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.
Here’s one way in which at least part of the world is changing. Twenty years ago Italy was one of Ferrari’s top three markets, vying for the top position with…
Understandably the various enthusiast forums around the world have been whipped into something approaching a frenzy by the news that the Nürburgring has effectively gone bust. Modern media communications and…
It was an impromptu experiment but, though I say it myself, one that worked well. I’ve just spent the weekend swapping between a pair of sports cars with results I’d…
I am sure a sizeable constituency of us will be spending all or some of the weekend camped out in the grounds of a West Sussex stately home. I can’t…
I have a friend who is very good at what she does, but knows less about cars than I do about string theory. A month or so ago she had…
This weekend, for the 14th time on the trot, Audi will line up to take the start at Le Mans. And with four cars entered and the only other cars…
I am aware of nothing more ridiculous in the entire car industry than the way in which CO2 emissions are measured. Were this a small side issue, an unimportant statistical…
Like many of his fans the world over, I was saddened to hear that Carroll Shelby passed away last week. I only met him once, at Goodwood 10 or more…
The Beijing Motorshow is, by some distance, the strangest car exhibition it has been my pleasure to attend. Here, spreadeagled across nine colossal halls, the cream of European automotive nobility…
One of the more popular assumptions among the car buying public is that there is no longer any such thing as a bad car. People tell me this with some…
If I say 'three cylinders' to you, what pictures fill your mind? To me its images of tiny Japanese microcars that only ever leave their home islands by way of…
The Goodwood press day is the only one in the year where I am allowed to play poacher come gamekeeper. While there to report on news surrounding the forthcoming Festival…
