Author Steve Swanson

Resembling the love child of a Transformer and a Thunderbird, Big Wind is the Top Trump of fire fighting vehicles. 2021 marks thirty years since this machine made its official debut when it helped save the...

I’ll be honest, I had never heard of the Pistons & Props event. With the Goodwood Revival binned this year, many of us were feeling somewhat deflated and in desperate need of a day out with some old...

Fancy a BLT? How about a BGC? - I’m talking bacon guns and choppers… Feral hogs, descendants of European wild boar, number 3.5 million in Texas alone. They are causing millions of dollars of damage, not...

En vogue long before Range Rover made a 'Vogue', the Monteverdi Safari was one of the earliest luxury off roaders.  The exotic name added mystique to a humble, International Scout 4x4, dressed in Italian...

Meet Monty and Gigi, two Minis that are candidates for an ASBO thanks to a modicum of shed tinkering that’s made them obnoxiously loud and a lot of fun. They are the prized possessions of twenty...

Ralph Bagnold is one of those Brits who quietly went about doing great things. He was a soldier, innovator, explorer, and feted amateur scientist. His odyssey of motor adventures melded the car to the desert...

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....

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...

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...