Alec howarthmd, the motorist

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa

You might have noticed that this magazine’s ‘Lost in the archive’ page is usually written by me – voluntarily so. The reason is simple: I’m utterly fascinated by history. The intrigue of times past ha

£82,845 OTR/£82,845 as tested/£1,049 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’ll conquer the wilderness, but is this £83k Toyota everyday overkill? DRIVER: ANDY FR ANKLIN THE 67 MILE A3 ISN’T EXACTLY celebrated as one o

I’ve had a special interest in Polestar ever since the forward-looking Volvo spin-off got going seven or eight years ago. Early on, this optimistic, different-sounding business was fronted by former A

The cars at Hampton Court’s concours event combine the weird, the wonderful and the very expensive. And then there’s the people…

Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a