Car of the year hall of fame

For the English leg of this four part roadtrip, we could have planned a picturesque route through the Peak District or across the North York Moors. We could have crossed both the Lake District and the

WE’VE HAD A LOT OF FUN TRAVELLING backwards and forwards in time over the last five issues and we’ve gained a fresh perspective on each decade in turn, including the current one. As Dickie Meaden obse

= new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the car (D = Driven, F = feature, FF = Fast Fleet). Engine shows details of the car’s comb

The Festival of the Unexceptional returned to Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, for its 11th edition on 26 July. The event’s unique appeal was exemplified this year by the winner of the Concours de L’

Monterey Car Week culminated with its traditional closer on 17 August, as the 2025 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance crowned a 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C Nieuport-Astra Torpedo as its Best of Show. What is

WE TRIED. WE REALLY DID. BUT NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE sliced it, the 2000s couldn’t be adequately represented with six cars. And so – much to the dismay of photographer Dean Smith – we went with seven.