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  The  Ford Mustang   has added a limited-run California Edition featuring exterior design changes and upgraded equipment, with prices starting from £52,105. The Mustang California Edition is based on a 1967 Shelby GT notchback coupé prototype, named the California Special. The original car featured a grille, fog-lights and side racing stripes all finished in black, as well as a Shelby-inspired spoiler and new rear side air scoops. Offered in a convertible bodystyle only, the Mustang’s main changes are design-based. It gains an ebony black honeycomb front grille, lower side stripes in black, red and grey, unique badging, 19in wheels and California Special decals. Each model also has a ‘California Special’ logo that is only visible in strong sunlight.  Ford says the aerodynamics of the car have been improved, with the fitment of a larger front splitter as well as optional rear side air scoops.  Inside, the Mustang California Edition features heated and ...
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How we set seven electric records at Brands Hatch

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  I am powering through the first corner at Brands Hatch, the incredibly steep and treacherous offcamber Paddock Hill Bend, clinging onto my machine as it maxes out. I hit the bottom and start the climb towards the Druids Hairpin. Gravel and kerbs rush past. The incline kicks in and my machine slows from its gravity-assisted maximum. Yes, the 25kph readout on the speedometer becomes 24, 23, 22, 20, 17, 13… and I start to scoot. My leg starts to hurt. The turn is still a very long way away. The idea was simple. Autocar’s publisher has set up a new website called  Move Electric  to cover (you guessed it) all forms of electric mobility. To celebrate the launch and highlight its broad remit, the team has decamped to Brands for the day to attempt to set seven electric lap records on and in various two- and four-wheel conveyances. Fortunately, no such rec...
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The biggest black sheep of famous car-makers

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  We can think of many instances in which automakers (usually cash- or time-strapped) fumbled as they attempted to replace a popular model. Sometimes they got  ahead of themselves  by trying to fill a niche that didn’t exist yet – and that, in some cases, was  never created . The resulting models asked more questions than they answered and they stood out like a puddle of engine oil on a  red carpet .
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