To us, hot hatches still have to be a little bit sensible – they are often a daily driver, after all – and the Golf just doesn’t quite match up to expectations. Even tickling the throttle on longer journeys we’re lucky to muster anything better than an mpg figure in the high 20s, and even […]

As any petrolhead knows, seeing high performance cars sat idly on static display just doesn’t compare with being able to see, hear and feel them being driven in the manner for which they were intended. Combine that with the current boom in both track days and kit cars designed for track day use and you have the […]

The Ferrari F355 was first shown to the world at the 1994 Geneva Motor Show and it immediately became the most desirable supercar this side of the McLaren F1. It went on sale shortly afterwards in Berlinetta coupe and GTS targa guises, with a full convertible Spider arriving a year later. Prices started at £83,031 […]

Lamborghini has finally revealed its new Aventador LP700-4 supercar, the long-awaited (and much teased and leaked) successor to the venerable Murcielago. But although the Aventador makes its physical debut at the Geneva show, customers will have to wait until late summer to get the cars on their driveways. Oh, and they’ll have to hand over […]

Yummy mummy must-have or a worthy baby Range Rover? The Range Rover Evoque deserves your close attention, whether you’d ever actually be seen dead in one or not. This is an important car for Jaguar-Land Rover, for the industry – for British design and manufacturing. So it’s satisfying to hear that it’s actually pretty damned […]

Honda Civic Type-R (EP3) The engine is insane – easily the most impressive four-cylinder normally-aspirated production engine at the time, alongside Honda’s other high-revving motor in the S2000. It is like an effusive, bubbly, fun child – brilliant when you are in the mood, but a pain when you are not, and incapable of doing […]

Mad looks, lairy handling and rare with it, the BMW Z3 M is an acquired but tempting choice. Contemporary cult classic or quirky oddball, the BMW Z3 M Coupe divides opinion. Whatever your view, there’s no doubt this M car provided a shot in the arm for BMW fans when it was revealed at the 1997 […]

40 years of 2.7 RS celebrated by both Porsche and independents alike. If there’s one brand you can’t escape in any of the Techno Classica’s 20 halls it’s Porsche, and specifically 911s. Sure, there are 356s, 914s and others but 911s of all hues and types dominate and if you’re in the market for a […]

Surrounded by Gullwing Mercedes, classic Ferraris and all manner of glitzy displays you might think VW would struggle to make much of an impression at Techno Classica. But, together with other group brands Audi, Lamborghini, Bugatti, SEAT and Skoda it’s brought out some seriously cool – and quirky – cars. There’s a unique Golf on […]