My week in cars

Classic emails, letters, tweets, posts & threads

If you want your motoring life affirmed, find a thriving low-volume car business and – if they have the time for you – see if you can hang out for a while with the people who run the place. I dropped

I’m so disappointed in Luca de Meo. His decision to quit the top job at the Renault Group has left me feeling bereft, not least because over the years – at Toyota, Fiat-Alfa-Abarth, VW, Seat and final

I ENJOYED the article about the famous Alan Mann Escort, X00 349F, in Octane 265. This car has a particular resonance with me, as it was racing when I was about 14. I was so impressed that I managed t

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

I agree wholeheartedly with Illya Verpraet about adaptive cruise control (Testing, Testing, 4 June): it simply doesn’t work as it should and is inferior to normal cruise control. I find ACC as utterly