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This picture of a rough-looking former Elf filling station in Tremadog (taken from my latest book) gives the chance to share a little history of the colourful oil company, Elf. Founded following a merger of various French businesses in 1967, Elf-branded...

Ralph Bagnold is one of those Brits who quietly went about doing great things. He was a soldier, innovator, explorer, and feted amateur scientist. His odyssey of motor adventures melded the car to the desert in peace and war. After three years of the...

The Pathe News archives are a gold mine for car bores like us, and hark back to a time when gravelly-voiced toffs would bring tales of derring-do from the Continent and Colonies to expectant cinema goers just before the feature flick was put on. In the...

This is the new 2020 Suzuki Swift Sport- Hybrid. It’s like the 2019 Sport except now it’s a bit slower and a bit heavier, and has a load of gadgets. Then there’s the price- we’ll talk about that later. A few BHP have been lost (Now 127) and a second...

Recently, Hemmings ran a feature suggesting YouTube car channels you should watch. Here are MotorPunk's alternative YT choices. We've skipped the shows you likely know already, and left out million plus subscriber channels. You wont find the latest Mclaren...

This just got better thanks to Covid. If that seems an outrageous suggestion let me clarify. Drive In Movie theatres are springing up all over the UK. Last Friday I had the pleasure of pizza with a celluloid Sir Michael Caine, surrounded by fellow petrol...

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....

To get to the Moon you don’t just need to successfully get off the launch pad. You first need to get on the Launchpad. Hauling a rocket and its launch platform that weighs a combined 5200 odd metric tonnes and reaches 36 storeys off the ground, requires a...

The first images of the INEOS Grenadier emerged this month. The Grenadier purports to be an old school Land Rover for the 21st Century. A prototype was snapped at an Austrian test facility in June. INEOS released exterior images of the Grenadier on the 1st...