Mark Walton tries the humongous Rolls-Royce Spectre, ponders the unstoppable growth of modern cars

Editor-at-large Mark Walton would like Lotus to know he’s happy for the phrase ‘doesn’t make me puke’ to be used in Eletre advertising

‘Super-monster hypercars can’t be driven hard. You just spend your whole time holding back’

'We're inexorably drawn to gigantic diesels with pointless four-wheel drive and self-opening boots'

Visiting Morgan HQ in Worcestershire

Will we look back fondly on the days of diesel, in the same way we revere steam power?

EVs and artificial noise generators

The nub of the holier-than-thou climate change argument: which mode of transport is cleanest?

An ode to changing gear manually

A love letter to the Morris Minor, by Mark Walton

Why the car industry must catch up with reality - and stop draping cars with scantily clad women at auto shows

Whither the back-to-basics fun of a Caterham in the new driverless age?

Mark Walton on the crazy prices old cars make nowadays. Whither the crash?

When Mark Walton was a student he had a Fiat 126. Now he's found one in Italy and imported it to UK

‘Porsche miscalculated when they deleted the manual option from the GT3. They forgot about wabi-sabi’

‘Today’s multinational car brands are slow moving. They know their weaknesses. And they’re scared’

‘We need to copy the coffee-shop model and franchise. Yes, franchise the Nürburgring’

‘Maybe Bugatti will develop a partially autonomous car that takes control once the driver’s passed out’

Mark Walton's expert advice for spectating at race events: go debris hunting

Raking over the stranger side of the optional extras and accessories lists

Mark Walton tells us why the ten-to-two driving position needs to stop

‘I got excited by the Giulia’s promise. With spec like that it’s bound to be brilliant. Ah but wait… the 4C’

‘Pack six car journalists off to Mars, no problem. But mission control would turn the sound off after a bit’

‘Would Nuvolari, Clark and Senna beat Fangio in identical cars?' After Fangio's body was dug up recently, how about we clone his DNA?

‘Meeting Giugiaro was like meeting the Pope at the Vatican, or a benign mafia don. I was in awe’

Want to remember why you became a car enthusiast? A blast in the Mk1 MX-5 will do the trick

We send Mark Walton to drive the Batmobile. Schoolboy fantasies ensue...

Mark Walton lives out his superhero fantasies

Video of Mark driving the Silk Cut Jag at Goodwood

More on the S1000RR we pit against the BAC Mono

A potted history of Batman's wheels by Mark Walton

Video and behind-the-scenes blog of Mark Walton's race across Europe to beat the ash cloud on Honda bikes, quads, cars, hybrids and single-seaters

Can a jack of all trades be a master of all? Walton decides

I was really sad to hear that Paul Frere died over the weekend, aged 91. Frere was an amazing man, with an incredible career that puts the rest of us car journalists firmly in our place. I met him a...