Remember Jaguar? Time was when it was the pride of the nation, and even in more recent times it’s made some fine cars among a few frankly undeniable clunkers. When…
I try hard, as hard as I can, not to pre-judge cars. Let them stand or fall on their own merits rather than your preconceptions of how they’re likely to…
The BBC had finally found the right recipe for Top Gear when Andrew Flintoff's accident shut down production and now it has announced that it won't return for the foreseeable future. It sounds more like the Corporation doesn't know how to bring it back, says Andrew Frankel
Bit by bit, almost car by car, EVs are starting to make more sense. More sense that is, if you’re one of the lucky few blessed with off-street parking (and…
This is the biggest Defender yet. In fact it’s enormous. An additional 600mm in length, it is longer than a long-wheelbase S Class Mercedes. What does this space provide? Room…
Tom Walkinshaw brought Jaguar back to racing glory at Le Mans as well as storming touring cars – now its eponymous founder's son is reviving the TWR brand for a new road car firm
In 2017 Alpine launched a new small sports car and it changed the world. Or at least it should have done. For those few lucky hacks who drove it at…
This is a car that leaves the distinct impression that both Lexus and its Toyota parent are the most lukewarm of EV-adopters among the mainstream manufacturers. While others have gone…
How nice it is to have an interesting Peugeot parked outside again. It must be about three years since the last one – my beloved but little-used 205 GTI –…
Toddled along to the Salon Privé press day to see what was around and was immediately drawn to the centrepiece of the display of yellow cars on the main lawn.…
I wonder how many thousands of key strokes I have expended being critical of fast Audis in print over the years? Thousands? Millions more likely. I reckon it started a…
Rishi Sunak's delay in the ban on new petrol and diesel cars was much anticipated — and necessary, says Andrew Frankel. Britain wasn't ready to go fully electric in 2030, but the government only has itself to blame
I knew I’d be busy, but not this busy. I’m at Donington, one of my favourite circuits, the weather is perfect, the track inexplicably quiet for an unsilenced test day.…
It’s unfortunate that two great sporting names have somehow found their way into the title of a Renault SUV without one sporting bone in its body. But don’t be distracted…
The idea here is that those not yet ready to go full EV should still have the chance to buy a flagship BMW that will waft around on electrons most…
The original pony car has been with us through seven generations and 60 seasons, but while no one at Ford will admit it, I have no doubt that this will…
