Vauxhall Zafira being crushed
Are scrappage schemes good or a short-sighted fix?
Tester’s notes

Matt Prior: Is it time to scrap scrappage schemes?

Such initiatives might give struggling industry a boost, but is encouraging oversupply and debt really the answer?

1 May 2020
Matt Prior: Is it time to scrap scrappage schemes?
Martin Donnelly
Donnelly now teaches Lotus owners how to drive properly
Motorsport

Racing Lines: Life after a career-ending F1 crash

Martin Donnelly almost died when he crashed his Lotus 102. Now, he's flourishing. We catch up with the former racing driver

30 April 2020
Racing Lines: Life after a career-ending F1 crash
Steve Cropley working from VW Cali
California in the garden makes a lovely home office
New cars

Steve Cropley: There's no place like (a) Cali for home working

Steve's Volkswagen California's interior is so pleasant that he's started to work from it

29 April 2020
Steve Cropley: There's no place like (a) Cali for home working
New cars

The Kia Telluride and its World Car of the Year award

WCOTY juror Richard Bremner discusses how a car not on sale in Europe can win a global award

28 April 2020
The Kia Telluride and its World Car of the Year award
Ford Fiesta Mk2 - hero front
Duff's nan needed help parking her Mk2 Fiesta
New cars

How I fell in love with cars: Mike Duff

A lifelong obsession with cars began when a 13-year-old boy was allowed to park his grandmother's Ford Fiesta

28 April 2020
How I fell in love with cars: Mike Duff
Business

You need to move quickly if you want a new car

Early evidence suggests reopened retailers will find pent-up demand and react by tightening discounts

28 April 2020
You need to move quickly if you want a new car
Volkswagen offices
The VW Group is said to be losing £1.77bn each week due to the shutdown
Business

How lockdown has hit the wider car industry

Jaguar Land Rover isn't the only car maker to be suffering from Covid-19, as we report

27 April 2020
How lockdown has hit the wider car industry
Corsa-e rally car - hero front
Corsa-e will be used for first electric one-make rally series
Motorsport

Opel is ripe for WRC return

Brand heritage, new Corsa and ex-Citroën staff fit together nicely

24 April 2020
Opel is ripe for WRC return
Volvo XC90 - static front
XC90 was half as aerodynamic as the typical Volvo
Tester’s notes

Matt Prior: The Volvo XC90 is a real drag

A chunky SUV body means this 2002 car bucks Volvo's otherwise consistent aerodynamic gains

24 April 2020
Matt Prior: The Volvo XC90 is a real drag
Porsche 718 Spyder
The Porsche 718 Spyder was one of the final cars Autocar put through its full road test before lockdown
Business

Car makers vs Autocar - how we rub along

It's not a case of them against us, says Steve Cropley - though he can remember a few times where it could feel like it

23 April 2020
Car makers vs Autocar - how we rub along
Stirling Moss at Goodwood
Moss didn’t quit historic racing until he was 81
Motorsport

Racing Lines: Forget F1 titles, Stirling had class

Charisma, humility and a rare sense of humour aligned in Sir Stirling Moss, perhaps the greatest racer ever, whatever the record books say

23 April 2020
Racing Lines: Forget F1 titles, Stirling had class
Tesla Model 3 - hero front
Cropley picked the Tesla Model 3 as his favourite car of 2019
New cars

Steve Cropley: Now's the time to buy an EV online

Kia e-Niros, Renault Zoes and Tesla Model 3s are all there - most available with immediate delivery

22 April 2020
Steve Cropley: Now's the time to buy an EV online

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