The fourth dimension

Before I could see it, I heard it. The venue was Boughton House, a summer weekend car meet in the beautiful, manicured grounds of this Northamptonshire stately home, built originally in the 17th Centu

OUR Mazda CX-30 continues to impress, and as the British summer begins to show its face, the car is looking its absolute best. Which is largely down to one thing: its stunning Soul Red Crystal metalli

What is it with racing drivers and white socks? White socks worn with natty slip-on loafers? Like me, I’m sure you regard that epic PR piece, Faszination auf dem Nürburgring, in which the fearless Ste

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

WHEN YOU HEAR the phrase ‘Japanese import’, generally a mental image of Mitsubishi Evos or Subaru Imprezas tends to spring to mind. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, though, Japan also became a f

It was at once an unsatisfying and actually a very satisfying verdict for a group test. When I put the revised Volkswagen Golf against a pair of rivals in the Toyota Corolla and Peugeot 308 last Augus