On this week’s My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they interview Gordon Murray, the world renowned designer of some of the greatest ever sports and racing cars. From his latest T50 and T33 supercars, to the McLaren F1, to world-championship winning Formula One cars. Murray takes us… Continue reading My Week In Cars Christmas Special (ep.120)
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Our favourite cars of 2024: Dacia Duster
Dacia Duster is the best kind of car made better – yet barely any pricier. Okay, some people will see this as a foolish choice. When offered the chance to choose a favourite car of 2024, why on earth would you go for something so cheap and modest? You could choose a McLaren etc. Well, I have three… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2024: Dacia Duster
Government invites car makers to help reshape ZEV mandate
The government has invited vehicle manufacturers and EV charging companies to give their views on how to successfully phase out pure-combustion cars by 2030. New transport secretary Heidi Alexander has launched a consultation on the UK’s transition to electric cars, in a bid to “restore clarity for vehicle manufacturers and the charging industry so that… Continue reading Government invites car makers to help reshape ZEV mandate
Dacia to Ferrari: Testers trade cars in Ultimate Secret Santa
Secret Santa. A nice idea, often poorly executed. Usually it’s done as a money saving measure, and usually it’s within an office environment and you end up buying for someone you don’t know particularly well. But this Christmas we’ve turned the tables. We’ve given our crack team of road testers unlimited funds with which they… Continue reading Dacia to Ferrari: Testers trade cars in Ultimate Secret Santa
Inside the UK’s busiest car factory at Christmas
Switch off your computer, turn out the lights, don’t leave any milk in the fridge: it’s the Christmas break, so goodbye work, see you next year. But what if you’re leaving behind something rather bigger than an office – such as a car factory? Industry calls it the Christmas shutdown (well, what else were they… Continue reading Inside the UK’s busiest car factory at Christmas
Our favourite cars of 2024: Analogue Automotive Supersport
I was worried I wasn’t going to like the Analogue Automotive Supersport, which is why I left it alone for as long as possible at this year’s big ‘Handling Day’ contest at Cadwell Park. The S1 Lotus Elise in its original form is quite good, quirks and all, and Analogue’s £100,000 restomod seemed likely to be… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2024: Analogue Automotive Supersport
Official: Honda and Nissan confirm merger plans
The new company would be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with the merger planned to go into place in August 2026. The firms have signed a separate MoU with Mitsubishi to explore that company joining the merger talks. Mitsubishi says that it will decide how it will proceed near the end of January 2025.… Continue reading Official: Honda and Nissan confirm merger plans
Ariel Christmas miracle: Extreme winter trek in new Nomad 2
Retracing the clergyman’s tracks, we clamber over the verge onto sprawling Gott Bay beach – Tiree’s longest, and a full 300m wide at today’s low tide. The mirror finish promised by Hutchison endures, and huge flocks of birds swoop towards their own reflections, undeterred by the Nomad’s visual and aural noise. Thankfully, none tries to nest… Continue reading Ariel Christmas miracle: Extreme winter trek in new Nomad 2
Just in time: brilliant car events you can still attend in 2024
Museums, car meets, a great drive, even banger racing: we’ve got your Christmas week covered in this, our round-up of 12 things to do this Yuletide. Depending where you live, it ’s well worth visiting the Museum of Land Speed at Pendine Sands, now in a shiny new home, and the new County Classics car… Continue reading Just in time: brilliant car events you can still attend in 2024
Our favourite cars of 2024: McLaren Artura
I was the lucky devil who got a night at the spectacular Maybourne Riviera hotel in Monte Carlo back in June for the press launch of the McLaren Artura Spider. But because Woking has rolled the same mechanical updates designed for the Spider – extra power from the freer-revving V6, stiffer engine mounts, new adaptive dampers and new a… Continue reading Our favourite cars of 2024: McLaren Artura