Author Dr.Octane

In our humble opinion it seems the numerous online eulogies to the death of printed mags, we've all read in recent years, might have been a smidgen premature. In this modern fast-paced world of ephemeral,...

MotorPunk would officially like to say we were chuffed as old rope to here Mr. Craig will be waving his Walther one last time as 007. Commander James Bond CMG, RNVR has always been a fellow of impeccable...

Ask any car-savvy forty-something about Sunbeam and the conversation usually goes one of two ways. If he’s a “glass half-full” kinda bloke then he’ll probably get all misty-eyed about the Talbot...

Who remembers when Formula One was about hungry drivers and oily garagistas sticking it to Ferrari with small budgets; British pluck and bags of ingenuity?  A time when those now regarded as legends were just...

So the sun is finally managing to break through the clouds and there’s a potential rollover on the Lottery. If one lucky MotorPunk were to get his numbers up, what should he buy for a bit of cruising along...

In MotorPunk's regular 'Kitbag' features we endeavour to bring you stuff that we ordinary chaps should be able to afford; but also gear that we think has an interesting tale to tell. Well today men we showcase...

Firstly, I must apologise to both our readers for the drought of new content lately. To be honest, this lovely-old blog has opened a few doors in recent months to far more lucrative writing projects that we've...

Our good chums over at T-Lab have kindly prepared a new batch of the MotorPunk Ts just in time for for your spring wardrobe's annual refresh. Available from a petite 'Bernie' sized Small to a whopping-great...

We love skidding; always have. But it was only last week when we were filming a new little feature for XCAR on the British Land Speed Record cars that the question came up: What was the World’s longest...