• Top of the Europa league: I've owned 14 examples of this rare Lotus

    Top of the Europa league: I've owned 14 examples of this rare Lotus
    How to Europa correctly? There's one man who knows them better than anyone elseIs John Rand the world's most dedicated Lotus Europa owner?
    He's owned 14 of them and loved each one. "My parents wouldn't buy one for me so I bought my own, my first one, for my 21st birthday in 1975," he says. "Mum and Dad were right to refuse me because I smashed it up the next day. I put it into a telegraph pole then had to learn how to work with fibreglass to repair it because I couldn't afford to have someone el
  • Horse reveals methanol-powered range-extender for electric cars

    Horse reveals methanol-powered range-extender for electric cars
    Horse D20 uses clever motor tech and an extremely efficient methanol-burning engine to slash emissionsAlternative powertrain progress may have swung inexorably in favour of BEVs, but there's a big wide world out there where liquid fuels are still in demand.
    This month, Toyota, BMW and Repsol began a pilot scheme in Spain to demonstrate how existing vehicles can run exclusively on Repsol's fully renewable petrol, Nexa 95. Bosch is also a collaborator in the project, contributing its 'digital
  • What Alpina did next: How Bovensiepen will keep building ultimate BMWs

    What Alpina did next: How Bovensiepen will keep building ultimate BMWs
    BMW has taken control of Alpina, so what's next for the family that established the name?Andreas Bovensiepen sweeps into a deserted canteen at the Salzburgring, six minutes late for our interview. I'd planned to hit him with some pithy enquiry as to the emotional toll of flogging the company his father Burkard founded, but he triggers a vibe-shift.
    He reports, with some relish, that the Bovensiepen Zagato he's just leapt out of nailed 265kph on the back straight. This makes it as quick as the sl