Welcome to autosport’s 75th birthday celebration

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

MOTOR SPORT 2026 DIARY Digital diaries on your smartphone or laptop are all very well, but there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned analogue paper version to count down the days. Ours is A5 size, com

Matt James looks back at the history of one of the most popular championships in the United Kingdom over its seven decades

Just 18 months ago, there was no reason to think that the last two seasons of the ground-effect era in Formula 1 would feature anything other than more Red Bull domination. Twenty-one wins from 22 rac

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

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