We often have big-name speakers at Autocar’s Great Women and Drivers of Change events, both intended to promote the automotive industry and recognise thriving careers within it, but sometimes it’s the

A RETRO REVIVAL, ‘TICKET TRAVEL’, INDIGENOUS FIRSTS — THESE ARE AMONG THE KEY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS SET TO INFLUENCE THE YEAR AHEAD. WORDS: QIN XIE

It must have gone on for 30 minutes. A heated debate choosing the winner of PCOTY in a cafe in Malhada Quente. The truth is, we all knew the outcome. It had become apparent early on. The Kimera EVO37

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Projecting our consciousness into other bodies and walking on alien worlds might not be such a far-flung concept

A cough. A splutter. A jet of flame for good measure and the Merlin is prised from its slumbers and into rambunctious life. Many of you, perhaps even most, will have heard one of these engines, at Goo