The Intercooler Audio Articles

What must you have to create the greatest racing car, not to win races, but to enthral drivers? Alex Brundle is sure he has the answer

The clock is ticking for one of the great engines of the modern era. Gez Medinger has six months to establish if this is to be its finest home of all

Andrew Frankel reports on the new Aston Martin Valen – a car he says is the firm’s meanest-looking model since the Vulcan

Dan Hall, our young writer, recounts the curious tale of Nissan’s most recent return to endurance racing

Andrew Frankel hasn’t lived with an Aston Martin for 30 years. With the arrival of this DB12 S, that’s about to change

As the JCB Hydromax prepares to claim its Land Speed Record, what’s life like out on the Bonneville Salt Flats? Ollie Marriage reckoned there was only one way to find out

It’s been half a lifetime since Fiat rescued Alfa Romeo. But for those still waiting for its glory days to return, it seems even longer than that. Simon Charlesworth reports

David Twohig has no doubts about the perfect size and configuration for a road engine. Yet it has hardly ever been used. Why?

We wanted to have a car show, just not like one anyone had done before. So on Thursday evening at Bicester Motion, we made it happen. Andrew Frankel reports 

When your old track day car reaches retirement, do you replace it with the best possible car, or just the most fun? Joana Fidalgo has a view

This is the Porsche people don’t talk about. After living with one for a month, Andrew Frankel reckons that’s an attribute not a fail

The JCB Hydromax is as long as two limousines and aims to become the fastest hydrogen vehicle on earth. Ollie Marriage talks to its creators

An early drive in a prototype of the all-new A2 left Andrew English admiring the Vorsprung, but wondering where the Technik had gone

The fourth in a series explaining why American auto journalist Jason Cammisa bought a Rover SD1. Last time he slammed it into a pickup truck. No, it wasn’t on purpose

The LC 500 is gorgeous, luxurious and seemingly depreciation-proof, writes Dan Prosser. But there is a problem…

What does it take to make Steve Sutcliffe lift? Turns out a thousand horsepower 911 from Gunther Werks will do the job nicely

Monza. Brooklands. Indianapolis. And… Dunmurry. Forty-five years on, Gez Medinger returns his DeLorean to the banked track that was built to break it 

We’ve all seen scoop shots of camouflaged cars. But how and why is it done, and how has it changed over the years? Richard Porter asks the people who know

Soon your car’s footwear may never be the same again. Steve Sutcliffe experiences Pirelli’s latest cyber tyre and is duly astonished

In which your intrepid reporter starts living with his disappointingly reliable Rover SD1, then crashes in on his way to see Jay Leno. All in a day’s work for Jason Cammisa

A tiny bundle of joy has Helen Wakerley transfixed and wondering if it was not actually the inspiration for the greatest supercar of the modern era

The S5 Avant has gone back to Audi. Now Dan Prosser has to figure out how to replace it 

Some think the Mini was the first front-drive car, others know it was the Traction Avant. And, as Gavin Green explains, all of them are wrong

With hypercar power for top-end sports car money, the Denza Z seems to have much going for it. Andrew Frankel heads to Goodwood to learn more

Often dismissed along with its Allegro and Marina contemporaries, the Princess deserves far greater credit than it got, says proud owner Richard Bremner

In which the ever-intrepid Jason Cammisa attempts to drive 1475 miles in an elderly Rover he’s never even sat in before. What could possibly go wrong?

The D3 was the slowest and cheapest car in the entire Alpina range. It also happened to be the best, says Andrew Frankel

In which Lewis Kingston drives across Ukraine, delivers his Ford Ranger and sees for himself what life is really like for those living with war every day

The Goodwood Motor Circuit plays host to some rather unconventional tests for the new electric Range Rover Sport. Andrew Frankel reports 

Which era produced the best performance cars? With the help of three fast Audi estates, Dan Prosser continues the search

David Twohig was the chief engineer of the Qashqai, the car which transformed Nissan’s fortunes in Europe. He goes to Nissan’s museum to see where it all started

In the first of a new series, renown American car journalist Jason Cammisa explains what on earth persuaded him to buy a 1980s British Leyland relic

You can now buy a brand new Ferrari with a manual gearbox – sort of. But why would you when the 550 Maranello already exists? By Dan Prosser

Eighty years after its creation and over 70 since it was made famous by a certain film, Andrew English explains the magic of Vespas, then tries his luck in Roman traffic

The TWR Supercat is a vision of the XJ-S that Jaguar would never have allowed Tom Walkinshaw to make. So his son has done it instead. Ollie Marriage drives it

Established OEMs are increasingly looking towards their pasts to determine their futures. This is not sentimentality, says Richard Porter, but sound commercial sense

Weissach’s latest addition to its track-bred lineage takes the heretical step of going soft up top. Can it still be a real GT3? Gez Medinger heads to Stuttgart to find out

This is the very first glimpse of the very first all-electric Bentley. Andrew Frankel has been to see the still secret car, and shares his thoughts below

A brand new car in Man Maths? When it’s as affordable and fun to drive as the Honda Super-N, says Richard Aucock, why not?

This is a car with two terrifyingly hard acts to follow. Is doing more of the same really going to cut it? Henry Catchpole finds out

In which the newly wed Joana Fidalgo heads off around Japan in the first prototype of one of the rarest road cars ever made. As you do.

We drove this once and declared it the greatest M5 of all. But how does it stack up after a month? Andrew Frankel finds out

With the dust now settled at Le Mans for another year, our new young writer, Dan Hall, recalls the DeltaWing, one of racing’s most unusual projects

Ever wondered how you might help Ukraine? One way is to buy a pickup and drive it there. Lewis Kingston is just back, relates how to do it, and what to expect

It was the first truly affordable mid-engined car and can still make sense today, so long as you find the right one. Andrew Frankel reports

The electric Alpine is nearing the end of its time on the Ti fleet. Where does the brand go from here, wonders Dan Prosser

The reputation Rolls-Royce enjoys today was founded by a single car. Andrew Frankel drives The Silver Ghost alongside the modern Rolls named in its honour

Joana Fidalgo had no idea how to spend her honeymoon. Then, and is so often the case in many of our lives, cars came to the unexpected rescue

Steve Sutcliffe thought that gently modifying the Golf would be enough for him. He thought wrong