Steve cropley

I headed back to work early by motorway after a glorious week or so of getting up late. Today I was on the M4 before 6am, driving from Gloucestershire to Autocar’s headquarters in outer London, and fo

To my mind, the Renault platform deal reeks of desperation on the part of Ford. Sadly, it’s all too late to hold on to Fiesta customers, who will be long gone by the time these Renault-based EVs arriv

I’ve reached the age when ‘everything was better in my day’. A round of drinks used to cost less than a tenner, songs had lyrics you could understand, that sort of thing. I am also convinced the road

WHAT YOU SHOULD be reading is how Mark Dixon enjoyed driving his recently purchased Rover in France after graciously accepting a press invitation to the Champagne region – which is full of culture, ar

£82,845 OTR/£82,845 as tested/£1,049 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’ll conquer the wilderness, but is this £83k Toyota everyday overkill? DRIVER: andy fr anklin WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE, HAVEN’T we? You get home a

LAST week, Auto Express editor Paul Barker bid a fond-ish farewell to 2025 – a tumultuous year that saw a considerable ramp up in China’s move towards automotive domination, confusing and contradictor