Stephen bayley

WHAT IS BEING billed as the most decadent motor car ever created is expected to be one of the star cars as Concours of Elegance returns to Hampton Court on 5-7 September. The one-off 1926 Rolls-Royce

The time is 4.40pm on a pleasant weekday afternoon. You’ve had a busy day of it, but your big multi-car comparison test has gone well. All of the cars showed up on time and as planned. They are exactl

You become detached from reality quite quickly at an event such as the Supercar Driver Secret Meet, which took place at Silverstone on 17 June. Lamborghini Murciélago? Yawn. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren?

THE FIRST ERAS TEST WAS SPECIAL. PERFECT ROADS, CRISP spring weather and a chance to get under the skin of six ’80s icons, cars my more senior colleagues earned their road-testing stripes in. Being ev

We thought (and fought) long and hard over a car to represent the 100 most recent issues of TopGear and what’s happened on planet petrolhead since late 2017. Obviously it should be electric, futuristi

Car launches are strange but wonderful things. A tense battle of wits between PRs and journalists played out in stunning locations. Every detail is meticulously planned, from the road route to the sea