The Intercooler Audio Articles

Now we know how the V8 came to be and why it is the way it is, David Twohig names the most important of them all – plus his own personal favourite

Not every cheap Ferrari has to be a bad Ferrari. Gez Medinger is ready to take the plunge.

What is it about this particular configuration of engine that seems so hard-wired into our hearts? As ever, David Twohig is the man who knows

You may recall Joana Fidalgo’s concerns about her RX-7’s engine. Turns out they were well founded, to put it mildly. Time for some serious surgery…

How a model car inspired Dr Ulrich Eichhorn to buy an old Bentley, and how it in turn inspired the creation of a modern car

Home to some of the world’s greatest automotive marques, Modena is a motor city like no other, writes Gavin Green

You might be surprised at some of the measures car manufacturers adopt to engineer cost out of an affordable car. Richard Porter is your guide

It is one of few cars truly deserving to be called ‘iconic’, and values have tumbled of late. How tempted should we really be, asks Andrew Frankel

The year's best rear-drive, four-seat sports coupé comes either from Germany or the US. Dan Prosser heads to Wales to find out which

Discerning genuine points of difference between cars is far harder than it once was. And that, says our young writer Max Taylor, is a real problem

Had your fill of conventional piston engines? Perhaps it’s time to try something completely different, if you’re feeling bold enough, says Lewis Kingston

You can spend six figures on a new M2, but an older version will provide most of the fun for a fraction of the money, says Dan Prosser

Some cars will appreciate over the next decade, others will not. Steve Sutcliffe suggests 10 of the former, and five of the latter

We’ve all done it: hired an anonymous box, thrashed it, handed it back and never thought of it again. But just occasionally, they can leave a mark. By Andrew Frankel

It is one of Britain’s rarest hot hatchbacks, and Andrew Frankel has never driven one. This is his bid to change all that

After several months in big EVs, Dan Prosser is relishing the prospect of living with a small fun one. But will it turn out that way?

More threatened than ever, the sound our cars make has never mattered more, argues our award-winning young writer Max Taylor

Or at least poke its head over the edge. Andrew Frankel is among the first in the world to ride in the new Jaguar and tries not to read too much into the experience

Why (almost) everything you thought you knew about driving fast is a lie. Gez Medinger takes the red pill and discovers how deep the rabbit hole goes 

A quick trip across the water proves most revealing, which might seem strange as it wasn’t even in this Range Rover that Andrew Frankel went

With Jaguar’s revolutionary new four-door soon to break cover, Dan Prosser looks at the last time the company attempted anything quite so bold

After pressure from industry and governments alike, the EU seems ready to extend the life of the internal-combustion engine by another five years. Will Britain follow suit? Ben Oliver reports

You might regard them as the bane of your life on the road. But that doesn’t stop them being absolutely incredible, says David Twohig

Now very much nearer the exit than entry door of his career, Andrew Frankel has a quiet word with his 22-year-old self on his first day of work

Britain’s 11th F1 World Champion proves nice guys do win. Karun Chandhok explains how he did it