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

The excellent article on Leyton House F1 [The team that fired Adrian Newey, March] brought back memories. I was their insurance broker at the time along with many other F1 teams and their principals.

It was interesting to see Steve Cropley’s robust defence of the Ford Capri SUV and his criticism of the previous model to hold this name. I’m old enough to remember the original European Capri from 19

Since my first column for Motor Sport last month, life has been a case of being buried in the Brundle Motorsport workshop, making cars work (in theory). But there is light at the end of the tunnel; I

‘I WENT A little deep into that corner – ended up in the kitty litter,’ laughs Steve Nichols. I’m sitting in the back seat of a Range Rover Velar, shoulder-to-shoulder with the design maestro behind t