The big picture

The 1920s were not easy years in Germany. World War One had left the country impoverished and economic inflation was rife. It was a time of consolidation, as the nation’s industrialists analysed the s

Are you, like this 2008 car, passing your 17th birthday? Time to get a driving licence. Congratulations. As a prevocal toddler you wouldn’t have been aware that for the first two years of your life th

Many cars are pretty, elegant and balanced. Perhaps therein, given the slight feeling of disquiet it instils in the observer, lies the curious appeal of the Studebaker Avanti. Its design is well over

In February 1948, the Cadillac Series 62 Coupe became the first American car with tailfins, inspired by the Lockheed P38 Lightning aircraft. A decade later, they reached such baroque heights on US car

Autocar’s history of empirical road testing is the longest in the world. For more than a century, we have been verifying, scrutinising, describing and illustrating new cars in unparalleled detail. Dri

This month marks 50 years since the last Wolseley left the production line. Nick Larkin sheds light on this illustrious marque