Author Darryl Sleath

Here at MotorPunk HQ we’re not big fans of city dwelling 4x4s. We repeatedly find that urbane “off-roaders” (bedecked with snorkels, Kevlar sump guards and festooned with Cibies) tend to be favoured by...

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...

Considered to be the most brutal stage of the Tour de France, this extinct volcano previously hosted the most prestigious event on Europe’s motorsport calendar Better known as the Beast of Provence thanks...

What do you do when your camera car hasn’t got the poke to keep up with its subject? The answer, as all Lotus disciples will tell you, is to start adding lightness. Based in Mainz-Kostheim on the banks of...

Sported by racing legends from 1949 to 1967, the Argentine brand Suixtil were one of the very first companies to produced bespoke clothing for motorsport. In 2007, they came back with a line of classic clobber...

When I was about 11 I joined the 22nd Leicestershire Boys Brigade; yes, that pint-sized militant wing of the Methodist church that dressed like the Thunderbirds in darker hues of blue. I partly did it because...

Ask any car-savvy forty-something about Sunbeam and the conversation usually goes one of two ways. If he’s a “glass half-full” kinda bloke then he’ll probably get all misty-eyed about the Talbot...

The early seventies music scene was littered with swaggering glam rock acts, many of which packed more attitude than musical talent. Flamboyantly leading the charge were dozens of British bands, including The...

When Vincenzo Florio brought home his first motor car, from a showroom Paris to his native Sicily, there was just one problem: there were no roads on the island. This is the story of how the world's greatest...