Opinion

After 2023 proved to be a tough year for car users, 2024 already looks much brighter

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks manufacturers will be desperate to sell electric cars in 2024, so look out for some great deals

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler looks back at 2023 and thinks it's been a great year for Kia

Mike Rutherford thinks recent sales show that hybrids are the car of choice for UK customers

Mike Rutherford thinks firms like Tesla are doing its bit, but the creaking electricity supply industry must up its game

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks a lot of brands could learn from Lexus as they try to crack the premium end of the market

With some huge savings to be had, Mike Rutherford thinks a van could be the perfect vehicle

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks recycling is becoming big business in the motor industry

Mike Rutherford thinks Renault is doing more than any other manufacturer when it comes to making affordable electric cars

John McIlroy thinks it’s hard to see another combustion-engined N car rolling off the production line at Hyundai

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks the success of Hyundai and Kia is a good indication of how the balance of power has shifted in the car industry

Mike Rutherford thinks it’s hard work keeping an enviable reputation intact, especially with new brands snapping hard at your heels

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks Ford and Vauxhall need to get their pricing right in the EV era if they are to remain popular with customers

Frank Stephenson has designed some of the most beautiful on the planet, and Mike Rutherford is glad to see him passing on his knowledge to the next ge…

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler was shocked to find his car insurance premium had risen 44 per cent at renewal time

Mike Rutherford is stunned that car insurance premiums have risen by an average 61 per cent in the past 12 months

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks some barriers to electric car ownership are slowly coming down, but the charging network still needs work

Mike Rutherford thinks up-front payments are often overlooked when customers see a tempting leasing deal

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks Nio is a brand that could really shake up the premium elite

Mike Rutherford says it's bad that a new and expensive XC90 died at the roadside, but even worse that Volvo can't explain why

The Chinese may yet falter: quicker, more efficient production could see prices of European electric cars fall

Mike Rutherford thinks many car makers are being forced to admit that their list prices are too high

Andy Palmer sees the incorrect reporting of the Luton Airport fire as yet more evidence of the politically charged debate around electric vehicles

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks September’s sales figures show just how important the UK is to Ford

Car companies think the Government should introduce a new version of the plug-in car grant but others see competition and targeting spending as the be…

Mike Rutherford thinks electric cars sales remain painfully slow as the sums simply don’t add up for most people

Editor-at-large John McIlroy thinks we could be heading into a gold period of new car deals

As a founding father of Auto Express, Mike Rutherford is uniquely placed to look back at changes in its lifetime

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler celebrates everything that has made the last 35 years of Auto Express so great

Mike Rutherford explains how the race for profit among the world’s top car companies is being won by BMW, with a clutch of others hot on its tail…

With the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars looming, Mike Rutherford thinks there needs to be a place for hydrogen and other alternati…

Volkswagen is stepping up its speed of development to combat the threat from China, but editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks the brand can’t afford to …

Mike Rutherford is growing increasingly frustrated at the cost of buying a brand new car

Deputy editor John McIlroy takes a look at some of the biggest reveals from the 2023 Munich Motor Show

Mike Rutherford thinks London’s expanded ULEZ is one of the worst anti-motoring schemes he’s ever seen

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler has met many politicians throughout his career, but MP Greg Smith is a little bit different