Being a certified petrolhead/car bore/motoring geek (delete as applicable) can be tricky, especially in these modern and environmentally obsessed times.
Mention you’re into cars among the nations chattering classes in 2010 and you will no doubt find yourself on the defensive, on your own, or deflecting suggestions you are wholly responsible for the Mediterranean weather we’re [...]
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Hybrid hyperbole; why Porsche has made the wrong supercar to save us.
Published on 14. Apr, 2010 .
Geneva. The jewel in the European motor show crown, and choice venue for worthy world exclusives. This year was no different, with a host of fresh metal for the gathered motoring media to sink their teeth into. The main precursor to the 2010 Salon International de l’Auto was the Monday night Volkswagen Group preview evening [...]
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This week BMW announced that a staggering 80% of 1-Series drivers think their car is front-wheel drive. While on the surface this suggests the customer sample explicitly declared the motor to be driven through the front, the truth is most were probably unaware which end of the vehicle pulls them along.
More likely the owners in [...]
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Brand; we think of it as a modern creation. Engineered by marketing men in turtleneck jumpers and thin-rim glasses, eager to part us with our cash as we buy into their ‘brand ethos’. But to some a brand is a visual concept, the symbology used to denote a particular organisation – their logo.
In no other [...]
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By John Slavin
The rotary engine is a curious beast most commonly associated with a certain Mr. Felix Wankel, a German engineer with an unfortunate surname.
Trivia aside, the rotary engine is a compact alternative to the traditional arrangement of pistons and cylinders, extracting lots of power from very few cubic centimetres displacement. It has its [...]
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Think of a car. Think of a British supercar. Think of beautiful design, desirability, history and a stream of silver screen cameos. You must (hopefully) be thinking of Aston Martin, the most untouchable marque in British motoring and creator of some of the most achingly gorgeous sports cars ever seen.
Here is the Car Punk rundown [...]
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By Ralph Hosier
You know how some features on modern cars just seem to have been designed to irritate? Well here is my top ten pointless, irritating and useless motoring inventions.
10. Catalysts.
I know they are good at reducing local emissions, but they do so by turning them into CO2. They also have to be fed a [...]
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Ask most motoring enthusiasts or sensible drivers to name their pet hate on Britain’s roads, and we’d bet our last tank of fuel the majority will return the same answer – middle lane hogs. You know the ones, camped out in the centre carriageway without a care in the world, oblivious to the chaos caused [...]
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Top Gear has been on our screens for over 30 years, with a major shake-up to the format in 2002 consolidating the current tests, guests and ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ style antics of the show. It wasn’t always this entertaining, with the original 70’s and 80’s format delivering a more sober magazine-style affair.
For the [...]
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Porsche are a company with a cast-iron reputation for building amazing sports cars. They also have an enviable motorsport heritage, and a brand which manages to weather whatever social or economic storm is currently passing through the motor industry.
We love 911s, Boxsters and Caymans. They were all designed and built with one thing in mind [...]
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