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Road tester of 35 years and columnist of 15, Steve says he’s as much in love with cars today as he was on day one. “And not just the cars, but also the industry that makes ’em.”

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• Citroen wows the Paris show
  You’d expect the French manufacturers to be full of beans at their home motor show. But in terms of creativity...
• Aston One-77: the work of a genius?
  Given that Aston Martin chief Dr Ulrich Bez once spent many months of his life painstakingly developing...
• New Golf: we've been here before
  We’ve been here five times before. This is the sixth launch of a VW Golf I’ve covered since 1974, and...
• What’s the 7-Series like to drive?
  I’ve just got back from our first go in the new BMW 7-Series – a technical presentation about...
• Behind every great racing driver...
  On a trip to the Scottish Borders a couple of weeks ago, to test the revitalised and much improved Lotus...
• Europa finally makes sense
  There was one good way, it seemed to me, to test the worth of the improvements of the recently revised...
• Is the Mito good enough?
  It’s one of the big questions of the year: is the new baby Alfa capable of turning around the brand’s...
• Le Mans revisited
  Went to Le Mans for the eighth time in 28 years - and had the best time at La Sarthe I can ever remember...
• Inside the Insignia
  You won’t believe the interior of the new Vauxhall Insignia - particulary if your memory of cabins in...
• Our Bentley sets sail
  Well, it’s big. And unimaginably luxurious. It’s a week since I drove our new Continental Flying Spur...