When Volkswagen created the GTi, it invented a whole new market segment – the hot hatch. Suddenly, no longer did you have to put up with leaky rag tops and zero practicality just to enjoy something that was fast and ...

Anyone or any thing that tries too hard is automatically deeply uncool! The whole point of being cool is to be effortless about it; it’s like inverted snobbery. Take that to its extreme and you’ve got the Fiat 500; the ...

In the early 1950s, most cars wheezed and spluttered their way to a top speed of 80mph – if they were going downhill with a wind. If you had a few extra quid to spend you might be able to ...

When it went on sale in 1964, the Ford Mustang became the fastest-selling car in history. In its first year in the showrooms, a whopping 418,812 found buyers and by the end of the second year, a million had been ...

For years the Japanese have been building fast, reliable, dynamically brilliant sportscars. They’ve even managed the occasional supercar, but their lack of character (ie their ergonomic brilliance and astonishing reliability) has usually led to them being dismissed all too readily ...