Motor Sport Magazine Specials

The authoritative voice of motor racing since 1924 covers the entire motor racing scene. In these Special Editions, the team digs into the archives to give exclusive insight, rare photographic footage, detailed race reports, and a unique take on the subject matter; from world-class drivers through to iconic car marques, and also how some of these real-life stories have been adapted for the big screen.

2025 Porsche’s Cayman GTS review: a riot on the road • A car that wants to be driven? It’s rare-delight territory for Andrew Frankel who bids farewell to the Cayman GTS

2025 Mercedes G580 review: electric G-wagon jumps the shark • Mercedes’ G-wagon has charmed SUV-sceptics for decades. But, says Andrew Frankel, in all-electric form, the G580 has lost its winning characteristic

2025 BMW M4 CS review: Time to rethink the 911? • Thrillingly sporty yet perfectly practical, for Andrew Frankel the M4 CS, fitting between the Competition and CSL, has the Goldilocks touch

Were these 1970s and 1980s cars really so bad? • Andrew Frankel is forced to rethink his views on the Austin 1300 GT, Rover 75 and ‘talking’ Maestro

Do you need a fast car in your sixties? • As Andrew Frankel reaches a milestone, he wonders which car he might settle down with when put out to journalistic pasture

2025 Morgan Supersport review: Finally! As good to drive as it looks • An update (of sorts) of the Morgan Plus Six is here. As Andrew Frankel finds out, beneath the art deco curves there’s modernity – and fun!

2025 Bentley Bentayga Speed review • Bentley’s Bentayga might be long-in-the-tooth but its updated Speed version still has bite, as Andrew Frankel finds out

Andrew Frankel: ‘Bad news, we’ve already lived through the era of peak car’ • With the notion that our four-wheeled friends aren’t what they used to be, Andrew Frankel sets out to pinpoint history’s ‘peak car’

2025 Alpine A290 review, good: yes, fun: no • Alpine’s new electric A290 hot hatch swept the board at the Car of the Year awards. Andrew Frankel is impressed… right?

Land Rover’s £160k ‘GT3’: Defender Octa First Edition review • Its name derives from the octahedral shape of a diamond, but is this Defender as tough as they come? Andrew Frankel finds out

2025 Aston Martin Vanquish review: V12 GT is glorious • Very fast and very powerful – is the mighty new Vanquish too much of a good thing? Andrew Frankel can’t wait to find out…

Fiat vs Renault – it’s an electric face-off • It isn’t every day that Andrew Frankel sings the praises of an electric vehicle, but, like buses, two have come along this month

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