Business

Global car maker profits dipped 11% in 2019

Statistics from 28 brands show that operating profits plummeted before the coronavirus outbreak took hold

9 April 2020
Global car maker profits dipped 11% in 2019
Features

Driving a Ferrari 308 GTB Group B rally car

This unique rally-prepared Ferrari 308 packs 450bhp and weighs just 970kg, so can it be tamed?

9 April 2020
Driving a Ferrari 308 GTB Group B rally car
Confessions of a novice chauffeur
Our John Evans tests the capabilities of the Phantom, and himself at chauffeuring
Features

Confessions of a Rolls-Royce Phantom chauffeur

There’s more to being a chauffeur than just driving. We get tips from an expert, nab a Rolls and give it a go

9 April 2020
Confessions of a Rolls-Royce Phantom chauffeur
New cars

New Caterham Super Seven 1600 revives spirit of the Seventies

Retro-styled take on the entry-level 270 offers bespoke body design and distinctive engine note

9 April 2020
New Caterham Super Seven 1600 revives spirit of the Seventies
Business

McLaren advocates synthetic fuel as alternative to EVs

Boss Jens Ludmann reckons that battery-electric alternative could lower emissions and be more practical than other power sources

9 April 2020
McLaren advocates synthetic fuel as alternative to EVs
Tiago Lopes and Jesse Crosse
Swindon’s Tiago Lopes shows our man how to install the timing chain
Motorsport

How to build a BTCC race engine

Many teams in the British Touring Car Championship run a ‘generic’ engine supplied by Swindon Powertrain. This season, one of them will have us to thank

9 April 2020
How to build a BTCC race engine
Slideshow

Most surprising cars ever created for America

These oddities (in good and bad ways) dared to blaze their own path

9 April 2020
Most surprising cars ever created for America
Vauxhall boss Stephen Norman
Vauxhall boss Stephen Norman says car buyers are adapting to new retail platorms
Business

Vauxhall boss: coronavirus will change car buying for good

Stephen Norman says the lockdown has prompted a surge in demand for Vauxhall's new phone-based sales system

9 April 2020
Vauxhall boss: coronavirus will change car buying for good
Volkswagen Touareg R
Volkswagen Touareg R
New cars

Volkswagen to use hot plug-in hybrids to showcase electrified tech

Models such as 242bhp Golf GTE and 456bhp Touareg R to highlight performance and environmental benefits of electrification

8 April 2020
Volkswagen to use hot plug-in hybrids to showcase electrified tech
Ferrari F40 paint protection
Jules loves the F40, even though it's a tricky car to wrap
Features

How to preserve the paint on a Ferrari F40

We take a look into the world of 'invisible' self-healing wrap protection

8 April 2020
How to preserve the paint on a Ferrari F40

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