Former McLaren Formula 1 boss Ron Dennis has been knighted in King Charles III’s latest New Years Honours list. The mastermind behind multiple titles has been given the honour for his services to industry and charity. Current Red Bull Boss Christian Horner, who had previously been made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of… Continue reading Dennis, Horner and Duke of Richmond named in honours list
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Our favourite cars of 2023: Prodrive P25
The Prodrive P25 shouldn’t really appeal to me. As a reminder, it’s a reinterpretation of a 1997 WRC Subaru Impreza, but with 2023 components, technology and know-how. Crucially, it doesn’t require an engineering team to run it and you can – well, could – use it on the road. It does come at a price:… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2023: Prodrive P25
The car world’s biggest news stories this year
So, 2023: the year we forgot about Covid, electric cars slipped inconspicuously into the mainstream and we could barely move for enormous piles of worthless semiconductors – a world away from the turbulence and uncertainty of 2022. Well, not quite. While the past 12 months felt relatively stable and established a sense of optimism within the… Continue reading The car world’s biggest news stories this year
Our favourite cars of 2023: Porsche 911 Sport Classic
Porsche is currently hooked on the hard stuff: the rare-groove special editions every manufacturer of note seems to be purveying as though their existence depended on it. (Maybe it does?) It’s obvious why. These creations delight the engineering teams, but so too do they have the bean-counters positively frothing at the mouth, such is the… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2023: Porsche 911 Sport Classic
Xiaomi sports saloon brings up to 670bhp and 746-mile range
Xiaomi has unveiled its first production car, the SU7, as a Porsche Taycan-rivalling electric saloon that’s due on sale globally after a launch in China next year. The new saloon debuted 1003 days after the Chinese consumer electronics company initially announced its plans to enter the electric car ranks in 2021 with an initial investment of… Continue reading Xiaomi sports saloon brings up to 670bhp and 746-mile range
Our favourite cars of 2023: Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato
The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato is ludicrous, a millionaire’s gewgaw designed to deliver on a use case that seems barely feasible: off-road supercar. But it’s also the most fun I’ve had in any new car of 2023, which is why it appears here. Not, crucially, just on loose surfaces. I did get to experience the Sterrato… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2023: Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato
Creating a Formula 1 fantasy team with all the past legends
Ah, the ‘what might’ve beens’ that litter every motorsport age. My favourites? If Stirling Moss hadn’t called time after his Goodwood crash on Easter Monday 1962, just how different might Formula 1 have looked through the 1960s? And what about Jim Clark? Killed in 1968, he didn’t even get to sample slick tyres, never mind… Continue reading Creating a Formula 1 fantasy team with all the past legends
From concept to reality: the world’s greatest show cars
Concept cars exist to show off cutting-edge designs and technologies that will eventually be woven into the fabric of some of the most important cars on the road. Serving as a forward-thinking statement of intent for their respective companies, concept cars are often more newsworthy and exciting than the machines that actually make it into showrooms… Continue reading From concept to reality: the world’s greatest show cars
Our favourite cars of 2023: Kia EV9
Being totally honest, I didn’t really want to like the Kia EV9. Sure, it’s a nice design and the technology is impressive, but look at it: it’s a big, heavy SUV with an almost absurdly big battery – and a price that matches Kia’s ambitious push into the premium sphere. It’s a long way from… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2023: Kia EV9
My Week In Cars: Christmas special with Richard Hammond
Episode 68 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior visiting Richard Hammond’s car restoration workshop, The Smallest Cog, to talk all things cars and bikes with one of motoring’s most famous trio. Make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast. Subscribe to our podcasts… Continue reading My Week In Cars: Christmas special with Richard Hammond