Here’s one way in which at least part of the world is changing. Twenty years ago Italy was one of Ferrari’s top three markets, vying for the top position with…
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 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…
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…
Probably the single most interesting exhibit at the Beijing Auto Show last week was an engine and a gearbox in a glass case on the Ferrari stand. Visually at least…
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…
One of the more popular assumptions among the car buying public is that there is no longer any such thing as a bad car. People tell me this with some…
If any group of people were left looking more idiotic than the Government after its bungled handling of the only alleged fuel crisis, it was the general public. Whipped up…
Although I’ve driven several, for the first time last week I actually got to live with a Nissan Leaf for a few days. This is the car I helped install…
If I say 'three cylinders' to you, what pictures fill your mind? To me its images of tiny Japanese microcars that only ever leave their home islands by way of…
