This week’s My Week In Cars is a very special Christmas episode, as Steve Cropley and Matt Prior travel to Goodwood House to meet the Duke of Richmond. Which is his favourite event? What elusive cars are still on his must-get list? What’s in his garage and is there space for another Goodwood event? Join… Continue reading Listen: We meet the Duke of Richmond
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
Highlights of 2025: Autocar’s top motoring moments of the year
From watching celebrities perform at high-octane car launches, to chasing the serene quiet of a mountain pass in a Bentley Bentayga Speed, and attending the most modest of car events, the past year has delivered a multitude of unforgettable moments for Autocar’s team of writers. 2025 has been another tumultuous year for the automotive industry,… Continue reading Highlights of 2025: Autocar’s top motoring moments of the year
Modern cars are pushing me past breaking point
Petty Gripes, The Guardian calls its series of light-hearted features on elements of modern life that involve minorly annoying things. Things like bands that name themselves after other bands or being irritated by somebody else’s coffee snobbery. You know, little quirks. In one recent article, a software update in a writer’s phone meant that his… Continue reading Modern cars are pushing me past breaking point
“It’s an 819bhp GR86…” Ferrari 12C rewrites the super-GT rulebook
The annual request from the editors: give us your ‘favourite’ car of the past 12 months. I dislike this task because choosing a favourite is too black-and-white an approach when the list includes everything from the madness of an S1 Elise with 300bhp to a purple Rolls Wraith, skulking through Clerkenwell at midnight, utterly in its film-noir element. A comparison framework just doesn’t exist. … Continue reading “It’s an 819bhp GR86…” Ferrari 12C rewrites the super-GT rulebook
Behind the scenes of a car launch: what really happens at a reveal?
You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack; you may find yourself in another part of the world; you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile; and you may find yourself in a stuffy photo studio waiting for the reveal of a new car; and you may ask yourself: “How did… Continue reading Behind the scenes of a car launch: what really happens at a reveal?
Porsche’s new project turning rubbish into premium materials
Porsche has created some of the most thrilling performance cars of all time but, behind the scenes, it’s also using its engineering expertise to perfect better methods of recycling. Working with German chemical giant BASF SE and technology partner BEST (Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies), Porsche has recently completed a joint project for recycling troublesome mixed waste… Continue reading Porsche’s new project turning rubbish into premium materials
Britain’s car fleet is getting older – because it has to
The average car in the UK is the oldest it has ever been. That’s the headline from the RAC Foundation, which has found that, as of the end of last year, the average car in the UK was nine years and 10 months old. Nearly a decade ago, at the end of 2015, the average age of… Continue reading Britain’s car fleet is getting older – because it has to
Alpine’s ‘family-sized A110’ showed me electric SUVs can dazzle
I first experienced the A390 at the Car of the Year judging event at Tannis in September, and the first thing that took me by surprise was how good it looked. I’d seen pictures, of course, and thought it seemed striking but a bit… odd. But in the weak Danish sunlight it looked properly marvellous:… Continue reading Alpine’s ‘family-sized A110’ showed me electric SUVs can dazzle
I drove Skoda’s fastest ever Fabia – the warm-ish hatch is back!
The weight of a new Fabia vRS is potentially resting on this car’s shoulders. Should demand for the Fabia 130 be sufficient, the powers that be in Mladá Boleslav might decide to go whole hog. Does it do a good enough job to warrant a full-fat version? Yes. Would a future Fabia vRS make it… Continue reading I drove Skoda’s fastest ever Fabia – the warm-ish hatch is back!
Forza or Gran Turismo? Our writers’ favourite video games
If you were born in the past half-century and read Autocar, chances are that your obsession with all things automotive was at some point fuelled by video games. Be it a hyper-realistic simulator, the childlike innocence of Mario Kart or the ultra-violent Grand Theft Auto series, the medium has presented many different takes on the driving… Continue reading Forza or Gran Turismo? Our writers’ favourite video games