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The death of the British car industry: Part two

When Michael Edwards took over the top job at British Leyland in 1977, the company’s market share had fallen from 30 per cent in 1975 to 25 per cent. As he put it: 'companies...

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Birth of an icon: Part two

One of the Japan studio’s concepts was for a mid-engined car. Shortly after the management review process was over, everyone attended the 1985 Tokyo motor show...

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Bum steer

The windscreen wipers whup-whopped enthusiastically on their highest setting, doing their best to scoop the sheeting rain off the wraparound screen. I squinted through the gloom of the rainstorm...

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Gallery: The Intercooler’s first track day

There were all the usual GT3 Porsches and mid-engined Ferraris, but also a Dallara Stradale, a Porsche 962 and a Jaguar XJR-9 (both of which raced at Le Mans)...

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The death of the British car industry: Part one

A heartbreakingly poignant exhibition opened at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon this August. Called Factor Us In, it celebrates and documents those whose lives...

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Birth of an icon: Part one

From the moment it was launched in 1989, Mazda’s MX-5 was instantly recognised as a modern interpretation of the classic British sports car: small, simple and affordable...

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Our Cars: David’s 106 Rallye

Having recently moved back to my adopted country – la belle France – I was in need of a daily runabout. As I have access to a ‘sensible’ vehicle in my better half’s new Land Rover...

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The sixth sense

Is it sensitivity? That must be it. The ability to hear what a car is telling you, filtering out the noise and listening only to the notes that matter in that moment...

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