Octane cars

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs

When I was 19, I was carrying out my nightly duty of taking my then girlfriend’s dog for a summer evening’s stroll along a certain Warwickshire high street. I happened on a Rosso Corsa Ferrari Testaro

I have an Auto-Sleeper Ravenna, circa 1999, which I have owned since 2017. I have maintained the ’van in good condition and it is used frequently, even during the winter. The motorhome is fitted with

In February 2026 edition of MMM, Tech Help, Paddy G Walker asks if he can swap out the cab seats on a Peugeot Boxer as his shorter wife’s feet are left dangling. I have the same problem, and have got

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c