Power versus pounds
A moment of idleness turned into an interesting experiment last week. Having succumbed some time ago to the somewhat dubious charms of Twitter I posted a tweet asking if a…
Just when you thought you’d mentally sorted your plug-in hybrids from your range extenders, your NiMh batteries from your lithium-ions, steel yourself for another twist in the hybrid tale, heading…
Seven years after ceasing production, Honda has not only publically committed to building a new NSX, it has this week unveiled a concept of what it might look like at…
Like most industries, the car business awards itself a large holiday over Christmas and New Year. So every year I park the moderns and spend a fortnight chuntering around in…
Presuming this reaches you at or around the start of the New Year, can I just wish you happy motoring for 2012: may your enjoyment be high, your bills low…
Renault has announced it is taking a chainsaw to its UK operations, cutting back its dealer network by a third and removing from sale cars including the Espace and Modus…
Sometimes it is not what is said but who is saying it that provides a statement with its true significance. To whit if a Lotus engineer had told me that…
It’s been a long time, six years I think, since I last attended a Tokyo Motorshow. I regretted it almost as soon as I was off the aeroplane and heading…
I have just climbed, somewhat breathless, from the driver’s seat of the new Porsche 911, mind too full of whirling images to marshal so soon and into a space such…
Ford’s big news from this week’s Los Angeles Auto show was the unveiling of its new Escape SUV. I know this because that’s what I was told by an earnest…
The London Olympics is fast approaching and with that comes partners, sponsors and various British athletes doing weird and wonderful things in order to garner interest for the 2012 games…
Last night I had the great privilege of attending Norman Dewis’s 90th birthday party. Held at Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant, with C-types parked outside and the prototype D in the…
Evolution, not revolution. It’s something of a mantra in motor racing circles, as teams refine and improve the breed. In the Motor Sport office this month, I caught myself quietly…
If you've ever wondered what an Audi R8 Spyder sounds like through a tunnel then it may be worth having a quick look at the video below... Motor Sport also…
As part of Ed Foster's new column 'On the Road', we've armed him with a video camera to capture as much of what he sees as possible. This video is…