James Ruppert | Autocar

Articles by James Ruppert

What next for car tax?

If you need something to put in your old tax disc holder, try James's cut out and keep version

Opinion

Changes to the car tax system will affect used car buyers

With the paper tax disc firmly forgotten, the DVLA is now working on a replacement vehicle tax system but has yet to finalise how the new venture will work

22 January 2014

Changes to the car tax system will affect used car buyers

You are what you drive

Are all Mini owners invariably nice?

Opinion

You are what you drive

If some brands are always criticised for harbouring poor and abusive drivers, which others should be praised for the niceness of their owners?

16 January 2014

You are what you drive

Spotting Eurotrash in Lisbon

This Ferrari FF was spotted in the posh part of the city

Opinion

The joy of car spotting on the Continent

A Christmas and new year holiday break to Lisbon reveals a city with an interesting cross section of both old and new cars

8 January 2014

The joy of car spotting on the Continent

What would your one-off dream car look like?

James's bike-a-car plan. Can it be made a reality before next Christmas?

Opinion

What would your one-off dream car look like?

If the New Year is a time for setting plans into motion, how about designing your own bespoke motor from scratch?

1 January 2014

What would your one-off dream car look like?

Merry Christmas!

Ruppert wants to be woken up by a 917 at full chat

Opinion

Merry Christmas!

Just because you're at home doesn't mean you can't indulge your petrolhead passions

25 December 2013

Merry Christmas!

Can this supercar actually manage?

There will be only 11 José Mourinho specials built

Opinion

Will the Special One's own supercar be Premier League?

José Mourinho isn't happy with the usual crop of supercars; so he's had his own special (one) edition built, with the help of German tuning firm Mansory

18 December 2013

Will the Special One's own supercar be Premier League?

School of Bodgerneering

Ruppert’s bodged mower and his big tub of random nuts and bolts…

Opinion

The School of Bodgerneering

Engineering is a dying art at school, and that means a new generation of people who won't be able to fix their cars

11 December 2013

The School of Bodgerneering

Of numbers and professionals

For many, getting some opposite lock in a parent's old Cortina was the closest we got to imitating The Professionals

Opinion

GD BYE 1 - a farewell to the man who brought us personalised number plates...

A eulogy for the man who invented the personalised number plate, and a fond farewell to the Capri-driving Lewis Collins

4 December 2013

GD BYE 1 - a farewell to the man who brought us personalised number plates...

Should you give Lotus money?

Lotus was awarded a £10 million grant as part of the government's Regional Growth Fund

Opinion

Should you give Lotus money?

Lotus's new £10 million grant won't help to save the company - here's why

27 November 2013

Should you give Lotus money?

Nissan will stay in the UK, OK?

Nissan has reaffirmed its commitment to the UK, and to UK manufacturing

Opinion

Nissan will stay in the UK, okay?

Nissan says it is here to stay in the UK, and will continue to make and sell cars in this country

26 November 2013

Nissan will stay in the UK, okay?

Is Nissan threatening the UK?

Ghosn has previously commented on how if the UK remains in the European Union, that Nissan will effectively remain

Opinion

Is Nissan's Carlos Ghosn threatening the UK?

Carlos Ghosn has warned that Nissan may "reconsider" its investment in the UK if we depart from the eurozone, but to me it just sounds like blackmail

8 November 2013

Is Nissan's Carlos Ghosn threatening the UK?

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