Steve cropley

Bit of trouble with the Mini. Nothing serious, just inconvenient. Our 65,000-mile, 69-plate Cooper S was about 3000 miles short of its next major service when a warning popped up to announce that its

Speed, we often point out, is a commodity less freely available to drivers on British roads than it used to be. On safety grounds that’s probably okay, given the growing population of cars and the fai

We often have big-name speakers at Autocar’s Great Women and Drivers of Change events, both intended to promote the automotive industry and recognise thriving careers within it, but sometimes it’s the

MY LAST ECOTY WAS JUST under ten years ago. How different it all is today. Out of the dozen cars this year, only one has a manual gearbox and two have hybrid powertrains. Plenty of food for thought he

Ollie Gheerbrant suggests that dogs suffer from EV acoustics (12 November). My 10-year-old Labrador would disagree, riding calmly and quietly in the back of my Volkswagen ID 4 with no ill effects even

30 years ago, Colin McRae flew, drifted and slid his way from WRC frontrunner to sporting megastar