Raise a dram for motoring history

There are days that test a vehicle’s limits and then there are days that test your soul. Driving the new Land Rover Defender Octa through the Cheviot Hills — an overlooked swell of border country wild

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

Mileage 2867 List price £84,470 Best price £83,450 Price as tested £96,033 Test economy 27.7mpg I’VE ALREADY RACKED up more than 2000 miles in my Land Rover Defender, with a mixture of urban commuting

The post-war story of Rover provides one of the richest seams of intriguing might-have-beens and one-offs that you’ll find anywhere in the history of the automobile. There was everything from Topolino

TWO LETTERS in Octane 267 have prompted me to write: the first from Rody O’Grady about his £2400 Renault Megane 225, which highlights the broad range of cars that you feature, and Gerard McCartney’s a

This month marks 50 years since the last Wolseley left the production line. Nick Larkin sheds light on this illustrious marque