F1
The marvel of Hesketh
Imagine you wanted to start an F1 team. I expect it’s a notion many of us have idly dreamed about. You have a microscopic fraction of the money of the…
Andrew Frankel
Senior Contributing Writer
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.
Latest articles from Andrew
Opinion
Opinions
Why I've fallen for this classic 2CV
Some of you might remember that last year I finally satiated my curious craving for a very slow, two cylinder, air-cooled car with suicide doors. Or at least I thought…
Opinion
Opinions
My first race
Exactly 20 years ago, and at the grand old age of 28, I raced a car for the very first time. I mention this now because, as the season gets…
Racing History
McQueen vs Newman
While many actors have done some racing, just two bona fide Hollywood superstars ever got to race seriously and successfully somewhere near the top level of their chosen sphere of…
Opinion
Opinions
Hypercars – all just hype
I’m not sure I like the term ‘hypercar’. I first remember seeing it 20 odd years ago when the likes of the McLaren F1, Jaguar XJ220 and Bugatti EB110 took…
Opinion
Opinions
The return of the rear-engined city car
As is the way of such things, last week’s Geneva Motorshow was heaving with vastly expensive, entirely impractical and, for the most part, somewhat irrelevant product. I have no problem…
Opinion
Opinions
A Lambo to love
Last night I attended the get together that VW hosts on the eve of every major motorshow around the world, in this case Geneva. A get together, that is, for…
Opinion
Historic Racing News
FIA muddles historic racing regulations
Anger is brewing in the historic racing community over a decision by the FIA to render invalid at the end of this year all Historic Technical Passports issued before 2011.…
Opinion
Opinions
Has Mini gone too far with its new model?
What do you think of the modern Mini? It’s a subject capable of inducing looks of dreamy, doe-eyed adoration in some and something closer to fuming apoplexy in others. No…
Opinion
Le Mans News
Let GT3 cars run at the Le Mans 24 Hours
If you’ve an idle 15 minutes any time soon, could I suggest you spend it watching the last 15 minutes of the Bathurst 12 Hour, held at the wondrous Mount Panorama…
Opinion
Le Mans News
Audi and Porsche at Le Mans 2014
Will Porsche and Audi be allowed to fight to the finish at Le Mans this year? It is a question I am asked quite a lot at the moment as…
Opinion
Opinions
Launching a new car company
A new British sports car company has been created with a grand old name and a tub-thumpingly British (and really rather attractive) logo to go with it. Sadly that’s about…
