Alisdair started writing about cars in 1993 while studying for a journalism degree and has never stopped. He's worked as road test editor for What Car and continues to write new car reviews, news, features and opinion columns. He’s driven virtually every new car over the past 25 years and enjoys historic hillclimbing in his Sylva.
Forget the Focus RS or Mustang, the most important new car announced by Ford in 2016 is one that it’s yet to build. This is an autonomous vehicle that it intends will take vehicle sharing to whole ...
The number of drivers being stopped by police for drink-driving has gone down. That’s good news. The bad news is the number of drivers tested and found to be over the legal limit has increased. Not...
We are at the tipping point where electric vehicles (EVs) are set to become a more dominant force than traditional fossil-fuelled machines. That’s a bold belief and one held by many wedded to the E...
Many of the greatest car companies have been led by charismatic founders. Think of Henry Ford, Louis Chevrolet, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, André Citroën – the list goes on. Yet one of the most ...
Mark Twain was a very perceptive writer, never more so than when he remarked that ‘reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ The same quip could have been applied to the Land Rover Defend...
You have to feel sorry for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. Just as they announce important changes to the driving test, a new Prime Minister arrives in office and lays out her new Cabinet,...
The road network in the UK needs many things, but does it need to be altered to suit older drivers? That’s the question raised by a report from the Older Drivers Taskforce (ODT) and a position back...
There have not been many bright spots in the news over the last week, even if you are a Marcus Willis supporter. However, one thing we can take heart from are the latest figures from Department for...
Like it or not, taxation has proven to be one of the most effective methods of improving vehicle emissions and lowering fuel consumption. We are now at a point where a quarter of all new cars sold ...
At 40-years old, most of us take time to reflect, take stock and think about the future as well as the past. This is exactly what the Volkswagen Golf GTI is doing, though it has long since dealt wi...