Road Cars

There's a road about 20 miles from where I live that I never use for testing fast cars. From its nearest access point to me it offers about 16 miles…

This is the third two-seat Mini ‘GP’, one for each generation of the car. I was amused by the first and disappointed by the second. But the pendulum, on paper…

Think back to 2009. Back then the Ferrari flagship was the 599GTB and its GT the was 612 Scaglietti, both replaced by all-new cars in 2012 and 2011 respectively. But…

Regardless of whether it works or not, the creation of the Aston Martin DBX will go down in the history of the marque as one of its defining moments, right…

Some of you may recall that, back in the July issue, I used this spot to recall the time in 2012 when I and sundry others took Sir Stirling Moss…

Lotus recently bought a piece of its own history after purchasing the modified Esprit made especially for its founder, Colin Chapman. The 1981 Series 3 Esprit was Chapman’s final company car…

While it may be near-impossible to write about Gordon Murray’s ground-breaking new T.50 supercar without mentioning it as a spiritual successor to the McLaren F1, Murray himself believes the new…

The Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar, built around the 2016 F1 championship-winning hybrid engine, has been seen and heard in testing before production starts at the end of the year. With…

The new DBX SUV is more than an Aston Martin in name alone, writes Andrew Frankel in this road test extract from the magazine

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…

Just as Porsche listened to those who said four cylinders was simply not enough for GTS versions of the Cayman or Boxster and reinstated a flat six, so does it…

There are lots of things McLaren would like you to think about when contemplating its extraordinary new Speedtail hypercar, most obviously the McLaren F1, whose three-seat, arrow-head cabin configuration it…

'Water, water every-where, and far more trouble than you’d think...’ I bet back in 1797 Coleridge did not expect his epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to be…

If you’re getting bored with the sight of Gran Turismo on your PlayStation, here’s a chance to upgrade to a real version of one of the more popular cars from…

There is so much I could tell you about this car that I could dedicate the rest of this article to it, not mention what it’s like to drive and…

A new Volkswagen Golf, like a new Porsche 911, is always intriguing. History tells you that though the new car may look almost indistinguishable from the last, beneath that familiar…

In many ways, the Dodge Viper was a gamble. It was way ahead of its time on the styling front, sacrificing comfort and usability for pure performance, and it took…