The Intercooler Audio Articles

Richard Bremner loves old Alfa GTVs. Which is why he is now on his fifth. But putting this one right has required an entirely unintended ground up restoration

Hold on, wasn’t Andrew English’s Civic Type R red? And much older? Yes, he’s upgraded from FN2 to FK2. Here’s why

After taking one to his first Le Mans as a youngster, Dan Prosser was bound to start pining for a Corvette Z06 sooner or later…

As the F1 season heads into its final three rounds, does a good (or bad) run of recent form really make that much difference? Karun Chandhok reports

You wouldn’t believe how much you can tell about a car from its window switches if only you knew what to look for. Happily, Richard Porter does

Two fast hatchbacks sitting on the same platform. Are the differences between them really that great? You bet they are, says Andrew Frankel

The secret of the Sherman tank’s success lay not on the battlefield, but an entire continent away in the factories where it was built. By David Twohig

This is a car that epitomises the modern, legislation-led approach to motoring. But is that for good or for ill? Dan Prosser reports

Is a Viper an all-American dream or something closer to a nightmare? Andrew Frankel doesn’t care either way: he just wants one

The seven-time F1 champion’s own appraisal of his 2025 season pulled no punches. But has it really been so bad? Dan Prosser investigates

In the first of a new series, Andrew Frankel gets not just to drive, but to live with a car he first drove 15 years ago. Has age wearied it? What do you think?

It’s very small and it’s not very powerful but don’t let that deceive you: Honda is back in the fun car business, says Andrew English, and it’s coming here

A short journey into a possible near future. By Andrew Frankel

Think all Lotus Evoras are the same? Think again: it took Gez Medinger five years to find the right one for him.

It's one of those cars that really shouldn't work but somehow it largely does, says Andrew Frankel

A rare and exotic sports car for the same price as a decent third-generation Toyota MR2? There must be a catch, says Lewis Kingston

These are perhaps the best reimagined classics we've driven. But how different to one another can two E-types really be? Very, says Andrew Frankel. 

All those little things that help to transform life on the road. Who thought of them, when and why? Mel Nichols has the answers. 

The A110 R Ultime costs twice as much as the next most expensive A110 and is designed to be driven on a track. So it’s an expensive irrelevance, right? Not so fast, says Steve Sutcliffe

Our new series kicked off in Detroit, but now heads back across the water to the French capital, where European car culture was born. By Gavin Green

It’s slow, left-hand drive only wasn’t very successful when new. But none of that stops Maximilian Chester loving the roadster with the disappearing doors

This crossover electric SUV is the car that has to bring volume sales to the Alpine brand. Can such a machine really be worthy of that name? Andrew English decides 

Are Chinese cars just ‘stack ’em high, sell ’em cheap’ rubbish, or serious contenders in an increasingly crowded marketplace? Ben Oliver drove 10 of them to find out

Two British supercoupés of similar age and performance, but utterly different approaches. Andrew Frankel decides between them

There’s now a standard 911 with over 700bhp costing all but £200,000. Can it possibly be worth it? Andrew English is the one finding out