• The world’s coolest police cars

    The world’s coolest police cars
    Cop a load of these...Not all drivers appreciate the sight of a police car behind them, but at least these will get your attention for the right reasons…Imagine how much more interesting it would be if the roads were patrolled by Porsche 911s, or Audi R8s, or Honda NSXs?
    Or a hot-hatchback like the Ford Escort RS Cosworth, pictured, which saw service in the UK? Well, the police in one part of the world or other have used all these cars, and a whole lot more, so take a
  • How the Daewoo Matiz began life as a Fiat concept

    How the Daewoo Matiz began life as a Fiat concept
    Originally pitched as a variant of the Fiat Cinqeucento, this cute city car was an unlikely successIt probably wasn’t the outcome that Paolo Cantarella had banked on.
    Back in 1991, Fiat Auto’s car enthusiast boss launched a design competition especially for Italian coachbuilders. The idea was that they would produce an assortment of concept cars based on the then new Fiat Cinquecento, the neatly squared-off version released that year.
    Cantarella’s aims were multiple. The design
  • 21 controversial models from famous car manufacturers

    21 controversial models from famous car manufacturers
    Unreliable, ugly or both, these cars stood out in the worst possible wayEven the most successful car companies miss the mark.We can think of many instances in which car firms (usually cash- or time-strapped) fumbled as they attempted to replace a popular model. Sometimes they got ahead of themselves by trying to fill a niche that didn’t exist yet – and that, in some cases, was never created. The resulting models asked more questions than they answered and they stood out like a puddle
  • How the RAF helped make Britain a sports car mega-power

    How the RAF helped make Britain a sports car mega-power
    What else to do with an abandoned airfield but make a world-class GP circuit or test track?Why are the British so good at making sports cars?
    It's a question put to me in an interview recently, to which a previous interviewee had said that, in times gone by (maybe even now), only the British would be barmy enough to stand in a small, cold shed and decide that a world-class small sports or racing car might roll out of the doorway.
    I think there's a bit more to it than that, and that in creating w
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  • Exclusive: Testing Renault's top secret new cars - with the firm's boss

    Exclusive: Testing Renault's top secret new cars - with the firm's boss
    We join for the most important day in Renault's calendar, as all the bosses check out what's coming nextWhen François Provost, a distinguished Renault Group director of vast experience but low profile, suddenly succeeded Luca de Meo as CEO in July last year, there was no suggestion that he would be bothered about trying to mirror de Meo's well- chronicled star quality or instinct for headlines.
    Whereas de Meo was a kind of troubadour car boss who has specialised in orchestrating car