Tester’s notes

How was it that the Mini became ‘cool’ during the Swinging Sixties? We investigate by attempting to separate fact from fiction

SIXTY years ago, the most popular car in the UK was the Austin/Morris 1100: a small family model that measured roughly 3.7 metres long, 1.6 metres wide and weighed around 830kg. Today, the UK’s best-s

JAMES ATTWOOD Illya, shall we start with your Mini, given that it’s from 2001? ILLYA VERPRAET It’s significant on a number of levels. Originally it was meant to be just a car, but BMW built a whole br

WORRIED YOU WEREN’T spending enough on your £92k M3 wagon? Lucky you, you can now spend an extra £35k on a hardcore CS version. You’ll buy it for the extra power, prowess and remarkable precision, but

Last week’s motorsport fun (I ran Autocar’s electric Renault 5 in a Cornwall sprint) sent me into one of those urgent moods of car desire that stay with you after you’ve had a really good time. Sprint

Variety is the spice of life. If every carmaker sang from the same song sheet, the world would be a duller place. Therefore we should salute those who choose to zig where others zag. Those who swim ag