Features
Features
In my other life, I have run various cars on Autocar magazine’s long-term test fleet for years. Some have been affordable and practical – most recently a BMW 128Ti and a Ford Focus ST...
Features
Geoff Lawson, a former Design Director of Jaguar, once compared our line of work to making movies: ‘Designing cars is like making a film – most of it ends up on the cutting-room floor...'
Features
Whisky might have been involved, the fire burned low and the dog had gone to his bed. It was at this witching time that my brother posed the question: what are the best cars in literature...?
Features
What do car designers actually do all day? I mean apart from itching in a black roll neck and posting photos of their new watch on Instagram. Here's what a typical working day...
Features
Sir Jackie Stewart reckons that, of all the world’s roads, a 65-mile loop in Scotland is the best place to evaluate cars. ‘It condenses so many varied conditions and surfaces into a short distance...'
Features
Predictable, I know. Everyone knows that all car journalists are in the pay of Zuffenhausen – that’s why 911s always win sports car group tests, right? Now that I am also an occasional...
Features
Emerging from the pub at 2am on Christmas Day, the air struck the man’s face cool and hard, making him instantly stand up straight. It had been a long night, laughing, joking, drinking...
Features
Yesterday you may have read my colleague Colin Goodwin’s learned treatise on why track days suck, so it falls to me to put the case for the defence...