Steve cropley

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

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

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

There will be plenty to get your teeth into for this season’s British Touring Car Championship, even if the menu has taken some time to be created. The big story has been the return of the championshi

Finally! It feels like the 2026 Formula 1 season has been a topic of discussion forever, but now we are going to see how the new era works and who has nailed it quickest. As ever, drawing any conclusi

AS THE START of the 2026 season looms, it is already shaping up to be a watershed year for classic car events, with a raft of new concours, regime changes and venue swaps. The biggest new UK event wil