Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the great German-American architect and designer, was famously known for his ‘less is more’ style. His minimalist philosophy works for me. But sometimes less is not...

‘Premium’ car sales seem to be collapsing, or so the August UK sales figures suggest. Aston Martin down 26 percent year-to-date, Bentley down 17 percent, Lexus down 23 percent, Porsche down 26...

Cars are great but good car journeys are even better. Cars have given us unmatched mobility, broadening our minds as they broaden our horizons. After the Sumerian invention of the wheeled chariot, the...

With oil at $130 a barrel, petrol at £1.20 a litre, our roads traffic clogged, our police force ever more vigilant against ‘speeding’ and eco green taking over from Italian racing red as motoring’s...

One of the daft upshots of our current marketing-fuelled obsession with ‘brands’ is that, to borrow a booze industry phrase, the name on the bottle is now frequently more important than the drink...

After a Peugeot 107 for his son, Gavin Green is lining up a family car for himself. On the list? Everything from a BMW 5-series to a Citroen C4 Picasso… Car journalist seeks buying advice. Regular...

I have just bought a new car. The priorities were: low insurance category (to enable 18-year-old son to use it), fun to drive, small and easy to park, good fuel consumption (low CO2 band also helps...

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler – America's ‘Big Three’ car makers – are in trouble. There are rumours of an imminent declaration of bankruptcy from Chrysler; Ford has been in a pickle for years;...

News that there will be more recharging points dotted around London in the expectation of a boom in electric cars is, in theory, welcome. For once, a government or council is partly financing our fuel...

Just as the Greenham Common women did not get rid of cruise missiles in Britain, so eco agitators have played no significant part in persuading America’s masses to go green. But just as one is now...

Just as the Greenham Common women did not get rid of cruise missiles in Britain, so eco agitators have played no significant part in persuading America’s masses to go green. But just as one is now...

‘Driving in the US becomes a luxury’, says an article in the FT, complete with doleful quotes from a Houston-based woman who can no longer afford to refuel her monstrous Ford Expedition (a giant 4x4...

Plans to reduce the speed limit on small residential roads to 20mph, to be championed by road safety minister Jim Fitzpatrick, are welcome. The current 30 ‘built-up area’ limit – just under half the...

I write from the island state of Richmond-upon-Thames. For weeks we’ve been cut off from the outside world, the Burma-of-Britain, our only source of exterior communication the internet or phone. Road...

Gavin Green blogs on why Gordon Brown's carbon tax system is wrong, and offers a simple, honest solution that is probably far too straightforward to ever be adopted. If Gordon Brown really is the...

Now that Porsche owns Volkswagen and Audi, perhaps they will finally kill off that anti-Porsche, the Cayenne? The Volkswagen Group already produces two vast 4x4s – Touareg and Q7 – and Dr Wolfgang...

Hooray for that old warhorse Bob Lutz, a car boss prepared to speak his mind. Just before the Geneva motor show, Lutz – General Motors’ head of product and the most entertaining figure in the car...

Not so long ago, the head turners were invariably the hot rods. Expressive meant express; fast equalled fun. A Ferrari glowed with character; most Fords and Fiats had as much character as grumpy...

When news first came out that Ford was selling Land Rover, some takeover virgins were wandering the Gaydon headquarters shell-shocked. One wise old hand urged optimism. ‘It’s my fourth sale since I’ve...

Talk about a tale of two cities! At the not-so-long-ago Detroit Show, Ford’s stand looked more like a used car lot than the pointer to an exciting future. The one-time king of Motown was in a meek and...

The Detroit show is usually a loud car carnival of chutzpah, chrome and courageous concepts. This year it was apologetic (‘we’ve been destroying the planet but now we’re doing something about it’)...

Gavin Green says it's about time we all get along, for the greater good For too long it’s been cyclists versus drivers versus motorcyclists and honestly chaps (and girls) it’s getting us nowhere. We...

Is the Congestion Charge fixing all London's problems? Far from it, says Gavin Green The focus of the original 2003 London Congestion Charge was sharp, never mind that it bludgeoned millions of...

Serenity or sportiness - what should the key characteristic of today's executive saloon be, asks Gavin Green What a joy to drive an ‘executive’ car that puts comfort first! Most of the big selling...

Are Land Rovers and their ilk really killing the planet? Think again, argues Gavin Green I have been driving a Land Rover Discovery 3 diesel these past few weeks. It comfortably took my family of five...

Many blame Ford for Jag's problems. Gavin Green says problems run deeper than that As the one-time greatest name in British motoring limps like a mortally wounded wildcat to its new home (private...

History suggests that small independent sports car makers will stuggle. Can Aston prove otherwise, asks Gavin Green Henry Ford once famously noted that history was ‘more or less’ bunk. Aston Martin,...

Original thinking is sadly lacking in superminis, reckons Gavin Green  My grandpa taught me never to look back. Don’t cry over spilt beer, he used to say (he was an Aussie). A blunt-talking man, he...