Steve cropley

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

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

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

Can there be a car more beguiling for value and versatility than the Dacia Jogger? I say no. At short notice (because my new Renault 5 longtermer was needed elsewhere) I was tucked into a Hybrid model

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A bright day has dawned. My new Renault 5 longtermer has arrived – with the loudest paint (Pop Yellow) you’re ever likely to see. James Attwood, who went to the Bristol docks to collect the car a few