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And what about A1 Auto Transport, one of the leading USA-based auto shipping companies? Below we’ll go into what makes a good transportation service and how A1 Auto stands out from the rest. Let’s get started. What Makes a Good Car...

Ferrari’s CEO Sergio Marchionne once said that a Ferrari without an internal combustion engine would be “an obscene concept”.  An American friend of a friend of MotorPunk thinks he knows better. His story starts with a fire-damaged 1978 Ferrari 308GTS....

Sometimes you stumble upon a character from the past whose life was so exotic, admirable and adventurous you think, ‘This bloke‘s a legend’. Such is the case with my shout for a forgotten Tally Ho hero whose life reads like a Hollywood big budget...

Classic  Ladas are around every corner in Baku. 1200s, 1500s, Nivas and Rivas, and a smattering of shonky Samaras. You can find them in rush hour  jostling for position on the streets of the F1 circuit, trundling in the suburbs, and lounging on the...

You’re passing a dealership compound. You see the rows of new cars and your mind registers the fact without really taking any interest. There’s a range of consumer white goods, so similar that you can swap the badges and play whassat? all day.Then you...

Think classic motor racing watches, and thanks to history and Hollywood celebrity, coupled with ruthless marketing, there are two watches that instantly spring to mind, McQueen with his ( pre TAG ) Heuer Monaco, and Paul Newman with the Rolex Daytona. Both...

In the 1970s everyone was mad for plaid, from Johnny Rotten to Giorgetto Giugiaro. When the Sex Pistol’s frontman was hauled in front of the high court beak for drugs charges in February 1979, he looked resplendent in his full tartan suit and clashing...

The US custom van craze of the seventies filled the vacuum left by the demise of the American muscle car. Neutered by creeping legislation and spiking insurance premiums the oil crisis of ’73 lowered the curtain. The average consumer could no longer...

As unashamed fans of all things retro we can't help but feel the internet is a bit of a fad. We scrapped the telex and invested in a fax machine at MotorPunk HQ only for the ruddy thing to be made obsolete almost instantly. Dr Octane still has a perfectly...