Letter of the month

Virtually all of the West’s motor manufacturers are struggling. Their supposedly visionary CEOs have been caught out by the slow take-up of EVs. Variously described as an “unexpected” or “unforeseen”

Letter of the month

WHAT A PLEASURE to see the Ferrari 412 featured so comprehensively in Octane 268. I have owned a black manual 412 for the past 13 years – the actual cover car from Fast Lane magazine’s March 1988 issu

Ididn’t know Richard Parry-Jones when I travelled to Saint-Tropez in January 1993 to drive a new Ford. But without knowing it, I was already feeling his influence. The car was the replacement for the

JAMES ATTWOOD Illya, shall we start with your Mini, given that it’s from 2001? ILLYA VERPRAET It’s significant on a number of levels. Originally it was meant to be just a car, but BMW built a whole br

We’d be happy if progress ceased with Porsche’s new hybrid-free 911 Carrera S. Same with the Lotus Emira and BMW’s manual M3? Let’s find out