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The great electric car conundrum: In 35 years, driving a petrol car will be like driving a steam engine. But is now the time to make the switch to an EV?
To EV or not to EV? That is the question for car buyers today, whether they're looking for a new car or going second hand. So is now the time to take the plunge? Toby Keel takes a look.
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Curious Questions: We used to fly cars across the English Channel in 20 minutes — why did we stop?
It seems hard to believe, but taking your car across the English Channel to France by air actually pre-dates the cross-channel car ferry. So how did it fall out of use almost 50 years ago? Martin Fone investigates.
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'Where new money transforms into old, via a century’s worth of luxury automobiles': A report from Monterey Car Week
Vintage Mercedes, classic Porsches, and a best-in-show Bugatti, combined with cravats and Stetsons. The only thing more interesting than the cars is the people, writes Adam Hay Nicholls.
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Goodwood Revival 2024: What you missed at the world's most elegant motor race weekend
The Goodwood Revival is one of the highlights of the summer — even when the weather does its best to put a damper on things.
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Rebirth of an icon: How Lotus is picking up the EV baton and running with it
After years of financial turmoil, Lotus is going all in on electric cars. We tested the new Eletre to find out whether the actions match the words.
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Sensory overload: If the modern car is all about safety, then why don't I feel safe?
Regulation and a race to innovate means our cars are full of technology that we don't want, we didn't ask for, and in some cases can cause an accident. But most of all, it makes driving absolutely awful.
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The Aston Martin DBX707: A Bond car for all seasons, five days and Three Peaks
Scaling the Three Peaks of Britain is not for the faint of heart and neither is driving the powerful Aston Martin DBX707. Adam Hay-Nicholls tried his hand at both.
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Cooking baked beans in an Aston Martin, rubbing shoulders with Beyoncé and sneaking onto yachts at Monaco, with Adam Hay-Nicholls
The motoring and travel journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast this week.
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The Legacy: Charles Rolls and 'the best cars in the world'
Tragically killed at 32, Charles Rolls accomplished plenty in his short life, including founding Rolls-Royce.
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'I loved it like a best friend, and shed a tear when it was finally consigned to the great junkyard in the sky': Country Life's team on our first cars
The L-plates are off and it’s time to hit the road. Everyone remembers their first car, so James Fisher asked Country Life staff and friends to tell us about theirs.
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The Rolls-Royce Cullinan II: As smooth as a 'bubble bath with Roger Moore'
The original was greeted with raised eyebrows, but, as Adam Hay-Nicholls explains, the latest offering is as much a Rolls Royce as any other.
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Rolls-Royce launch the Phantom Scintilla private collection, one of its 'most personal vehicles to date'
Hot off the press: Rolls-Royce unveils a brand new, ten car private collection — inspired by the manufacturer’s iconic Spirit of Ecstasy figurine — at Monterey Car Show 2024.
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The Last Word: 'Portmeirion’s charm is rooted in eccentricity and this is why I love the place'
Pamela Goodman travels to north Wales in a rusty Land Rover Defender, where long walks, wild swimming and a visit to the 'eccentric' town of Portmeirion are on the cards.
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A single peat moor stores the carbon of 1,000,000 cars — and this 'climate-action trump card' needs urgent protection
Recent research has discovered that one moor in Yorkshire stores as much carbon as one million cars would release in a year, highlighting why we need to restore them.
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The F1 legend who hitched a lift on a victory lap, ten home Silverstone heroes and seven more things you should know about Formula 1
To celebrate 75 years since the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone, Rosie Paterson lists the thinks you probably didn't know about F1 and the British GP.
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Bentley sets new speed record, but underwater
The new Continental GT Speed spooled up its mighty hybrid powertrain and flew through a tunnel some 292 metres below the sea level. Why? Because why not.
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Jeep Wrangler review: An iconic off-roader that’s stayed true to its roots
Jeep Wrangler review: An iconic off-roader that’s stayed true to its roots
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Curious Questions: Who was the first person to take a driving test?
For years, all you need to drive a car was to jump behind the wheel — but that all changed. Martin Fone traces the history of the driving test.
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The Queen's old Range Rover — one which she used to pick up the Obamas — has come up for sale
This SDV8 Autobiography model was specially prepared by Land Rover and used by the Royal Household, and could now be yours for £224,850.
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My 'Franken-Land Rover' has had three new chassis and using the indicators turns on the windscreen wipers. But I just can't get rid of it.
Joe Gibbs pours his heart out about his classic Land Rover Defender, and the peculiar strain of nutty devotion it's inspired.
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The 'most beautiful car ever made' makes its debut on Country Life Frontispiece page alongside photographer Amy Shore
Automotive photographer Amy Shore is the star of the Frontispiece page in this week's Country Life — and where better to take the pictures than the garage specialising in classic Jaguars which she helped to start. Rosie Paterson went along.
