‘The only time I’ve been nervous before driving a car’ – Gavin Green on driving Gil de Ferran’s Indycar 14 August 2024 by Gavin Green 'Gil de Ferran told me about crashing backwards at 220mph. This didn't settle my nerves' Read more ...
‘Why do car companies bother disinterring dead brands?’ 03 April 2024 by Gavin Green Gavin Green on Bugatti, Maybach and other disasters Read more ...
Why Frank Stephenson wants to bring back pen and paper car design 13 February 2024 by Gavin Green ‘Gandini didn’t use Photoshop when he designed the Miura. Issigonis drew the Mini with a pencil’ Read more ...
Whither beautiful car design? Gavin Green's rallying call for an electric design revolution 17 March 2021 by Gavin Green Why the EV transformation is an opportunity to reprioritise car design Read more ...
Why cars and bikes provide intrinsically similar thrills, by Gavin Green 07 August 2020 by Gavin Green Lockdown has brought cycling into sharp focus for Gavin Green Read more ...
‘Can you imagine how wonderful a smaller, lighter, lower, aluminium bodied Porsche 718 would be?’ 20 May 2020 by Gavin Green Gavin Green mulls over a simpler, lighter, purer kind of Porsche sports car with the design chief Michael Mauer Read more ...
‘The roll-call of sports cars that emphasise pure driving pleasure over speed is short’ 15 March 2020 by Gavin Green Gavin Green calls for a return to simpler, purer sports cars Read more ...
Crystal ball gazing: Gavin Green's predictions for a new decade's motoring 14 February 2020 by Gavin Green What to look forward to in the 2020s Read more ...
The new Land Rover Defender: Gavin Green's view 03 January 2020 by Gavin Green Has the new Defender got it right? Read more ...
‘I hope Boris makes a better PM than he did a car writer’ says Gavin Green 17 October 2019 by Gavin Green Gavin Green on the PM's car writing credentials, and other famous motoring politicians Read more ...
Gavin Green on EVs: ‘I have come to the somewhat grudging conclusion that I really, really like electric drive’ 26 September 2019 by Gavin Green CAR magazine's chief contributor Gavin Green admits that he's now fully onboard the electric car revolution Read more ...
‘If motor shows are to be merged into consumer electronics shows, then it’s a very sad day’ 18 June 2019 by Gavin Green The future of motor shows, by Gavin Green Read more ...
Why are so many big SUVs so ugly? 09 May 2019 by Gavin Green Gavin Green asks why most larger SUVs are four-wheeled eyesores Read more ...
'BMW's i8 is the only fast car designed for today's roads' 01 April 2019 by Gavin Green Gavin Green talks hybrid powertrains, the BMW i8 and his time with a Toyota Prius Read more ...
‘When fitted to manual cars, electronic parking brakes are hateful devices’ 17 January 2019 by Gavin Green Gavin Green on the rise and rise of the electric parking brake Read more ...
Why 2019 will spit out a glut of hypercars 18 December 2018 by Gavin Green 'Initially a sales underachiever, the Ferrari 250 GTO is now worth about £50 million' Read more ...
‘Do you shun the MAN double decker to Tooting, hoping the next bus will be a Volvo?’ 06 November 2018 by Gavin Green CAR magazine's Gavin Green asks what happens to brand loyalty in the age of autonomous cars hailed on demand Read more ...
Whatever happened to back-to-basics cars, asks Gavin Green 08 October 2018 by Gavin Green 'The only no-frills car brand now sold in the UK is Dacia. And its European sales boom' Read more ...
'I never thought I'd yearn for a garage forecourt until I started driving EVs far from home' 03 September 2018 by Gavin Green Gavin Green on electric cars and recharging on long trips Read more ...
‘The shift to big, thirsty SUVs is ruining all the good work on engine efficiency by the car industry’ 04 August 2018 by Gavin Green Gavin Green sounds off on the trend to bigger, bulkier SUVs Read more ...
Gavin Green: why aren't electric cars designed more boldly? 01 June 2018 by Gavin Green Surely the brave new world of EVs should mean bolder, braver designs? Read more ...
‘An electric Ferrari would be like a Fender Strat without the strings: lovely design, no music’ 08 February 2018 by Gavin Green Our correspondent ponders the future of e-Ferraris... Read more ...
'Long-lived cars must be intrinsically greener, just as bags for life are better than carrier bags' 07 December 2017 by Gavin Green Our industry watcher argues we should run our cars into the ground, not replace them every few months on PCP Read more ...
Watch: Gavin Green on 2017’s best sports cars 10 November 2017 by CAR's road test team Video backstage from Sports Car Giant Test 2017 from our contributor-in-chief Read more ...
Gavin Green: why modern cars have too many nannying automatic features 02 November 2017 by Gavin Green 'Auto wipers are designed for drivers too busy looking at their touchscreens to notice it's raining' Read more ...
'Want wind-in-the-hair fun and a trip to a gentler time? Nothing beats a Morgan' 16 October 2017 by Gavin Green The Morgan 4/4 is more than 80 years old and while other, newer cars will be better, you can't beat a Morgan for charm Read more ...
Shiro Nakamura and the astonishing variety of Nissan design 14 July 2017 by Gavin Green Gavin Green talks Shiro Nakamura's retirement from Nissan and his lasting legacy Read more ...
The car of tomorrow: iPhone on wheels or data capture tool? 26 May 2017 by Gavin Green The jobs at the heart of today's car industry will go the same way as boatswains and wainwrights Read more ...
Gavin Green on why Jaguar needs to balance SUVs with sports cars 31 October 2016 by Gavin Green ‘Jaguar: launch new sports cars that give you licence to launch SUVs. Launch SUVs to fund sports cars.’ Read more ...
Gavin Green on Toyota's lack of design DNA 21 October 2016 by Gavin Green ‘Toyota has no design DNA. Its designs are as ever-changing as David Beckham’s hairdo, minus the style’ Read more ...
Gavin Green on the enduring appeal of the Land Rover Defender 12 October 2016 by Gavin Green The Land Rover Defender is a much-loved car – but why? Gavin Green investigates Read more ...
Gavin Green on the end of motoring as we know it 06 October 2016 by Gavin Green ‘Forget “driver-focused” cockpits. As there’s no need for a steering wheel, cabins will be passenger-focused.’ Read more ...
Gavin Green on the future of internal combustion engines 24 August 2016 by Gavin Green The combustion engine's future, Jaguar's C-X75, and Mazda's return to the rotary engine Read more ...
Gavin Green on the new Top Gear, CAR+ March 2016 17 February 2016 by Gavin Green ‘If Matt LeBlanc turns out a great tiramisu would he be tipped to take over from Jamie Oliver? Probably not’ Read more ...
Gavin Green on Citroen and DS, CAR+ February 2016 10 February 2016 by Gavin Green ‘Citroën in the ’50s, like Apple in the 21st century, was on a mission. Now it’s part of the mainstream’ Read more ...
Gavin Green on faceless F1 drivers: CAR+ archive, 2004 11 January 2016 by Gavin Green Gavin Green bemoans the 2004 batch of F1 drivers' lack of charisma Read more ...