After an inglorious stint in the City convinced him that he could handle cars better than he handled money, Andrew joined Autocar many years ago as a junior tester. Since then he has become one of the industry’s senior figures. Editor of Motor Sport for five years, he now runs our road test section.
What made the Porsche 917 so special? Was it the 917’s looks, danger, or something much more than that? Fifty years ago, Porsche created the 917. Thirty years later, a…
Andrew Frankel's first impressions of the 2019 Porsche 911, which he tested at a gloomy Hockenheim Hockenheim always makes me glum. For some reason the weather always seems to be…
Electric cars are set to flood the market in 2019, but buyers still need to think carefully I don’t often make predictions because people tend only to remember when you…
The rise of the SUV, company heads jailed and the demise of the diesel: 2018 was far from a vintage year for motoring Was 2018 a vintage year for the…
Electric cars are just another bridge to the real answer, reckons Andrew Frankel This Saturday I was meant to be doing a race like no other. For personal and professional…
This is the eighth generation on the Porsche 911. Andrew Frankel explains what's new Faster, more powerful, sleeker and more laden with technology, the new 992-series appears to play the…
How this year's Race of Remembrance marked the centenary of the Great War It was the strangest thing. As you will either know or will be able to imagine quite…
Numbers tell a story, but not the story of Lewis Hamilton matching Fangio You can’t escape it. First thing on breakfast news this morning: Lewis Hamilton wins fifth title, putting him on…
But it insists hope remains, as Andrew Frankel explains It has just been announced that the Bloodhound Project, which hoped to not only to break the Land Speed Record but also…
Is the disappointing Paris Motor Show a sign of a wider automotive industry problem? I’m writing this from the floor of the Paris Motor Show, a biennial event long considered…
It's possible to separate Lewis Hamilton from the PR machine that he's hooked up to, writes Andrew Frankel. The problem is that it's very difficult to do so... I have…
Ferrari's yet to confirm who will partner Vettel in 2019, Andrew Frankel has his say on the decision If Kimi Räikkönen signs for Ferrari (or indeed anyone else) we will…
