5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (688+ words) Think French performance and your mind will drift – or snap oversteer – to such icons as the Peugeot 205 GTI or any number of hopped-up miniature Renaults, from the 5 Turbo to any number of Clios and Meganes. However, there is far more…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (810+ words) Rover was never a brand you’d call down with the kids, but is it now time to admit it was Streetwise? What have the McLaren F1, Lotus Esprit X180 and Rover Streetwise got in common? Well, apart from being assembled in the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1210+ words) Norton has recently made a high-profile return to motorcycle production, unveiling a new range of twin- and four-cylinder models with the marque’s traditional silver paintwork and the famous old names Manx and Atlas. If the modern models make as positive…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (158+ words) With prices at the pumps soaring, the once-glorious burble of a V-8 engine starts to sound like burning money. Pounds and pence literally evaporating with every spark and every stroke. So perhaps it’s time to park the gas guzzler for a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (424+ words) Hagerty UK New McLaren W1 tested on road and track The new McLaren W1 is following in the iconic tyre tracks of the F1 and P1, so to say it has a lot to live up to in this review is the understatement of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1023+ words) Charging along country lanes in the Midlands on a Tresette Sprint, with the sun beating down on my back and a soft single-cylinder exhaust note thudding in my ears, it’s easy to imagine I’m in Italy in the 1950s or ’60s, competing…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (319+ words) Before quattro and laser headlights, Audi rebuilt itself with one sensible saloon Kraus oversaw the development of a new generation of four-stroke engines and a modern front-wheel-drive platform that would form the basis of a fresh range of Audi saloons....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (277+ words) Volkswagen’s Polo G40 turned a humble supermini into a supercharged, fragile, unforgettable menace. To understand the G40, you must first understand the absolute lunacy of its powerplant. In the mid-1980, VW wanted to extract GTI-bothering performance from their diminutive 1.3-litre Polo engine…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (579+ words) A story of precision engineering and revs as BMW M straight six engines defined a generation of drivers To understand them, you have to begin with BMW M and its quietly obsessive approach to engineering. Where others might chase outright…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (924+ words) Ferrari layout, family hatchback budget. Five mid-engined bargains worth chasing The mid-engined sports car has always carried a certain mystique. Place the engine behind the driver but ahead of the rear axle and, in theory at least, you unlock handling…...