The best things in small packages

How was it that the Mini became ‘cool’ during the Swinging Sixties? We investigate by attempting to separate fact from fiction

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

It's five miles to Exeter and one car has a half a tank of Esso Extra – will it make it or end up at the roadside?

FOR many people, classic cars evoke memories of simpler, happier times, an era when vehicles were more shapely and possessed a sense of personality. Among Britain’s most iconic vehicles is the Morris

Mazda MX-5 co-creator Tom Matano passed away last week. We caught up with him back in 2019 to find out his story behind the sports car best-seller

It’s probably unwise for a lowly road tester to even attempt a Churchillian tone. Thankfully, I’m only paraphrasing. Have we reached the end for the conventional, established, petrol-swilling hot hatc