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I always wanted to try a Lada. Here's what happened; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xiy2NUdMGE   And if you'd like to know how we got to Latvia, where we found the cars, what the trip cost and how to get just as messed up on vodka as we did,...

I ruddy loved the Wacky Races. Every Saturday morning – after TISWAS but before Grandstand– my brothers and I would bet Panini football stickers on who was going to win these cartoon motorsport capers using a crude odds system that I’d cunningly...

On a clear day, from the top of Dover’s famous White Cliffs, you can see the French coast - Flat Earthers will be disappointed to discover you can’t from the beach at the bottom. Nevertheless, at its narrowest point you can almost smell the artisan...

A rant. Online here, because the Publisher has rules on swearing in the magazine. I appreciate it's not good form to tar everyone with the same brush but in the case of caravanners I am going to do exactly that. They are cretins. All of them. Here's...

Some people say that if you stare long enough into Porsche’s iconic seat fabric you’ll see a 3D image of the Graf Zeppelin, just like a those Magic Eye pictures that sent your eyes loopy in the noughties. Despite its slightly nauseating effect on the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-o--PnL7dg&t=39s Like this? You'll love the mag. Fiat 500, Abarth 500, Fiat 850 Coupe, Lancia Gamma and other examples of rotten exotica all featured...

In 1975, Count Rossi (he of Martini fame) bought a 1969 Porsche 917, a car developed for Le Mans and capable of 240mph, with the intention of using it on the road. It was the first car to be fitted with ABS, true, but there any semblance of practicality...

Robbed by those pesky Coopers in the ’64 Monte, the mighty Ford Falcon Sprint is still bossing the B-Roads in British historic rallying. In 1963, it did look a bit out of place among the classic Minis, TR4s and Austin Healeys at Monte Carlo's Parc Ferme....

I have a bit of a theory about the current struggles of JLR and would appreciate your thoughts and comments, whether you’re an industry insider, owner, journo, or (like me) you’ve had a drink or two and wonder where it’s all going wrong for this great...