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Electric dreams 

My road to Damascus would be lined with 350kW fast chargers and it would twist, turn, climb and fall like an Alpine pass. I’d be driving some trailblazing all-electric sports car...

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Good, for a girl…

The speed picks up as we reach the bottom of the hill and we quickly start climbing again. Unlike my unsuspecting passenger, I know what lies ahead. We are now going up the last hill...

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Breakthrough: The starter motor

In 1901 the best-selling car in the United States was the electric Columbia Runabout. Not the best-selling electric car in the US that year – it was the best-selling car, full stop...

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All part of the plan

In carefree younger days, I was only properly happy when trying to scare the life out of myself. I’d motocross, glacier ski and microlight with a like-minded crowd, each of us trying...

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Our Cars: Land Rover Defender

We’ve never run a manufacturer-supplied car before. We don’t have a long-term fleet. Given as there’s only Dan and me fronting this thing, it would represent a somewhat ambitious...

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Another one bites the dust

I was on my way to drive a modified Mini Cooper S when the call came. It didn’t matter how close I was to the tuning company’s workshop, said the voice. I had to turn around...

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Ask Goodwin

Dear Colin, If you could do a safari version of any car, no matter how outrageous, what would it be? Maybe one car that would make a lot of sense and another that would just be hilarious...

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My drive of the year

As the white-and-pale-blue bulk of a Co-op lorry fills the road ahead, I know that the good times are over. At least for a while. This bit of the A890 that hugs the southern shoreline...

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