Road Cars

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…

In this spot last month I reviewed the new electric Peugeot 3008 and now, hot on its heels, comes its deadliest rival, domestic or otherwise. As regulars will be aware,…

If you look at the Land Rover LRX concept from 2008 and this Range Rover Evoque, you’ll be left in no doubt what a debt the latter owes the former.…

Back in 2011 Rolls-Royce announced that it had made an electric car. Just one, mind, to canvass the views of current and prospective customers and those of a small number…

I’m always quite nervous when it comes writing about industry stories, largely because I think they are of far greater interest to nosey hacks like me who know some of…

Five years ago, missing the Geneva Motor Show was virtually unthinkable for any major car manufacturer. This year's list of exhibitors is embarrassingly full of largely unknown brands. Andrew Frankel looks behind the staggering demise

Searching for the pinnacle of motor car production, Andrew Frankel winds the clock back 14 years to 'peak car'. We just didn't know this was as good as it was ever going to get