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On the west coast of Scotland sits this solitary pump, in an area once described by a local 16th century clergyman as “guid for thieves and rebellis”. Its remote location might not have caught much passing trade but it did once serve the Army, who...

From 1986 to 1990 there was, believe it or not, a Grand Prix held in Birmingham city centre. Called the Birmingham SuperPrix, it was an anti-clockwise street circuit race for F3000 cars. It was a strange affair, really, far from the glamour of other street...

Banger racing. It’s the past, and the future, and the most entertaining form of motorsport I’ve watched in a very long time. I had intended to watch the Russian Grand Prix highlights but after some selfish oaf spoiled the result for me I drove over to...

Motors Corner is tucked down an alleyway off the Boulevard Stalingrad in Nice, on the Cote D’Azur.It’s a perfect location. Just across the street is the harbour and the Barque Bleue restaurant, still going strong twenty plus years after it featured in...

Only a decade ago, if you’d got yacking with your chums about planning some long-distance automotive adventure, it would have conjured up images of sun-parched desert highways, Easy Rider and drop-top Yank tanks ploughing up Route 66. But thankfully,...

Here's a Saab you probably haven't heard of, doing something it really wasn't designed for; The Saab 91 Safir (Sapphire) is a single-engined, light aircraft built in Holland. It was used mainly by the Swedish airforce in the 'fifties and 'sixties. This...

It’s hard to throw away old cars mags but, as everything surges online and my office is overly-stuffed with dog-eared copies of publications that have long since vanished from the shelves of WHSmiths, it’s time to get recycling. I always have one last...

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 to its regular inclusion in the Tour de France,...

I gave up one-marque car events many years ago. For me, the enjoyment of motoring is in the diversity of machinery; the cool and the peculiar, the quick and the quirky – that’s what gets me out of bed on a Sunday morning for a meet. I tend to find that...