Opinion

Getting modern SUVs to handle in a half-decent manner is like getting a bear to dance: everyone's very impressed, but it's just not natural

The magazine road test is under threat at a time when it’s needed more than ever

This memory made me smile, but also made me sad, because I released I don't get quite as excited about cars as I used to...

Power and speed are intoxicating, but you don’t need 500 horses to put a smile on your face

If McLaren wants to continue its success with road cars, it’s time to pull down the pitlane shutters

Following in the tyre tracks of Senna, Hill and Hamilton is just a dream away…

It's over 30 years since Meaden passed his driving test, and it remains as the single most momentous thing he's ever passed

Gimmick or genuine drivers' tool? Meaden weights up digital driver modes, and their positive, or negative effect

If the Irish can cope without moles, are there some car companies that we can all live without?

Rusting bodywork is largely a thing of the past, but it’s unlikely car makers will address certain other issues, reckons Porter

These days if you’re searching for performance bargains you need to think big, reckons Meaden

Your perfect three-car garage? Child’s play, says Meaden. What you really want is to identify your automotive soulmate

Finding a carefully stored old car part in his father’s garage has got Porter feeling nostalgic for simpler, more resourceful times

There’s a natural antidote to the crushing ability of modern performance cars, says Meaden, just keep an eye on the Met Office

Long-term magazine tests are a fundamental link between you, the reader, and us, the journalists. We shouldn’t dismiss them, says Meaden

It’s easy to get sentimental about cars, but to romanticise washing them? No problem for Meaden (who hasn’t held a sponge in years)

Supercars no longer put the fear of god into their owners. Porter advises remedial action

Is there an ‘evo’ defence for the Land Rover Defender? As an owner of one one, Porter believes there is

‘Too fast for the road’ has long been a badge of honour among supercars, but it’s now a condition that afflicts most performance cars

The treatment of fine supercars as static investments is a crime, says Porter, this is why...

After considerable efforts to control his pedantic rage, Porter is taking the high ground and not correcting his son's Porsche faux pas

Meaden dons a flak jacket and presents a robust defence of the cars we all love to hate

Sport modes are everywhere… It’s a shame most have the subtlety of a sledgehammer, says Porter

Calling Toyota 'the most exciting car brand' might sound dubious, but Meaden might be on to something...

When you’ve got to live with a car, there’s a lot to be said for niceness, reckons Porter.

Switch off the stereo and listen to the music of the engine? Alternatively, suggests Dickie, leave it on and crank up the volume.

It may not be the quickest north-south route, but its ability to surprise, entertain and even disgust makes the A1 the natural choice

It’s easy to moan about the seemingly extortionate prices of new performance cars, but is that actually the case? Meaden investigates.

Dickie ponders the pointless, but seductive objective of road cars reaching the 300mph milestone

Mrs Porter’s car has been damaged in the street. Mr Porter isn’t taking it well...

Dickie harks back to a time when hunting down second hand cars was a Sunday ritual rather than an open tab on your browser

Worried that Lamborghini might be losing its hardcore edge, Meaden appraises the future of the raging bull

Where will you find the most sophisticated four-wheel-drive system available? Look no further than man’s best friend, says Porter

Could recent changes to cars and roads be causing driving standards to decline? Dickie has noticed some worrying initial signs.

Not only is the way in which hypercars are built rapidly changing, but so is their raison d’être.

Perhaps more evidence of his advancing years, Meaden confesses to a growing passion for convertible motoring