Chris lawrence

I WAS MOST interested to read Stephen Bayley’s assessment of the smart [above]in Octane 271. I have a very personal interest because I was directly involved in the beginning of the project at Swatch.

I headed back to work early by motorway after a glorious week or so of getting up late. Today I was on the M4 before 6am, driving from Gloucestershire to Autocar’s headquarters in outer London, and fo

Two points: that’s how close Max Verstappen came to equalling Michael Schumacher’s feat of winning five consecutive Formula 1 world championships, despite having fallen more than 100 points behind in

IT SEEMS TO have become a tradition that a flurry of new restomods and hypercars is launched just before Christmas and the New Year, and 2025 has been no exception. Leading the charge in terms of impa

Bentley recently revealed its “most driver-focused” car so far, a 675bhp V8-powered, rear-wheel-drive, carbonfibre-covered coupé known internally as… Mildred. No, the codename was not inspired by the

WHAT YOU SHOULD be reading is how Mark Dixon enjoyed driving his recently purchased Rover in France after graciously accepting a press invitation to the Champagne region – which is full of culture, ar