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Ahead of the government ban on petrol and diesel vehicles in 2030, Britain is set to be swamped with cheap Chinese electric cars. But do they represent value for money?

There was a time when bosses at car manufacturers didn’t like to talk about platforms – the mechanical underpinnings of their cars. These are expensive to develop, so big car companies share them acro

Before I could see it, I heard it. The venue was Boughton House, a summer weekend car meet in the beautiful, manicured grounds of this Northamptonshire stately home, built originally in the 17th Centu

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

You might have heard that Caterham has found a new engine supplier in Horse (decent name, I think), a joint venture between Renault and Geely. Horse engines will go into Caterham’s Academy racing cars

The obvious question is whether it would have been easier to soup-up a stock Europa rather than streetify a 47. It’s a fair one, too, especially if you are unfamiliar with quite how different a Type 4