered RB17 two-seater, offering millionaire car fans a new option alongside the…
It was, I suppose, a moment of clarity. Unless you are a motoring journalist this will sound ridiculous, but in the road-testing game you can get so caught up in…
