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Rolls-Royce redesigns Spirit of Ecstasy for electric car age

Published 06 February 2022
By David Mullen
Jeep Wagoneer

What is an SUV?

One of the most contentious debates in the automotive world is over what constitutes an SUV.
Published 30 November 2021
Range Rover at 50: From a Royal Rangie to one bought by a member of Queen, meet the star cars and their owners - David Barker and Roger Taylor's convertible Range Rover

Range Rover at 50: Meet a Royal Rangie (spon)

We visit Goodwood Speedweek to meet some star Range Rovers from the luxury 4x4's 50-year history, including one onced owned by the Queen.
Published 23 November 2020
Range Rover at 50: Remembering the 1970 launch and how the upmarket 4x4 changed the game

Range Rover at 50: Remembering the launch (spon)

Fifty years ago Land Rover launched a 4x4 with creature comforts – it was a revolutionary idea, and Eric Dymock was there
Published 28 September 2020
Top 5 trendsetting cars - 2012 Tesla Model S

Top 5 trendsetting cars

It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so when a car is produced that is copied by all the other car makers...
Published 25 March 2020
Brendan Cormier, curator of Cars: Accelerating the Modern World — Q&A with curator of new V&A exhibition

Cars: Accelerating the Modern World — Q&A

Cars: Accelerating the Modern World is perhaps the most interesting and cerebral explorations of the automobile and its effect on socie
Published 21 November 2019
History of electric cars

The history of the electric car (spon)

Electric cars may be on the cusp of a breakthrough, but they spent decades in a cul-de-sac after being first off the line almost 200 years ago.
Published 04 October 2019
First World War armoured cars’ adventures: a Times report from 1916

First World War armoured cars’ adventures

The following is an extraordinary report from 1916 in which the exploits of a British armoured car division in Turkish Armenia are recounted.
Published 24 December 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Final Land Rover Defender rolls off the production

Its universal appeal has seen it owned by everyone from cleaners to the Queen but today the final Land Rover Defender rolled off the production
Published 29 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Test your knowledge: When and where were the first...

Traffic lights: godsend for the pedestrian; scourge of the impatient driver; invisible to the cyclist. It is reckoned that 15,000 road junctions in...
Published 27 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Test your knowledge: Who founded Skoda in 1895?

Skoda has a long and not entirely illustrious history. Founded in 1895, it began as a bicycle maker before one of the founding partners
Published 09 July 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Test your knowledge: Who was the first driver to break...

Can you name the pioneering Brooklands driver who remained behind the wheel for a full 24 hours, and the year in which he made the attempt?
Published 27 February 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Brooklands reborn: the man rebuilding British racing...

Allan Winn, director of Brooklands Museum tells Driving how the £4.86m Heritage Lottery Fund grant will help breathe new life into the historic British...
Published 27 February 2015