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.
Have you yet read anywhere that 2014 was a vintage year? Of course you have – it’s that time of year when everything is being reviewed and re-run because it’s…
When I first started doing this job, the kind of car you bought was determined by the class in which it sat. Back then, some time before the battle of…
For a while I’ve been pondering Ferrari’s naming strategy because, frankly, it seems all over the place. The range starts with the California, which is an old, emotive and very…
The world of sports car racing must feel like the AC/DC of international motor sport. The hard rocking Scottish/Australian band have sold more albums in the US than Bruce Springsteen,…
Well at last someone has put some figures to a situation we’ve known has existed for years, namely that car manufacturers have been actively manipulating mandatory EU tests to determine…
For the first time since it took a controlling interest in 1969, Fiat and Ferrari will effectively become different companies once more by this time next year. As part of…
How big a story would it be were it to become clear that Audi was going to bin both its WEC and DTM programmes and take part in Formula 1…
I’d like to thank the hosts, the track, the gods and whatever other forces contrived to make the inaugural Russian Grand Prix one of the most tedious motor racing spectacles I have…
The Spa Six Hours. Sounds glamorous doesn’t it? Sounds like it should be stock full of low slung slices of exotica staffed by snake-hipped professional drivers who’ve just passed their…
If you are reading this on Wednesday and happen to have a glass in your hand, please raise it to Sir Stirling Moss on the occasion of his 85th birthday. He is,…
After last (Monday) night, when we get to drive it, the new Jaguar XE had better be good. In more than 25 years attending car unveilings, I’ve never seen anything quite like…
This week I must beg your forgiveness and crave your indulgence for the stream of sentiment below, but I have to talk about something and you are the only people…
