Author Rich Duisberg

Part 2 (Part 1 is further down this page) You know those faked-for-telly car resto programs? I'm making one. Only it's not faked. I have a deadline to get this car built and finished by a particular date or...

It’s for charity. The great excuse reason for getting dolled up and dragging that pristine machine out of the garage on a Sunday morning. The last of the summer warmth clinging to the tarmac. Sunday drivers...

For some it’s the historic racing. Others come for the fashion, the aircraft or the action in the paddock. Maybe it’s the music or discovering a car you’d not seen before and developing the absolute...

If you happened to be driving about in 1990 and decided to test your car’s ability to knock down trees, then chances are you’d be left with two conclusions. Firstly, that a tree of any reasonable girth is...

It was us. Brooklands opened its doors at 10am on Sunday 13th for their splendid 'Reunion' event, and yet we MotorPunks didn't get there until after midday. We were the bloody fools. This year marks the 110th...

Dear Chris Grayling We at MotorPunk appreciate the hard work of your office. With an upper-second class Bachelor of Arts degree in history and background as TV producer you are clearly well qualified in...

What happens when you take a tatty £500 Golf with 200k on the clock to our friends at Shark Performance, and ask for 300bhp? This happens; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rdw4j1spN0 Don't try this at...

With scarcely a curve on it, this etch-a-sketch-straight Fiat caught our attention recently, a 131 Abarth Rally. In 1976, to comply with homologation requirements, Fiat took 400 examples of the hot, two door...

Yes, the best of the best little hot hatches from the '80s are back. But you're looking at pictures of a 2017 Abarth. I'll explain; Ford, Renault, Peugeot and MG aren't making our retro favourites again. They...