Lost in the archive

As Japan’s automotive industry began to flourish in the 1960s and produce sporty cars, Japanese enthusiasts took to the country’s stunning mountain roads to race one another, often in highly modified

This month, Ed reports on a miracle of miniaturisation

S mall cars are amazing. With much less space to work with, they must accomplish many of the things that in far larger cars we take for granted. As if that weren’t enough, they must be cheaper than bi

Hipster hints at a possible new kind of ...

Last Sunday, 2 November, marked 130 years since the first appearance of ‘a journal published in the interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage’ in Britain. The Autocar was created in a peri

While the crises of the Seventies had ravaged much of the established car industries, Japan prospered through innovation. On the cusp of the Eighties, Tokyo showed us the future of motoring