Author Rich Duisberg

I can’t do much motoring stuff lately. I don’t expect any sympathy of course and, in any case, if I can’t drive, I can drink. So I’ve been making cocktails out of obscure French spirits, Ouzo, value...

The original VW Golf Gti. The Audi RS2. The BMW Z3 M Coupe. And, now, this magnificent Range Rover known as the Range Racer. All these were created after hours, behind closed doors, by Engineers who knew...

I met a chap at Goodwood a few years back, a senior Engineer for the most prestigious of British marques, and over a cuppa and natter about our backgrounds I asked what car he actually owns himself. I...

Nearly 70 years ago to the day, on 10 April, 1950, the great champion Tazio Nuvolari ended his racing career behind the wheel of the Abarth 204A, the first model constructed by Carlo Abarth.  The time trial...

This was huge fun. Thanks to our friends at...

I don't speak French and I don't understand medicine, but this old newspaper photograph of a racing driver proudly showing off his injuries had me fascinated. Who is this man, stood smiling in just his...

No, really, it was found in a barn, in Sussex. Simon paid £400 for this charming, shabby Lotus Elite and we bumped into him on his maiden journey to the local Marina. A sympathetic MOT after paying someone a...

Forgive us this little aeronautical indulgence; at times we find examples of engineering genius/insanity that are too good not to share. Cue the 1917 Supermarine Nighthawk. All those wings! We’ll...

In 1485, polymath Leonardo da Vinci designed something called an Ornithopter, an early design for a man-powered flying machine. Roughly half a millennium later, moonlighting Cop and friend of MotorPunk, Jeff...