‘in the eclat, you probably average a higher speed than an esprit would manage’

Between all the talk of more layoffs and even a UK factory closure, Lotus Cars Ltd could do with a good news story right now. And it just so happens that the headline performance car project that Heth

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat

LAWNSWOOD ARMS, LEEDS

John-Joe Vollans assesses the evolution of the hot hatch through two very different examples

‘WHERE’S YOUSUF?’ THE NIGHT IS DRAWING IN, AND SO IS the weather. Rain is blowing sideways across the North York Moors and lashing the White Horse Inn’s windowpanes as we assemble on the eve of this p

THE high-end SUV class has never been short of a performance-car brand or two. Porsche effectively kicked off the sector with the Cayenne, while Bentley, Rolls-Royce and even Ferrari and Lamborghini a