Steve cropley my week in cars

T HE CAR PARK AT OUR HOTEL HAS TAKEN ON THE role of a truck stop. It’s early Monday morning and what would ordinarily be a sleepy nook behind a retail park in southeastern France has become a temporar

Did you visit the NEC caravan show in October? It was great to see so many interesting new tourers. Tucked away among the latest caravans on the Swift stand was a Škoda Kodiaq, which has won numerous

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew IT’S 5AM, AND YOU JOIN ME AT hom

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It has been a hectic season for the Stovebolt Special: 11 hillclimb weekends, two hillclimb schools, and 3000 rapid road miles getting to and from them. And one serious breakage. That was sorted in ti

A decade on since the two millionth Land Rover Defender was made, and 35 years since its launch, we look back on why it remains Britain’s favoured go-anywhere vehicle of choice