Summer 1988 mayfair, london

After half a century, the name ʻGolfʼ is to the mid-sized car market what ʻHooverʼ is to vacuum cleaners: an almost generic descriptor, thanks to an evolved but familiar design that has maintained its

As two-door coupes built at a time when Ford owned both companies, the Jaguar XK8 and Aston Martin DB7 Vantage have much in common. But with one being a high volume model powered by a V8 and the other produced in tiny numbers with a V12, these were very different models. So which of these sports cars do we prefer?

Over the last couple of years, it seemed you could hardly pick up a car magazine without seeing some reference to the Aston Martin Bulldog. It looked like what it was – an outlandish, impossibly wild

MINI AT 65

This year’s Hot 30 arrives as the entire automotive world takes stock of the internal combustion era. Are we seeing the shape of things to come?

Your non-diagnostic vehicle-related problems solved by Steve Rothwell