Ollie Stallwood

Mar 23, 2025 | hotcars.com | Ollie Stallwood

In 1991, Honda decided to reboot the very definition of a supercar. The NSX had actually been in development for almost a decade prior to its launch in the early '90s and the vision had never wavered – this would be a lightweight supercar that would be as easy to live with as any other Honda product of the day. By sticking to this mantra, the Acura NSX managed to bring levels of driveability to a sector that seemed to define itself by being the opposite, and a legend was born.

Mar 23, 2025 | hotcars.com | Ollie Stallwood

Subarus are tough cars that, over the years, have shown they are equally at home on a forest rally stage as they are in the desert. The Japanese firm isn't synonymous with reliability for nothing. With hardy boxer engines and almost always four-wheel-drive – aside from the likes of the pretty BRZ – these rugged, reliable cars can be seen in almost all corners of the globe, chugging on.

Mar 21, 2025 | hotcars.com | Ollie Stallwood

It's the late '80s and Alfa Romeo is on one of its missions to recapture some of its Alfa-ness. The Italian car brand is one of the most illustrious names in the biz, and despite actually making most of its coin out of hatchbacks and sedans, there has long been a search to bottle up some of that '60s brio and use it to remind people what the company is all about. Alfa 8C, we're looking at you.

Mar 19, 2025 | hotcars.com | Ollie Stallwood

Proper supercars are the stuff of dreams. Or are they? While the finest Ferraris and Porsches start off expensive and continue to skyrocket in value, very few supercars fizzle out and become fairly affordable. Take the Lotus Esprit V8 for example – a supercar bargain because it is slightly flawed and isn't packed full of exotic materials, but an iconic car all the same.

Mar 16, 2025 | hotcars.com | Ollie Stallwood

Just as you could be sure of death and taxes, for almost seven decades there was one other thing that was certain in this world: the Chevrolet Corvette was front engine and rear-wheel-drive. That all changed for the eighth-generation Corvette, the C8, which arrived in 2019 and flipped the script completely. The fact that the new Corvette had its V8 behind the driver was groundbreaking, unhitching itself from almost 70 years of tradition.