Christopher Smith

Size and weight are enemies to knife-edge performance, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with a land yacht

When is it okay to talk motorcycles on Car Throttle? When it’s powered by an engine bigger than some small cars, obviously

Fast Supras with enough boost to reach orbit are cool enough, but none have the elegance and classic style of the A40 Celica Supra

I could've bought a nice set of new wheels for my Mustang for a fabulous sale price of $300. But for less than half that price I brought these old wheels back from the brink

Most convertibles have hard-top counterparts, but some measure of performance or excitement is usually lost in the conversion. These cars were designed to breathe open air from the get-go, and as far as I’m concerned, they’re the best of the best

The problematic FCA shifter shows that if attempts at cleverness continue to override common sense, we'll all be in a heap of trouble

Drag racing is ingrained into American car culture, right alongside big egos that hate to give credit where credit is due

Ever wanted to own a really, really bad Ferrari replica? Now's your chance...

When you have kids but rotary is life, this four-door Mazda with RX-7 DNA might save your soul!

When you’re not busy saving the world, you still need a daily driver, don't you? Here are our superhero-friendly suggestions...

The SC300 is no Supra, but in a lot of ways it's the next best thing. And this one's stupidly powerful...

These days it seems like Mustangs are crashing more than a PC running Windows Vista. All things being equal, these cars would probably biff it just as much if they were RWD

Here's a most interesting comparison of cars costing less than £1000, where the winner is still a pile of monkey poo...

We all have some interesting things we want to do with cars. Here are some of my non-conventional automotive aspirations.

There are quite a few V8 conversion kits available for the svelte Mazda MX-5, but the Mega Monster Miata goes a bit further than that

There's a general sense that vintage American muscle cars have become too pricey for average enthusiasts. Once you get past the bright lights of primetime televised auto auctions, you see that's not the case at all

If you're a petrolhead who really wants to be a fighter pilot, these are the cars for you

Badge-engineered cars usually represent mass-produced motoring at its most boring level. These cars are exceptions to the rule

It may infuriate all the vintage Porsche fans, but you must admit that an old 911 with a V8 motor would be all kinds of fun

You’ll struggle to find two performance cars with such dissimilar characteristics and enthusiast followings, yet I still find myself comparing them on a semi-regular basis

Usually, an infusion of horsepower is all it takes to get noticed among in the US automotive market. For whatever reasons though, these performance machines still didn’t get the attention they deserved

Some cars are better suited to a quiet life, being appreciated in garages and museums for the rare works of art they are. Most, however, belong on the road

With rear-wheel drive and surprising performance, this bigger-is-better American estate is a secret muscle car waiting to be unleashed. Or you can just haul a full-size pool table...

Back in the '80s and '90s auto manufacturers thought tri-spoke wheels were all futuristic and cool. Now that we're in the future, we can safely say most tri-spoke wheels suck. But there are a few cars where they aren't so bad