Gavin Braithwaite-Smith · Articles

The Honda Accord Type-R is one of the most undervalued and under-rated performance cars of its generation. We take one to Exmoor for a proper workout

After the Cloud comes the Shadow, but was it the best car in the world?

You probably remember playing with a Rancho toy as a child, but what’s it like to meet (and drive) the real thing?

This 1952 Silver Dawn wears advanced Italian coachwork that could have signalled a new style for Rolls-Royce’s standard bodies, but instead it remains a glorious one-off.

Visit the Audi website today and you’ll be faced with more options than a Woolies pic ‘n’ mix. There are 16 cars to choose from, and that’s before you discover the sub-models. You can’t just buy a new Audi A3, you must decide whether you want the A3 Sportback, A3 Sportback TFSI e, A3 saloon, S3 saloon, S3 Sportback, RS3 Sportback or RS3 saloon. And you thought the choice of flying saucers or strawberry pencils was taxing.

Disposable cars are, by their nature, disposable. Vehicles bought on a budget face a rapid decline into the abyss, often just one big bill away from a meeting with a burly chap with a car baler and a German Shepherd named crusher. It’s why the first-generation Chrysler Neon is a rare sight, even in its homeland, where it was sold as the Plymouth or Dodge Neon

Did the Innocenti regent sing a sweeter tune than the allegro? We visit the car’s ancestral home to find out.