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BMW on turbo trail
Blown six to power M3 and coupé sibling | by Andrew Frankel What’s that dripping sound? It’s BMW starting the…
December 2013
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Car crash economics
Fascinating if somewhat gruesome reading this month from Bernstein Research, in the form of the greatest loss-making model lines among…
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UK market rebounds
Good news continues to roll into the UK car market. Figures recently released for September this year showed that more…
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Turbo Cabrios unveiled
The highest price you can pay for a series-production Porsche is now as close to £150,000 as will make no…
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Last line of defence
Sadly but inevitably Land Rover has finally called time on the Defender, which will be put out to pasture at…
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A swan... or a turkey?
Another well-known turkey clucked its last this month: Aston Martin has finally killed its ill-conceived Cygnet city car after not…
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Alfa Romeo 4C
The 4C upholds the Alfa Romeo tradition – by being nearly great | by Andrew frankel My introduction to the…
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Jaguar XFR-S
The firm has some great products, but might be pushing the XF too far It’s all happening over at Jaguar.…
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Range Rover Sport
The pretence is over – now it really is an RR underneath A while back I drove a new Range…
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Infiniti Q50
It’s fresh, it’s different – but is that enough to sway buyers? Imagine you are Nissan and own a premium…
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The real deal
May I just reassure your correspondent Mr Black, ref his letter in last month’s Motor Sport, that what he saw…
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Honours list
I thought Simon Hadfield’s drive in the TT was possibly the finest drive I have seen in historic racing. I…
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Crime and passion
Mike Doodson’s article on Great Train Robber Roy James was pretty near the mark and, as he says, Roy hated…
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Beano's not toast
Delighted as we were to be mentioned in connection with another fine British brand, I have to report that rumours…
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Great Scot
Re the sale of Dick Skipworth’s Ecurie Ecosse collection, I had to smile when I read your list of drivers…
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The M4 test track
I enjoyed Gordon Cruickshank’s article about John Wyer in the 1950s. I worked for Wyer from 1959, as sales and…
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Streatham Common touch
Reading your article on Chris Bristow brought back memories of when as a young man a friend and I went…
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Young Savage
The Classic Test of the Lotus Cortina brought back memories of the years I spent working on these cars at…
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Salisbury pain
The story in November about the fictitious Salisbury Grand Prix was of great interest to me. I used those roads…
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Rich pickings
Congratulations on another terrific iPad edition. More than any other magazine I subscribe to you really bring the content alive…
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