Road Cars
The black art behind tumbling Nürburgring road car lap records
We should be grateful for the last 1000km race ever to be held for prototype sports cars at the old Nürburgring in 1983 because it was also the only one…
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
Hall of Fame
'A fine driver and extraordinary human' — Alex Zanardi's deserved place in the Hall of Fame
Alex Zanardi is a nominee for this year's Motor Sport Hall of Fame. Andrew Frankel can't think of another candidate who has shown us more courage or indomitable human spirit
Road Cars
'I'd back government's 2030 electric car plan — if there was a plan'
So now we know: in nine years time the last car powered solely by petrol or diesel will have been sold in the UK. Make that 14 years for all…
Road Cars
Fastest car around Le Mans (in theory), but Bugatti Bolide isn't that impressive
If you’ve not seen it already, Bugatti has announced a new car. Called the Bugatti Bolide, it makes all its products launched since the 986bhp Veyron in 2005 look somewhat…
Historic Racing News
Vanwall name returns with a new run of 1958 continuation cars
Sixty two years ago today, Tony Vandervell’s dream of beating Ferrari at the top level, a dream he had nurtured for most of the 1950s, finally came true. This was…
Road Cars
McLaren 765LT the end of an era as firm looks to a new start
McLaren Automotive must be hoping that the next ten years follows a smoother trajectory than its first. The start was horrendous – its launch car, the MP4-12C was introduced before…
Road Cars
Look beyond the nose of BMW's M3 and M4 — but you might like them even less
I hope that the response of the general public to the reveal of the new BMW M3 and M4 is somewhat more charitable than that I’ve seen among the diehard…
F1
The legend, passion and allure of Scuderia Ferrari
In my early career before inconveniences like children, I often toyed with the idea of becoming a Formula 1 journalist. And as a recently departed editor of this title, I…
Road Cars
Aston Martin DBX review: SUV that's set up for Silverstone
The new DBX SUV is more than an Aston Martin in name alone, writes Andrew Frankel in this road test extract from the magazine
Road Cars
Gordon Murray's T.50 supercar revealed: the "incomparably better" successor to McLaren F1
In this business there aren’t many things I enjoy doing more than sitting down with Gordon Murray, and I include those involving having a steering wheel in my hands. It’s…
F1
Was the Austrian Grand Prix as good as the 2020 F1 season gets?
It was, I think, better than any of us expected and all but the most dreamy of optimists hoped. Formula 1’s return to racing after seven months away produced an…
Road Cars
The Mezger engine: Porsche legend created by a genius
There are very few engines that have become so indivisible from their creator that it’s hard to mention them without their names too. I guess you could include the Cosworth…
