There is no escaping the fact that the Italians have never been brilliant at making executive saloons. But before you fire up the keyboard in readiness for an angry email, let us qualify that. What we mean is that, well, the enthusiasm has always been let down by the quality. That might be a bitter […]

As we sit down to write this, we do so in the knowledge that this week, there will be a heatwave. And as such, this has led us down the path of convertibles, or more specifically, two-seat roadsters. After all, there is little better in life than going for a blast in a car that’s […]

To buy an Aston Martin, you have to be living the life of a Premiership footballer, right? There is simply no way mere mortals such as ourselves could ever live the Aston life, surely? Well, as it happens, that’s not true. If you shop around, you could have an Aston Martin sat on your driveway […]

Some cars are just cars. By that, we mean they fulfill the dictionary definition of the word ‘car’ and that’s it. Some cars, on the other hand, are icons. Be that of power, handling or in the case of the Audi TT, design. These machines rise higher than the rest of the automotive landscape, earning […]

There is nothing finer than jumping behind the wheel, dropping the roof and hitting the open road. Yes, many of us live in wet, old Britain, but even so, there are occasional sunny days during which we can enjoy the wind in our hair. It’s an elevated style of driving, a new way of getting […]

The supercar is something we associate with beach-side properties, the rich and famous and of course, mad stacks of cash, as the kids say. And these associations don’t generally go away once a supercar gets older. A Ferrari or Lamborghini from the ‘90s still easily bonds with the aforementioned imagery. They are cars that us […]

There is something utterly joyful about slipping behind the wheel of a car that is unexpectedly brilliant. For many motoring journalists back in the late ‘90s, that sense of joy was in abundance. It was a given that the Ford Puma would be good, because Ford is, after all, brilliant at making hot hatches. However, […]

Fast saloon cars are cool. That’s just a fact. Look through the pages of automotive history and the fast saloon has been there, snapping at the heels of say ‘proper’ sports cars. A hot saloon shows that just because you’re wearing a suit, it doesn’t mean you can’t sprint the 100m.  These fast saloons, as […]

Some things in life are certain, like for example, the fact that a good BMW has the potential to become a classic. Admittedly that might be a bit hard to imagine with the company’s hideous, big-grilled contemporary offerings. But turn the clock back to the cars of old, and you can be certain that classic […]

The Mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTi was something of a legend, given that it kick-started the whole hot hatch revolution. The Mk2 Golf GTi was a little fatter, but it still held onto the essence that made the Mk1 so special, and as such, it was still a true GTi. Then the Mk3 happened, and despite […]