‘She gestured towards a double switch on the wall. “That switch,” she said. “I want to get rid of it.”’
‘She gestured towards a double switch on the wall. “That switch,” she said. “I want to get rid of it.”’
Porter recounts a tale of home improvements that feels eerily familiar…
‘I need to disconnect from my phone and reconnect with cars in a fresh and stimulating way’
‘I need to disconnect from my phone and reconnect with cars in a fresh and stimulating way’
Meaden vows to get more hands-on with cars. What could go wrong?
‘It was as if Jesus himself had blessed Porsche with a new suspension system’
‘It was as if Jesus himself had blessed Porsche with a new suspension system’
The deifying of Porsche has left Jethro with a worrying affliction – Porsche fatigue
‘The occupants of a Porsche 911 with the Jarvis Cocker Pack will find their trousers firmly anchored’
‘The occupants of a Porsche 911 with the Jarvis Cocker Pack will find their trousers firmly anchored’
Leather is overrated, reckons Porter. It’s time to embrace the corduroy
‘There’s something joyful and juvenile about crate-engine culture’
‘There’s something joyful and juvenile about crate-engine culture’
Why is it only US car makers who offer crate engines, asks Meaden
‘The NSX’s handling, despite the legend, I always found to be pretty damn spiky’
‘The NSX’s handling, despite the legend, I always found to be pretty damn spiky’
Bovingdon’s car-related inner database has just been shaken to its foundations
‘Tesla's yoke is a deliberate poke in the eye to people like us’
‘Tesla's yoke is a deliberate poke in the eye to people like us’
Reinventing the (steering) wheel is a delicate business, explains Meaden
‘You rarely feel the urge to go looking for their ultimate talent because it’s hidden by others’
‘You rarely feel the urge to go looking for their ultimate talent because it’s hidden by others’
The increased abilities of today’s cars could also be their undoing, thinks Jethro
'The key to autonomous driving is obvious to anyone with half a brain'
'The key to autonomous driving is obvious to anyone with half a brain'
Porter's a fly on the wall in a critical moment within the biggest automotive R&D's quest for autonomous driving success
Car auction sites have rekindled Meaden's desire for the attainable
Car auction sites have rekindled Meaden's desire for the attainable
I'm going to wean myself off the glamour and glitz and reconnect with stuff that's good for the soul
'Everything you always wanted to know about wipers (but were too sensible to ask)'
'Everything you always wanted to know about wipers (but were too sensible to ask)'
Car companies employ people whose entire job is wipers, and it's more complicated than you might assume
'Why roofless collectables tarnish the image of the cars that inspired them'
'Why roofless collectables tarnish the image of the cars that inspired them'
I cannot conceive of any moment where you wouldn't look like a complete pillock in any of them
'Jaguar has a swish new design studio, but could it make Jag’s designs less swish?'
'Jaguar has a swish new design studio, but could it make Jag’s designs less swish?'
The higgledy-piggledy old place turned out some of the best-looking cars in the world
'Want to become a motor racing legend? Lose the Terry Thomas ’tache'
'Want to become a motor racing legend? Lose the Terry Thomas ’tache'
Fernando Alonso was morphing into Dave Grohl by way of Laurence Llwelyn-Bowen
'The new Trophy-R deserves to be celebrated, however much it costs'
'The new Trophy-R deserves to be celebrated, however much it costs'
Why am I smitten? Because it's a car conceived and created by engineers and racers
'The sorry slide from quiet confidence to muddled mediocrity'
'The sorry slide from quiet confidence to muddled mediocrity'
It's contagious. And when you catch it, it's game over. Suddenly you've no idea what's right and good any more
'Hypercars at Le Mans will look magnificent, but how genuine will the racing be?'
'Hypercars at Le Mans will look magnificent, but how genuine will the racing be?'
Far from being a gloves-off clash of the titans, the new Hypercar class will also be a battle of Balance of Performance
Opinion - Richard Meaden
Opinion - Richard Meaden
The cornering shot used to be a source of education and inspiration, but its currency has been devalued in recent times, reckons Meaden
Opinion - Richard Porter
Opinion - Richard Porter
Supercars no longer put the fear of god into their owners. Porter advises remedial action
Opinion - Richard Meaden
Opinion - Richard Meaden
Flying may be quicker, but you can’t beat the sense of adventure that comes with a big-miles road-trip, reckons Meaden
Richard Porter - Opinion
Richard Porter - Opinion
Porter’s thought of a new, low-cost way to get everyone driving more efficiently. The catch? It could be incredibly irritating…
Opinion - Richard Meaden
Opinion - Richard Meaden
What was your most memorable drive? Dickie recounts some of his, and obviously, they're incredible...
Opinion - Richard Porter
Opinion - Richard Porter
Porter ruminates over that intangible quality that makes some cars so much more pleasing than those without: niceness
Opinion - Richard Porter
Opinion - Richard Porter
Treating cars as investments is nothing short of wrong-headed, reckons Porter