Opinions

Business

Are our roads turning into Big Brother?

The public can now upload footage to North Wales Police of potential motoring offences - is this one step too far?

Matt Prior

5 May 2017

Are our roads turning into Big Brother?

Business

Alfa Romeo’s US return: will it earn its stars and stripes?

Alfa Romeo relaunched in North America just four months ago. Could the Stelvio SUV be the answer to the firm's stateside success?

Autocar

3 May 2017

Alfa Romeo’s US return: will it earn its stars and stripes?

Trying out Volvo's XC60 chassis simulator

Although I open a door into the crossover’s brand new cockpit, I am only getting into a third of a car

New cars

2017 Volvo XC60 chassis simulator drive

Volvo's new Jaguar F-Pace rival isn't due until September, but we've had a go... sort of

Richard Bremner

1 May 2017

2017 Volvo XC60 chassis simulator drive

Mucking about in a quarry can be more fun than driving a McLaren

New cars

How off-roading in a 4x4 can be more fun than driving a McLaren 675LT

Mucking about in a quarry can be more fun than driving a McLaren on a B-road

Matt Prior

28 April 2017

How off-roading in a 4x4 can be more fun than driving a McLaren 675LT

Opinion: here’s hoping the Skoda Karoq can do everything the Yeti did

The Yeti has been a quiet success for Skoda since launching in 2009

New cars

Here’s hoping the Skoda Karoq can do everything the Yeti did

We reminisce on the charms of the outgoing Skoda Yeti, which is being replaced with with a name, the Karoq

Rachel Burgess

28 April 2017

Here’s hoping the Skoda Karoq can do everything the Yeti did

Business

Why diesel faces an uphill struggle for respectability

Sensationalism often clouds the facts behind important matters, and it has been brought to a whole new level today

Steve Cropley

24 April 2017

Why diesel faces an uphill struggle for respectability

Opinion: We need to let Formula 1 designers innovate again

2016's Formula 1 cars look much like they have before

Motorsport

We need to let Formula 1 innovate again

This year's faster F1 cars look much like many that have come before them, but why do F1's brainiest have to be restrained by such tight regulations?

Simon Strang

21 April 2017

We need to let Formula 1 innovate again

Alain Prost: Formula 1 should ditch V6s and DRS

Alain Prost with the 2027 Vision F1 concept

Shanghai auto show

Alain Prost: Formula 1 should ditch V6s and DRS

Four-time champ tells us that F1 should keep improving with faster, purer racing

Sam Sheehan

21 April 2017

Alain Prost: Formula 1 should ditch V6s and DRS

Bugatti Chiron's interior

Business

The troubles of a car's stereo system

Even a £2million hypercar isn't necessarily a great auditorium for great sound quality to be enjoyed

Matt Prior

21 April 2017

The troubles of a car's stereo system

Being two-hundredths of a second quicker to 62mph than anyone else is scientifically a big deal, but is ultimately, inconsequential to a car's merit. Everyone is building EVs, you see, and many are still building performance cars. Some are doing both.

New cars