James ruppert

W e all love a bargain, but what exactly is a bargain? According to the dictionary, it’s something that costs less than its true value. It’s difficult to imagine the motor trade offering anything for

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To discover to what extent this heavily Volkswagen-derived EV is really a Ford It’s really nice to be back in a Ford. The marque used to provide a motoring bedrock for me and mill

It was interesting to see Steve Cropley’s robust defence of the Ford Capri SUV and his criticism of the previous model to hold this name. I’m old enough to remember the original European Capri from 19

Mike Humble goes retro this month after some light recommissioning of an old Swede – but this time it’s not another SAAB!

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c