It’s one of those tales I’ve been meaning to tell for ages. By which I don’t mean a few days, weeks, months or years, but decades. Yet when you read it, you may conclude that my real motivation came from waking up this morning with a bizarre and burning urge to write something interesting about a Vauxhall Astra. I am, after all, a man who likes a challenge.
My first all‑nighter | Thank Frankel it’s Friday
Andrew Frankel has been racing cars for over 20 years and testing them for nearer to 30. He is senior contributing writer to both Autocar and MotorSport magazines, sits on the Car of the Year jury and was chief car tester for the Sunday Times for 15 years. He cites driving and writing as the only disciplines for which he has any talent and therefore considers himself vocationally employed. When he is not working he lives quietly in the Wye Valley with his family, a small and unimportant accumulation of cheap old cars and some sheep.
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