From favourite cars to favourite songs, we asked our staffers what’s their top automotive tune and why.

You can even listen to the playlist on Spotify.

RADIOHEAD – KILLER CARS 1998

This three-minute public service announcement about the dangers of driving complacency rings true even as NCAP-friendly modern cars do their best to avoid all accidents. Check your tyre pressure, make sure your lights work and put your seatbelt on. 

Felix Page

JAN & DEAN - DEAD MAN’S CURVE 1964

This evocative, tyre-squealing earworm about a street race gone wrong is my favourite from this Californian duo’s impressive catalogue of car songs. It’s ironic that the car that fails to make the titular curve is the Jaguar E-Type (sorry, ‘XKE’) and the Chevrolet Corvette somehow emerges unscathed… 

Alastair Clements

Jaguar e type 0848 1

TAYLOR SWIFT - GETAWAY CAR 2017