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 was an impromptu experiment but, though I say it myself, one that worked well. I’ve just spent the weekend swapping between a pair of sports cars with results I’d…
The last time I saw Carroll Shelby was at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the autumn. He was there to unveil the latest car to bear his name. When…
I am sure a sizeable constituency of us will be spending all or some of the weekend camped out in the grounds of a West Sussex stately home. I can’t…
I have a friend who is very good at what she does, but knows less about cars than I do about string theory. A month or so ago she had…
This weekend, for the 14th time on the trot, Audi will line up to take the start at Le Mans. And with four cars entered and the only other cars…
I am aware of nothing more ridiculous in the entire car industry than the way in which CO2 emissions are measured. Were this a small side issue, an unimportant statistical…
Quietly over the weekend, Aston Martin unveiled a new concept at Villa D’Este called the AM310. So what, you might ask. A concept it might be but it might just…
The decision to exempt pre-1960 cars from their annual MOT test sounds terrific. In theory. Roads Minister Mike Penning says that though these cars represent 0.6 per cent of traffic,…
Like many of his fans the world over, I was saddened to hear that Carroll Shelby passed away last week. I only met him once, at Goodwood 10 or more…
The telephone rang. “Andrew, the car’s handling like a piece of sh*t.” Spared the usual introductions, this could only my Porsche 911 GT3 driving chum who’d bought the car on…
The Beijing Motorshow is, by some distance, the strangest car exhibition it has been my pleasure to attend. Here, spreadeagled across nine colossal halls, the cream of European automotive nobility…
Press releases are usually pretty turgid affairs. And then, just once in a while, you get one that makes you put down your coffee, read, re-read and then check the…
