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Jim Farley poses with the Alan Mann Racing Ford Mustang at Goodwood Members Meeting 2024

Jim Farley, Ford’s racing driver CEO: Porsche has outsmarted us in the past; now it’s time to outsmart them

Published 09 May 2024
By Will Dron
Ford's global boss shares insights on his personal passion for racing and the future of the auto industry.
Alex Smith, Volkswagen Group UK managing director

Q&A with Volkswagen Group UK boss Alex Smith

VW Group's UK boss Alex Smith was in an upbeat mood when Driving.co.uk caught up with him, highlighting a bumper year of growth.
Published 20 December 2023
Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro, legendary car designer

Legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro talks to Jeremy Hart about cars as artworks and finally building his 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe concept.
Published 04 August 2023
Gran Turismo movie Jann Mardenborough

Gran Turismo star on fatal Nurburgring crash

The man whose extraordinary gamer-to-racer life story has been adapted for the cinema opens up on including his horror crash in the film.
Published 03 August 2023
The Duke of Richmond - Ph. by Uli Weber in 2010

Duke of Richmond Q&A: 75 years of Goodwood

We sit down with His Grace ahead of the 2023 Festival of Speed to discuss 75 years of Goodwood motorsport.
Published 10 July 2023
Fernando Alonso on his triumphant F1 return and why he still has something to prove

Alonso: Why I still have something to prove

David Green talks to Fernando Alonso ahead of the 2023 Spanish GP, about his F1 comeback, remarkable success with Aston Martin
Published 02 June 2023
Jeremy Clarkson 30 Years of Sunday Times reviews

Jeremy Clarkson on 30 years of reviews

Reflecting on 30 years of writing about cars for The Sunday Times has put Jeremy Clarkson in a sombre mood. Will Dron finds out why.
Published 28 May 2023
Iain Duncan-Smith China car production

Car market fixed by ‘brutal’ China, says IDS

China has manipulated the car market and EVs give the “brutal” country more of an advantage, say former Conservative Party leader.
Published 22 May 2023
Cupra UrbenRebel

Cupra announces three new models by 2025

Spanish car maker Cupra has revealed its plans for three new cars that it will launch over the next three years.
Published 07 June 2022
Ian Callum

Ian Callum talks the future of car design

The way a car looks, feels and behaves will remain important to people, according to the car designer, Ian Callum.
Published 20 May 2022
Air Racing

The man taking electric racing to the sky

Air Race E is the brainchild of Jeff Zaltman, with a proven track record in bringing the excitement of air racing to the masses.
Published 10 September 2021
Electrogenic classic car electric conversions

Why convert a classic car to electric?

Is converting a classic car to electric power sacrilege or do we need to get with the programme? We visit Electrogenic to understand the appeal.
Published 21 May 2021
Nearly-new electric cars cost more to run than petrol and diesel

Nearly-new EVs cost more than petrol, diesel

Electric cars bought one or two years after manufacture are costlier to run than petrol or diesel equivalents, according to the largest new and u
Published 30 April 2021