Tour defrance

WITH SUMMER ALMOST over, we at last managed an all-too-short driving holiday, discovering the Val de Loire region of France over seven days in our 2005 Maserati Cambiocorsa. That the Loire is one of t

It has been a hectic season for the Stovebolt Special: 11 hillclimb weekends, two hillclimb schools, and 3000 rapid road miles getting to and from them. And one serious breakage. That was sorted in ti

We often have big-name speakers at Autocar’s Great Women and Drivers of Change events, both intended to promote the automotive industry and recognise thriving careers within it, but sometimes it’s the

This rare Lamborghini Islero underwent an exacting concours restoration where limited information, a necessity for originality, and a challenging deadline tested the specialist team down to the wire

Speed, we often point out, is a commodity less freely available to drivers on British roads than it used to be. On safety grounds that’s probably okay, given the growing population of cars and the fai

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