Steve cropley

Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a

I’ve had a special interest in Polestar ever since the forward-looking Volvo spin-off got going seven or eight years ago. Early on, this optimistic, different-sounding business was fronted by former A

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa

You might have noticed that this magazine’s ‘Lost in the archive’ page is usually written by me – voluntarily so. The reason is simple: I’m utterly fascinated by history. The intrigue of times past ha

I must take exception to the opening of your article ‘Are warranties warranted?’ (8 October), specifically the claim that our cars are 2.5 years older on average due to perceived reliability and the c

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning