De Tomaso Pantera: Cooler than a Countach? Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Seventies cars The De Tomaso Pantera might not be the best known seventies supercar, but it certainly has the most colourful backstory. In this ten-minute treat from Carfection, our chum Alex Goy takes you on a fact-packed...
Evolution of Racing Sims 1981-2020 Darryl Sleath Articles 1 Comment This is the potted history of console-based racing sims over the last forty years, and it's certain to get many MotorPunks of a certain age screaming at their monitors "I had one of those!" However, our...
Colonel Gaddafi’s Rocket Car – not quite what you’d expect Darryl Sleath Articles 1 Comment You don’t expect road safety campaigns to be high on the list of priorities of murderous batshit-crazy Middle Eastern dictators. Left with a pack of crayons and a sketch pad you’d expected someone like...
Easiest Job in the World – The Sleazy Seventies Ad Man Darryl Sleath Articles 6 Comments Without doubt the cushiest job in the world during the 1970s must have been the motor industry 'mad man'. Why? Well, there was a glut of marques battling for punters in an overcrowded market place –...
American Optics – A Chuck Yeagar Classic Darryl Sleath Kitbag 1 Comment In MotorPunk's regular Kitbag features we endeavour to bring you quirky stuff that ordinary chaps should be able to afford; but also gear that we think has an interesting tale to tell. Well today men we...
Porsche’s $1million Advent Calendar & MotorPunk’s cut price alternative Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag 8 Comments How things have changed! Porsche today makes about €2 billion profit per year, has broad mainstream appeal from its six model line-up and can now afford to chuck millions at courting new customers, through...
Porsche 911 ST – The Greatest Sports Car You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Video 1 Comment Porsche’s relentless pursuit of perfection has seen the 911’s steady ascent from spartan sports coupe to blue-chip supercar and the most successful race car platforms of all time. So if you could only...
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...
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,...