The world is governed by algorithms. But is it possible to determine driving pleasure empirically? Ferrari, not always the epicentre of rational thought, says that it is. The 296 Speciale – priced fro

DAY TWO, 12 CILINDRI, AND the first drive of the day. The Ferrari’s V12 feels omnipotent, its eight-speed auto seamless. Steering perhaps a little quick for nondescript French roundabouts, ride height

T HE CAR PARK AT OUR HOTEL HAS TAKEN ON THE role of a truck stop. It’s early Monday morning and what would ordinarily be a sleepy nook behind a retail park in southeastern France has become a temporar

The sky is overcast, and being somewhere on a single track road near the bottom of the Lake District’s Hardknott Pass at 11pm, that dark is reliably inky, unbothered by even the barest lumen of ambien

P astures new beckoned for this year’s Britain’s Best Driver’s Car shootout – and that isn’t something we’ve been able to say very often. There are few UK motorsport circuits that BBDC hasn’t visited

RATINGS = Thrill-free zone = Tepid = Interesting = Seriously good = A truly great car = new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the