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.
It must be a constant irritation to the staff at McLaren Automotive to hear people suggesting that McLaren’s lack of form on the racetrack is in some way connected to…
For those of us who spend a wholly unrealistic amount of our lives charging around in hugely powerful cars, there is no reality check more effective than a new Mazda…
There is a delicious story doing the rounds at the moment that I’d have not taken seriously were it not for the fact that, first, it originated from the editor…
I may be pushing the boundaries of my brief here, but if I promise not to mention it again can I discuss the future of what I am told was…
Who do you think was more satisfied with their Le Mans weekend, Toyota or Nissan? On first glance, this is a question not requiring a serious answer. Sure, Toyota was…
Eighty years ago this week the driving test was introduced, advising drivers on issues as broad as how to make clear hand signals and why it was poor form to…
Remember when 911s were tricky to drive? Of course Porsche’s rear engine masterpiece came with a reputation for being difficult almost from new, sufficiently so for Porsche to feel the…
As moments go it was one of the more surreal of recent times. It was 1.00am and I was sitting in a fold-up chair in a pit garage, clad in…
I only know one politician and we were chums long before he felt the call of his party. He is, at least as I write in this election week, the…
For years people like me have been moaning about the decline of manual gearboxes in the cars we like to drive, or at least would like to drive if we…
I am almost always delighted with any comment left after columns like this, because whether you agree with me or not, you’ve taken time to read what I have written…
What did you think of the race on Sunday? If you found it anything other than utterly spellbinding from flag to flag, it is possible you and I were tuned…
