The celebrity choice

ASTON Martin has been selling cars using the Vantage name since as long ago as 1950, and as such it’s one of the most evocative automotive monikers. But it took a long time for Aston to produce a Vant

Classic emails, letters, tweets, posts & threads

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

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

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

Our recent British V8s test (July) got me thinking about the failed attempts to give British saloons of the ’60s eight-pot power. No true barge was not improved by a V8, but only Rover had the momentu