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Steve Cropley

Cotswolds, London

Editor-in-Chief at Autocar

Car hack since ’73. Thank you Peter Robinson

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  • 2 days ago | autocar.co.uk | Steve Cropley

    Close The infotainment screen is a bit small on early cars, so if tech is a sticking point then a post-2019 facelift car will appeal more. It has a bigger, 10in screen, and while the menu icons are a bit small, you can pair your smartphone with it to use apps such as Waze and Spotify.

  • 5 days ago | msn.com | Steve Cropley

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Steve Cropley

    Close It was a bright, beautiful April Fool’s Day. At 6.30am, a magnificent golden orb lit the eastern horizon with a brilliance we probably won’t see more than a dozen times this year. The breeze was sweet and the air so clear you could practically see blades of grass on the horizon.

  • 1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Steve Cropley

    Close Everyone loves 1990s cars. Over the past decade their popularity has risen rapidly as the differences between them and contemporary models have become ever more distinct. What’s the reason? After all, 1990s cars are now 25 to 35 years out of date. And there isn’t the same love out there for the cars of the 1980s or 2000s. It’s tempting to blame simple nostalgia: teenage kids of the mid-1990s are approaching 50 today.

  • 2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Steve Cropley

    Close A flatbed truck carrying two severely damaged vehicles rolls slowly by as we stand chatting on a concrete apron outside the headquarters of Fellten, an EV technology company based in Yate, near Bristol. Your first impression might be that these sorry vehicles have come to their last resting place, but not so. Instead, they’re beginning a second life every bit as useful as the first.

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Steve Cropley
Steve Cropley @StvCr
5 Jan 25

Fiat theme first thing ⁦@BicesterH⁩. Topolino joins Tractor. Surprising number of people here already. Nothing stops car lovers. Early arrivals v sensible being parked in hangars. Fun as ever https://t.co/URaXsQcNeE

Steve Cropley
Steve Cropley @StvCr
28 Nov 24

RT @autocar: Autocar's Charlie Martin and Murray Scullion go head to head to find a comfy and efficient seven-seater SUV for less than £20k…

Steve Cropley
Steve Cropley @StvCr
19 Nov 24

RT @lulumeservey: Taste aside — from a purely strategic perspective, this brand marketing is disastrous for Jaguar. For context, Jaguar sa…