Articles by Steve Cropley

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Autocar Awards 2021 Outstanding UK leaders: Alison Jones

Alison Jones has helped Stellantis UK withstand Brexit, the shift to electrification and a pandemic. We meet her

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021 Outstanding UK leaders: Alison Jones

RPJ credited Autocar with being first to understand his view that customers would respond to better-driving cars

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Autocar Awards 2021 Lifetime Achievement award: Richard Parry-Jones

Few industry figures have been more deserving of a lifetime achievement award than the late ‘RPJ’. We remember him

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021 Lifetime Achievement award: Richard Parry-Jones

"There’s very little time for self-satisfaction. Life is a lesson, and you’ve learned it when you’re through."

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Autocar Awards 2021: Polestar's Thomas Ingenlath wins Sturmey Award

Having played a key role in its premium revolution, Volvo’s chief designer was given control of an all-new brand – and created something very special

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021: Polestar's Thomas Ingenlath wins Sturmey Award

99 Autocar Young Hillclimb series 2021 hero

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Autocar Vauxhall Corsa-based hillclimb series holds first session

Six young drivers took part in a test run before the series, created in partnership with Shelsley Walsh, gets underway in earnest next month

7 June 2021

Autocar Vauxhall Corsa-based hillclimb series holds first session

"Aston stands for beauty, but maybe we lean too much on that. We’re a performance brand as well"

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I'll let the cars do the talking: Tobias Moers on running Aston Martin

The new CEO has quietly been overhauling “a company in trouble” since taking over at Gaydon. A year on, it’s ready to unleash a new generation of Astons

5 June 2021

I'll let the cars do the talking: Tobias Moers on running Aston Martin

"Aston stands for beauty, but maybe we lean too much on that. We’re a performance brand as well"

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I'll let the cars do the talking: Tobias Moers on running Aston Martin

The new CEO has quietly been overhauling “a company in trouble” since taking over at Gaydon. A year on, it’s ready to unleash a new generation of Astons

5 June 2021

I'll let the cars do the talking: Tobias Moers on running Aston Martin