I wasn’t that taken with the previous generation of fast Focus. Indeed, I appeared to be in a minority who regarded the most recent Focus RS as something of a…

Diesel is dead, right? If so, why is Audi, the company whose VW parent did more than any other to imperil it, now replacing performance petrol ‘S’ models with diesels…

I note a change in tack from the team behind the renewed Bloodhound LSR Land Speed Record car, a project now in its 13th year and under new management for…

1969 917 The original from which all others would be spawned, even if it was the least successful of all. Developed off the back of the successful 908, the 4.5-litre…

They were all just stories. They had to be. Of course a Porsche 917/30 would not actually spin its rear wheels at over 120mph. I mean, have you seen those…

There is one thing, and one thing alone that is surprising about the Porsche Cayenne Coupé, and that is simply the amount of time Porsche took getting around to building…

The EQC is not, I would imagine, the car with which Mercedes-Benz would have chosen to launch its new EQ sub-brand of all-electric cars. My guess is that in an…

In many ways, McLaren Automotive is entering the most critical stage of its young life since its birth eight short years ago. It has come an astonishing distance since the…

I have no idea why it made it so difficult for itself, but Land Rover has pulled off the coup of the year by nicking the Frankfurt Motor Show from…

You can’t accuse Renault of pulling its punches when it comes to its fast hatchbacks. This Trophy version of the hot Mégane looks to have the dream specification: no hefty…

It used to be so simple. There was a time when all cars came with manual gearboxes and normally aspirated engines. There was no other way for a car to…

Hands up anyone utterly confused and bemused by the apparently limitless extent and complexity of car manufacturer model ranges? Mine are both in the air, and I do this for…