I first to know the Skoda estate when being given a lift by the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance. It was hard to see what his car’s interior was…
Nick Herbert
Porsche 911 Carrera 4GTS Cabriolet
I’ve never been entirely sure about convertibles. I was put off in my younger days by a friend’s Alfa Romeo Spider. It was pretty with its Pininfarina styling but with…
Car mascots: when they ruled the road
What defines the most luxurious car in the world? The Rolls-Royce boasts unrivalled build quality, of course, with an eye-watering price tag to match. It is hefty and has a…
Polaris Ranger Diesel
The men who worked on my grandparents’ Cambridgeshire farm in the 1950s were a singular breed. My mother recalls Alf the tractor driver, who was never seen without a knotted…
Renault 5 E-Tech Iconic Comfort
My first car was a Renault 5. I adored it with the amour of a Frenchman. It was black with a white stripe, and in the early 1980s no one…
Ford Ranger Phev Wildtrak reviewed by The Field magazine
The Ford Ranger is our nation’s favourite pickup. Launched a quarter of a century ago, it now claims more than half of the UK’s pickup market, putting it in the…
Driverless cars: time to auto-pilot?
Would you ride in a driverless car? If the answer is ‘no’ you’re far from alone: fewer than a quarter of all road users say they would trust a driverless…
The Holland & Holland Edition by Overfinch
The year was 1970, the Beatles had tragically broken up and Apollo 13 had narrowly avoided the same fate. Into this tumultuous decade launched two innovative new products that were…