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Having written for a local paper and a Land Rover magazine, Dan's quite pleased to be serving up the scoops in Autocar's news section. One day he'll buy a Unimog.

Recent comments

• re: VW's show of strength
  I know exactly what you're saying. The launch of the last Golf was positively sybaritic. We were flown...
• VW's show of strength
  Motor shows feature a lot of corporate self-promotion, on a grand scale. VW dispensed with the usual...
• First impressions on our TT TDi
  So this is where I will be spending the next year (not all of it, obviously ­ just the driving bits...
• re: Lancia: who's convinced?
  Partially agree with you about positioning Lancia above Alfa and below Maserati, but the Delta looks...
• Chinese cars – the real fakes
  Copying things has worked very well for the Chinese, but it’s not going to work when it comes to...
• Get real, Volvo: you do not make sports cars
  Volvos are generally honest cars. Good-looking, practical, appealing, but above all honest. A Volvo is...
• BMW X6: you'll like it, but adults sitting in the back seats won't
  In case you were wondering (I was), there is not very much headroom in the back of a BMW X6. I have just...
• GM Style adds colour to Detroit's omnipresent grey
  Detroit is not a glamorous city. It is a grey city, especially right now because it’s winter and, although...
• All aboard the fun bus... except TfL
  Disappointingly downbeat and humourless reaction from Transport for London to our 21st century Routemaster...
• Lane hogs, stand up and be counted
  Odd, isn't it, how everyone professes to despise drivers who sit in the middle lane when the inside...