I have often wondered what that great engineer WO Bentley would have made of the turbocharger. His view of the supercharger is well known, as he once famously fumed that…
McLaren the Formula 1 team may be having the most woeful start to season in its history, but it has not stopped McLaren the road car constructor forging ahead. It…
Car manufacturers talk to car journalists in code. It goes like this: ‘We will never make a car like the one you are suggesting’ actually means there’s nothing like it…
The 488 GTB, Ferrari’s new mid-engined supercar, is not naturally aspirated. Instead, Ferrari have bolted two turbochargers to a 3.9-litre V8 – that’s 0.488 litres per cylinder – hence the…
I was fascinated to discover that Mercedes-Benz’s brand new AMG GT GT3 race car was, in one respect at least, not new at all. For years Mercedes had been hinting…
Porsche’s Weissach operation – responsible for all the manufacturer’s RS models – has been working hard over the winter. The Cayman GT4 burst onto the scene last month and the…
And so unto the shores of Lake Geneva do those pilgrims we call car constructors draw once more, for their annual gathering in the land of cuckoo clocks, chocolate and…
I’ve learned a new word. I wanted to describe what happens when winter visits these far flung parts and all the Land Rover Defenders that have spent their summer months…
With strong sales expected for the newly launched Cayman GT4 and anticipation growing around the forthcoming GT3 RS, things are looking rather rosy over at Weissach. In addition to the…
My dogs are so tuned into me that if they see me donning a pair of trainers, wellies or walking boots, they will leap to their feet in anticipation of…
This was going to be a column about the ever more ludicrous car names manufacturers now feel forced to adopt because those that actually made any sense have long since…
There are a few phrases a motoring journalist does not want to hear when testing a new car. These include: ‘we need it back in 10 minutes’, ‘we’ve jammed the…
This I will never understand. A car manufacturer goes to an international motor show and in advance invites members of the world’s press to interview its senior management. In short,…
Ford, it has to be said, played something of a blinder. It had be known for a while that it would have something interesting and performance-oriented to show at the…
Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, Martin Brundle and David Coulthard were among the stars on hand to help launch the inaugural London Classic Car Show on Thursday night at the ExCel…
I will never know why it took until the man was in his 95th year, but Jaguar’s legendary test driver is Norman Dewis no more, but Norman Dewis OBE. I…
