A few weeks ago I wrote a column suggesting there won’t be a better time to buy or lease a new car for some time. In there I mentioned the fact that there are some European manufacturers struggling to balance supply, demand and profits, with at least one at death’sContinue Reading

The clocks have gone back, the evenings are drawing in and the temperatures are dropping. There’s even been snow on the ground as far south as Lincolnshire. It’s that time of year once again; the time when all the tyre companies tell you that winter tyres are a necessity andContinue Reading

My last column talked about how timing the sprint zero to sixty miles per hour in a car is a near useless measure of performance, mostly because it’s the quickest way to snap things in your car that should be in one piece. I asked for your alternatives that wouldContinue Reading

I’ve driven some very expensive cars in my time. Last week I was behind the wheel of a £171,000 Bentley Continental GTC V8, but that pales in to insignificance compared to the alleged £6.5 million worth of hydrogen powered Honda FCX Clarity I drove last year. I’ve driven powerful sportsContinue Reading

As I write this I’m sitting on a Lufthansa flight to Munich, ready to drive the new Lexus GS. That made me think about the last time I saw a GS on the road and I honestly can’t remember. The very first GS was a car I lusted after, especiallyContinue Reading

Last week I talked about the fact that there are no bad cars available any more. Even a £7,000 Nissan Pixo is a superbly capable little car. People who have talked to me about the article all wisely nodded and agreed. We’ve never had it so good.Continue Reading

The Austin Allegro has a terrible reputation, but it’s not actually that bad a car. I know this because I bought one two weeks ago and have been using it as my daily vehicle since then. Granted, when new it was both slower and more expensive than the 1300 itContinue Reading

Last week I spent some time selling the benefits of bangernomics, proving that it’s possible to run a reasonably luxurious and reliable car for less than the cost of a trip to Alton Towers. Of course, if you’re a fleet manager under pressure to reduce costs then bangernomics probably isn’tContinue Reading

We’re officially back in recession, with the government announcing a double-dip that sounds rather exciting and makes me wish I was on the roller coasters at Alton Towers.Continue Reading

Hollywood blockbusters Demolition Man, Minority Report and I, Robot, as well as classic TV show Knight Rider, all share one thing in common: autonomous, self-driving cars. Whilst KITT is by far the most famous, each of the films demonstrates just how easy life is when you don’t have to driveContinue Reading

The new Porsche 911 has been getting a bit of a hard time in the media recently. It appears to boil down to the fact that the 991 series (I’ve never got the hang of the numbering system. What’s wrong with Mk 6?) has ditched the electro-hydraulic steering system ofContinue Reading

Last week I previewed the Goodwood Festival of Speed. If it didn’t excite you and you decided not to head down to Lord March’s pad in Sussex, then you missed out on yet another great event. Being so popular and being located in some fairly remote countryside, traffic is always anContinue Reading

One of the downsides of running a fleet of bangers is that occasionally they’ll go wrong. That leaves you in the very tricky position of trying to decide whether to spend any money at all on a problem or simply disposing of the car.Continue Reading

Staged in the grounds of Goodwood House, the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which opens this Friday, is a key date for anyone interested in motor racing and cars. The theme for 2012 is ‘Young Guns – Born to Win’ celebrating drivers, riders and engineers whose supreme talent and insatiable thirst forContinue Reading