I have this month been pondering more often than usual the seemingly nebulous relationship between fast and fun. I have often commented on the problems inherent with most fast cars,…

If the Audi e-tron GT raises one question more than any other, it is simply this: why not buy a Porsche Taycan instead? Under the skin these electric four-door coupés…

I’m not defending them, but if you were minded to buy a truly profligate Mercedes SUV, it is kind enough to give you a choice, all powered by its monster…

This is an undemanding car for an undemanding kind of driver. When I drove its coupé sister I was really rather taken with it, pointing out at the time that…

They look like they do exactly the same job, don’t they? And for most owners they will, that being to sit in an air-conditioned garage as part of a large…

It is safe to say the latest generation of fast Volkswagen Golf has not been accorded the rapturous reception its creators may have hoped for and, given the breed’s recent…

There haven’t been many people in this industry to whom I warmed more immediately than Victor Gauntlett, whom I last saw in 2001, 10 years after he left Aston Martin’s…

One of the events I so wish I’d been able to attend was the launch of the Bentley Turbo R in 1986. Not for its sheer power, or sumptuous luxury,…

When I was a child, I lived in an almost entirely Alfa-centric world. There were Giulias, Berlinas, Alfettas, ’Suds, one after the other from the late 1960s to the mid-…

Remember the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake? A brilliant idea, combining the style of the CLS coupé with the practicality of a conventional estate. Brilliant, that is, in all regards but…

Last August, Tobias Moers, the former boss of Mercedes-Benz’s AMG division, swept through the doors of Aston Martin’s Gaydon factory to take up his position as the beleaguered company’s new…

It is probably true that three of my five favourite road cars are Ferraris. Naturally I can’t afford any of them but even if I could, I’d probably not have…