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THE THIRD-GENERATION Audi TT Roadster embodies the phrase ‘the third time’s a charm’. You see, the 1999-2006 original wasn’t as engaging or fun to drive as its arresting looks suggested. Then the 2006

The ‘logic’ will be brought back to Audi ...

BMW AND PORSCHE may have got there first with the 2002 and 911 Turbo, but Saab proved that turbocharging really was the future – providing increased power, torque and refinement with the potential for

Decrypting a car’s equipment structure can be a bit of an art. Judging by the faint sense of desperation I’ve felt when buying a new TV, I wonder how people who aren’t that interested in cars manage i

n 1948, Harley Earl, Detroit’s influential wizard of kitsch, put tail-fins on a Cadillac and set General Motors on the road to becoming the world’s largest and most profitable corporation. Earl’s magi

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat