Matthew humphries

‘I NEVER SET out to be a car designer – I just sort of became one,’ says Frank Stephenson. It’s an odd admission from the man who penned iconic cars such as the McLaren P1, BMW’s first Mini and the Ma

Driving a performance car in the real world can make you feel like public enemy number one. Maybe it’s the overly aggressive styling of most modern driver’s cars, or perhaps it’s simply jealousy. But

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Design is not a democracy.” Such a bold statement, wonderfully out of tune with modern group-think, could only apply to a car as radical as the Lotus Esprit. These words were only uttered today by Gio

If you want your motoring life affirmed, find a thriving low-volume car business and – if they have the time for you – see if you can hang out for a while with the people who run the place. I dropped

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