MICHAEL TURNER, WHO died last year on 1 December, aged 91, was a towering figure in motorsport and aviation art. He spent his early years in Harrow and was obsessed with all things aeronautical, exten

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

STAR CLASS at the 2026 London Concours is expected to be Porsche Sonderwunsch (‘Special Request’), assembling ten cars from Porsche’s personalisation programme. Having originated in the ’70s, it allow

The parking for Presto, where suddenly your pound is worth more with McVitie’s Swiss Rolls available for only 17½p each. Bargain!

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c

The excellent article on Leyton House F1 [The team that fired Adrian Newey, March] brought back memories. I was their insurance broker at the time along with many other F1 teams and their principals.