The PalmPilot was among the first personal digital assistants. Its chunky dimensions were launched in 1997 and enabled the tech-conscious businessperson to scribe notes, monitor daily schedules and organise extensive…
Last week Ferrari provided details of its limited-edition mega machine and amidst the inevitable hoopla, I think one rather significant point was missed. More on that in a minute because…
Everyone loves an exciting concept car – a design that stretches conventional form and prompts the little boy or girl within us to shout, “please, please let them build more…
So far as Volkswagen is concerned, the silly season is well and truly upon us. There are betting shops that will give odds on Volkswagen no longer trading by the…
Since I wrote in this space last week the VW emissions scandal has moved on further and faster than most would have predicted. The company has fired not only its…
Join me briefly if you will in 1984. We’re in North America where, for the first time and at last, Audi sales have started to gain traction, thanks in great…
I suppose it is just possible that it was not me who had the broadest choice of motoring pleasures at his or her disposal this past weekend. Someone, somewhere, may…
Buy a Land Rover Defender and you’ll have all the fun you can handle in the off-road environment. Buy a Caterham Seven and you’ll have much the same sort of…
For some time now I have wondered whether, given enough exposure and shared adventure, any car could crawl its way into your affections however unlovely upon first acquaintance it might…
It must be a constant irritation to the staff at McLaren Automotive to hear people suggesting that McLaren’s lack of form on the racetrack is in some way connected to…
For those of us who spend a wholly unrealistic amount of our lives charging around in hugely powerful cars, there is no reality check more effective than a new Mazda…
I may be pushing the boundaries of my brief here, but if I promise not to mention it again can I discuss the future of what I am told was…
The new Ferrari 488 GTB never seems more absurdly fast than when you consider where it came from. Trace the line of mid-engined, two-seater Ferraris that preceded it and it…
Eighty years ago this week the driving test was introduced, advising drivers on issues as broad as how to make clear hand signals and why it was poor form to…
Remember when 911s were tricky to drive? Of course Porsche’s rear engine masterpiece came with a reputation for being difficult almost from new, sufficiently so for Porsche to feel the…
As moments go it was one of the more surreal of recent times. It was 1.00am and I was sitting in a fold-up chair in a pit garage, clad in…
