Mini Coopers in the 1965 RAC International Darryl Sleath Articles 2 Comments 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...
Suzuki Swift Sport Hybrid Gets Wet And Wild in Wales Steve Swanson Articles, Roadtripping 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...
Bring A Spanner – YouTube for MotorPunks Steve Swanson Articles 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...
Friday Night at the Movies Steve Swanson Articles, Uncategorized 1 Comment 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...
Monte Carlo’s Unlikeliest Rally Car – Ford Falcon Sprint Darryl Sleath Articles 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....
One MPH To The Moon – NASA Crawler Transporter Steve Swanson Articles 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...
INEOS Grenadier- The Defender Reborn Steve Swanson Articles 1 Comment 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...
Q’s Cars Behind The Iron Curtain Steve Swanson Articles, Uncategorized Trailers for the new Bond movie offer the venerable DB5 upgraded with mini Gatling guns. All well and good, but what are real spy cars like? Naturally, it’s a bit tricky to find out, but if you’re willing to step back in time to the Cold War, I can offer...
McQueen’s great escape – The ending we actually wanted, re-enacted Rich Duisberg Articles, Features, Kitbag Bond’s Esprit Turbo, self-destructing in For Your Eyes Only, the Bedford Harrington coach, left dangling in The Italian Job, and Steve McQueen’s scrambler in The Great Escape, which didn’t escape; Script-writers have a cruel way of denying we fans of...