How close we came to a volkswagen supercar

All engines make some noises. If you’re lucky they make noises you’d consider welcome, but most of them only make a couple of different types of noise – and it’s not like you have a great deal of cont

It has become an all too familiar tale in this era of new technology: a new company emerges from nowhere, boasts of an amazing car and promises that production will begin very soon – and then goes sus

The classics you love, drive and restore

Price new: £265,937 Price now: £800,000 Engine: 6.5-litre V12 Transmission: Six-speed manual, four-wheel drive Power/torque: 661bhp/660Nm 0-62mph: 3.2 seconds Top speed: 212mph (209mph with aero kit)

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat

What with the Ferrari F80 and Bugatti W16 Mistral tested on these pages last week and a Lotus Evija road test due next week, it feels like it might be time to revisit the question: ‘How fast is too fa