The Intercooler Audio Articles

Would you buy a car sight unseen when your only experience of something similar had been dreadful? Probably not. Then again, you’re not Richard Bremner

Imagine half your mates had never tasted bacon. You’d make them a fry up. Gez Medinger argues your vehicular taste-buds are similarly understimulated

Or is it actually that simple? In the twilight of its life, what can the Alpine A110 learn from the original? Andrew Frankel reports

Or how AI is going to force us to make cars worse, and why that’s a good thing. Andrew Frankel does his best to explain

History has yet to decide whether the DeLorean was an icon or a disaster. Some 18 years ago Gez Medinger decided to find out for himself, the first of many questionable choices. 

There are faster, more sophisticated and, frankly, better Aston Martins. But Dan Prosser still pines after a Vanquish nonetheless 

They are the first part of a car we actually touch, which is why a good doorhandle really matters. Richard Porter chooses his favourites 

The first generation Boxster is temptingly affordable, but you need the right mindset to enjoy one, says Lewis Kingston

Volvo has been making large and spacious family cars for decades. This is its latest. Is it a worthwhile addition to that line? Andrew Frankel drives it 

It’s lacking one of the core attributes of a great hot hatch: a fizzing petrol engine. But don’t write the Alpine off just yet, writes Dan Prosser