My week in cars

WHAT does the future hold for those of us that love practical performance cars? The arrival of a 630bhp load-lugger this week left me pondering how much brands are struggling to entertain drivers whil

Funny how a well-crafted headline can raise your awareness. By chance I happened to spot one that put Tesla’s decision to axe its pioneering Model S into stark perspective. “TESLA JUST KILLED THE MOST

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

Happy arrival in Gothenburg, the Volvo capital of Sweden, on a mission to ride in the new EX60, a mid-sized electric SUV that challenges directly BMW’s Neue Klasse iX3 (driven, p29) and another newcom

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

Clear the highway! A Citroën Ami with 10 times its usual power could be coming at any moment! An engineering-obsessed friend, Julian Fack, recently got involved in a village project to equip a stray e