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.
To err is human, to forgive is divine. Or in the case of vehicle collisions, it’s usually a case for misery and insurance claims. Imagine a world without collisions, though: wouldn’t that be heaven...
There are many good reasons why the Mazda MX-5 is the world’s best-selling sport cars: more than a million, in fact. Yet it’s not just about the numbers of this cracking roadster sold by Mazda, the...
As the song goes, three is a magic number… or at least it used to be when car companies wanted to inject a bit of dash into its mainstream hatch line-ups. Take Kia, for instance. It’s Pro_c’eed was...
The C3 Aircross offers loads of space, decent performance, attractive running costs and just the right amount of off-road influence in the looks department. It more than earns its place among the top contenders in this class.
Car parking: how controversial can it be? Very, would seem to the answer given reactions to the Scottish government’s plan to ban parking on pavements. The Transport (Scotland) Bill covers a wide ...
The SUV class is getting bigger by the year, and we don’t just mean the size of the vehicles. Last year, SUVs accounted for a third of all global car sales, which is up from a fifth in 2014. That’...
Remember KITT, the talking car from the 1980s television show Knight Rider? If you’re a younger reader, there are plenty of re-runs for you to become acquainted with the car, but for the rest of ...
Learner drivers in England, Scotland and Wales are finally to receive lessons on how to drive on the motorway. Not before time, new drivers will be trained on how to use the fastest roads in the ne...