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Road tester of 35 years and columnist of 15, Steve says he’s as much in love with cars today as he was on day one. “And not just the cars, but also the industry that makes ’em.”

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• Why Forster is good news for Jaguar Land Rover
  The appointment of Carl-Peter Forster as CEO of Tata Motors seems so logical, and has been hanging in...
• Toyota problems? Driver problems!
  That habitual harbinger of doom, the Daily Mail, has finally pushed me over the edge. I hate the fact...
• The Mulally miracle
  When Ford's president and CEO Alan Mulally, a remarkable ex-Boeing "lifer" arrived to orchestrate...
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  Favourite car at Detroit? I reckon I'll give it to the pretty little Toyota FT-CH hybrid, the one...
• Why the Chrysler-Fiat deal will work out
  Huge controversy rules in Detroit about the health and prospects of the Chrysler-Fiat merger. They're...
• Peugeot SR1 is just as striking in the metal
  When I managed, a couple of weeks ago, to clap eyes on the new SR1 concept car in the inner sanctum of...
• My view of 2010
  We’re looking at more of the same, I’m afraid. Shorn of the scrappage schemes that have buoyed them this...
• Rolls-Royce Phantom is my Car of the Decade
  When it was launched at the beginning of 2003, I’d never have picked the Rolls Phantom as my car of the...