"One of my best friends is called Audrey. Audrey is French and being French, it won’t surprise to you to learn that she lives in a place called Paris - a tourist resort famous for its massive spiky tower "
The ‘ugly duckling’ Aston Martin would rather forget
"Aston Martin will launch six new models before 2023, and boss Andy Palmer promises each will be “the most beautiful car in its class”. Clearly nobody got the memo back in 2011 when it presented the Cygnet, a 98hp city car mocked "
FOCUS on Dan Barnett
"Our FOCUS for this edition is Dan Barnett Youth is no barrier when you're as talented as Dan Barnett. We join the photographer responsible for shots in our Aston Martin v Porsche and Jaguar XJ features earlier this year for "
Fancy a Modified Mustang? Check out the Steeda Q500 Enforcer
"1965 was an awesome year. The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appeared in London, The Beatles released the movie and album, Help!, J.K. Rowling was born, and the Ford Mustang was launched. Over a million Mustangs were produced in the "
Austin Allegro: 45 years of undeserved aggravation?
"The Austin Allegro. Forever derided and an almost permanent squatter in any ‘Britain’s Worst Car’ list. 2018 marks the Allegro’s 45th birthday, so perhaps the time has come for a re-evaluation. A drive in a showroom-fresh Allegro may help "
Viva la Vauxhall Viva
"The Vauxhall Viva is one of the earliest cars I can remember. I recall sitting snot-nosed in my neighbour’s HC Viva on the way to nursery. I was also slightly jealous because the saloon looked cooler than my dad’"
A Civic duty: four-and-a-half decades of the Honda Civic
"Say ‘Honda Civic’ to any Millennial, and there’s a fair chance that the fire-breathing, engine-screaming EK9, EP3 or FN2 Type R versions of Honda’s family hatchback will be their first weapon of thought. But, it wasn’t always "
Gareth Jones: The Ford Cortina And Me
"When we got asked to make this film, it had a working title of ‘Dad Had One’ and was always going to be a nostalgic look back at the cars of our youth. Cortinas, Chevettes, Dolomites, Cavaliers, that sort of "
Influx Social
Auto Finesse
"We chat to Auto Finesse’s head honcho James Batty. Here’s the story so far: Danni Bagnall: Hey James – thanks for your time! For those that don’t know, what is Auto Finesse? James Batty: No worries at all. "
Renault Clio Williams: a hot hatch hero
"Sorry Subaru, Renault rocked the blue-paint-and-gold-wheels look first. Like the Impreza, the Clio Williams’ colour scheme was inspired by racing, specifically Alain Prost’s 1993 championship-winning Williams-Renault FW15C. Instantly iconic, it was the icing on the gâteau for one "
Dakar support
"Which vehicle holds the record for the most stage wins on the gruelling and frankly insane Dakar Rally? A highly-modified Porsche 959, perhaps? One of those two-wheel-drive lightweight buggies, inevitably sponsored by Gitanes (well, back in my day anyway) with a "
Hermann Tilke: Grand Prix draw-er
"The stunning Baku F1 circuit in Azerbaijan, like Monaco, seems like a period classic. It’s a street circuit that is as eye-catching as the cars that race on it – and what racing it inspires. It’s unforgiving, too: if "
FOCUS on Jakob Ebrey
"Our FOCUS for this edition is Jakob Ebrey. From discovering a natural knack of being in the right place at the right time, Jakob wasted no time becoming a professional photographer. We chat to the friendly photographer about how it "
The Fiat Barchetta – An Underrated Roadster
"Fiat flogged just 751 Barchettas during the decade or so the model was on sale in the UK. It wasn’t popular between 1995 and 2006 because it only came in left-hand drive – and power went to the front wheels. That put us "
A brief history of three-wheeled vehicles
"From the Dacia Sandero to the LaFerrari, most cars have one thing in common: four wheels. But why? Sure, wheels are a fairly necessary feature of any car, but why four of them? Two-wheeled vehicles are common, obviously – so why "
Lamborghini Diablo
"It’s just about to tick over into a new decade, the 1990s, and Italian ego-masseur Lamborghini is getting ready to take the silly blanket off of its brand new car. Expectations are high, the new car is going to "
