Road Cars

Even though the late 2000s were blighted by perhaps the worst global financial crisis in history, you wouldn’t have known it looking back at the list of automotive exotica released.…

It is no secret that the Aston Martin Vantage did not exactly leap out of the starting blocks when it went on sale three years ago. In fact the relative…

A Rolls-Royce is no longer the preserve of fusty old gentlemen and plutocrats. There was always the odd pop star who liked to show their wealth this way, but today…

This shouldn’t be nearly as good an EV as it is. For unlike the BMW i3 that was created in 2013 on a bespoke platform with a wildly expensive carbon-fibre…

For the first time in my life, a month has passed in which I clocked up more miles powered by electricity than fossil fuels. So while I have driven dozens…

The latest in the Ferrari Icona series, the Daytona SP3, takes inspiration from the classic 330 P3/4, 330 P4 and 412 P Scuderia endurance prototypes

The Lotus Seven driven by Patrick McGoohan as ‘Number Six’ is undoubtedly the most famous car to have appeared in the cult ’60s TV series The Prisoner – but this…

The 1980s was a golden age for the hot hatch fan, and few did it better than the French. Sure, the Germans may have got there first with the mighty…

I have decided that there is one attribute I value in a car more than any other. It is that said car, be it large or small, fast or slow,…

When Porsche launched the new 911 GT3 earlier in the year we were all a bit shocked that it had been made so stiff. Great for the track, less so…

Regulars may recall I have remarked at times upon the uneasy correlation between cars that are fast and those that are fun. One of the best things I have ever…

To anyone other than an extremely well-informed observer, it is just a sparkplug. A Bosch sparkplug, not that you’re asking. It’s a little bit oily and while in obviously perfect…

The Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s NEC makes a return on November 12-14 after its cancellation in 2020 due to Covid. As our road vehicles are increasingly switching to electric…

Rolls-Royce is to end production of its combustion-engined range and will only sell fully electric cars from 2030, the company announced today. The first all-electric Rolls-Royce, named Spectre, is due…

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…