Phil Huff is a freelance motoring journalist and editor who has been playing with cars for 25 years, from racing saloon cars to driving secret prototypes, and has driven virtually every road car on sale. When not behind the wheel of a car, he can often be found enjoying new experiences overseas, although that often ends up in the purchase of yet another car...
As I write this I'm sitting in an Airbus A319 at the end of one of Heathrow's runway. I'm not going anywhere as there's a bit of wind outside that's making it impossible for the pilot to get the pl...
I’ve written frequently about bangernomics, the principle of buying embarrassingly cheap cars and running them for as long as possible without spending anything. For the best part of six years, me ...
Premium. It’s a word that is thrown around by many with little thought as to what it actually means, attached to everything from cars (obviously) through to shampoo and paper towels. Perhaps it’s j...
I have spent the last two weekends in Cambridge and London, both cities that are not ideally set up to accommodate cars in the city centre. Being a true petrolhead, that doesn’t stop me weaving som...
Frankfurt’s massive motor show saw 67 new cars revealed, cars that you’ll actually be able to buy. Here’s a quick round up of the new metal on offer. Alfa Romeo’s MiTo had a mild refresh with a ne...
Frankfurt, the financial hub of Germany (and probably the rest of Europe) is a city that seemingly exists for people to hold meetings in. There’s little there beyond a collection of shiny skyscrape...
Back in May of this year I wrote about the steps Audi are taking to reinvent the car showroom at a time when research shows that 70 per cent of consumers have already made their mind up about a car...
The Liberal Democrats will be debating a policy at their party conference next month that, in theory, could affect us all in the future. To cut it right back to its basics, the Lib Dems want to ban...
In designing the new Range Rover Sport, Land Rover went to their existing buyers and asked them what they wanted. Their answer was simple; give us more Range Rover and give us more Sport. Getting t...
A friend of mine has just had rather a large shock. They have been leasing a Mercedes-Benz for the last three years, but now they have handed that car back and taken delivery of a new BMW 5 Series....