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F1 Twizy driver and avid car fan who believes every car has a story,

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PORSCHE REVEAL NEW 718 MODELS

Matthew Collett
16th November 2022
LATEST CAR NEWS, NEW RELEASES, Porsche
Porsche has unveiled a colourful set of special-edition 718 Caymans and Boxsters, which they have called the Style Editions. From a visual perspective, the German automaker has placed an emphasis on the...

Peugeot Reveal New 408 Fastback

Matthew Collett
15th July 2022
Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS, NEW RELEASES
Peugeot recently revealed the new Peugeot 408, a fastback that the company states is thefirst of its kind. The 408 comes in 2 hybrid variants, both of which combine an 81kW electric motor with ane-EAT8 gear...

MG’s Latest EV Offering is its First European Release Based on SAIC Motor’s New MSP

Matthew Collett
14th July 2022
BLOG, Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS
MG recently unveiled a new all-electric hatchback named the ‘MG4 Electric’, a Europeancounterpart to the Chinese market’s more playfully branded ‘MG Mulan’. This latest EVoffering will be the company...

2023 Honda Civic Type R Officially Revealed

Matthew Collett
14th July 2022
BLOG, Honda, LATEST CAR NEWS
After months of teasing, Honda will finally be removing the veil and debuting the brand new, long anticipated Civic Type R on July 21st 2022.  This date marks 50 years since the first-generation Honda Civic w...

BMW M3 Touring Is Finally Here…

Matthew Collett
13th July 2022
BMW, Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS
It’s been a long wait, but the time has finally arrived. Celebrating 50 years of BMW Mand debuting at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed, we have finally been introduced tothe brand new BMW M3 Touring. W has ...

Fully Electric Car Beats Every Car Ever at Goodwood Hillclimb

Matthew Collett
13th July 2022
BLOG, LATEST CAR NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYp9eGC3Cc A fully electric “fan car” has broken the record and beaten every car ever to take the HillclimbTrack at Goodwood Festival of Speed, the annual celebration ...

Design Unveiling Hyundai’s All-Electric IONIQ 6

Matthew Collett
12th July 2022
ELECTRIC CARS, LATEST CAR NEWS, NEW RELEASES
Hyundai has revealed the design for the latest model in its IONIQ EV line-up, the IONIQ 6.Sharp and clean, the ‘Electrified Streamliner’ aims to combine function and aesthetics withwhat they term an ‘Emo...

Citroen Reveals C4 and C5 X lovechild, the E-C4 X

Matthew Collett
8th July 2022
Citroen, ELECTRIC CARS, LATEST CAR NEWS
Citroen recently revealed their new all-electric 4-door E-C4 X fastback. The vehicle looks to offer a cross-design alternative to existing hatchback and SUV offerings and draws from previous Citroen models ...

5 Awkward Car Safety feature

Matthew Collett
7th July 2022
BLOG, Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS
Car manufacturers all know the importance of safety. It is undoubtedly one of, if not the single most important considerations that must be made when manufacturing a new vehicle. But what happens when we a...

EU Approves Combustion Engine Ban for 2035

Matthew Collett
7th July 2022
Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS
As of the early hours of Wednesday morning (June 29th), the EU has agreed to a climate dealwhich would ban the sale of new CO2-emitting cars and vans from 2035, 5 years after theUK’s planned ban. The agreeme...
Classic Cars NFT Artwork Auctioning For Charity

Classic Cars NFT Artwork Auctioning For Charity

Matthew Collett
18th January 2022
CLASSIC CARS, LATEST CAR NEWS
These “clunky-but-cute” renditions of classic cars are now purchasable NFTs! Artwork truly entered the digital era in a big way last year with the sudden boom surrounding NFTs. Crypto-Carz / Mike Tu...
Car Software More Appealing Than Performance and Style

Is Car Software More Appealing Than Performance and Style?

Matthew Collett
23rd July 2021
BLOG, Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS
Is software slowly taking over the automotive industry, with cars becoming more like glorified computers on wheels? What do you find to be the most important thing in a car? Is it the high-tech features, th...
SCV8 Jaguar X-Type

Meet The SCV8 Jaguar X-Type

Matthew Collett
21st July 2021
Cars, Jaguar, LATEST CAR NEWS
A race-spec Jaguar from a racing Series that never happened, built by a racing champion. Hidden away for the last 18 years, the Jaguar SCV8 is an X-Type that was destined to have 550bhp and was built to rac...
Modified Nationals 2021

Modified Nationals 2021: Show Gallery

Matthew Collett
6th July 2021
Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS, SHOWS
The Modified Nationals is back, bigger and better than ever before, at the notorious Peterborough Arena Hosted between Friday 2nd July to Sunday 4th July 2021, the Modified Nationals is one of the largest m...
The Average Classic Car Is Used Only 16 Timers Per Year

Average Classic Car Is Used Only 16 Times Per Year

Matthew Collett
14th June 2021
Cars, CLASSIC CARS, LATEST CAR NEWS
10 interesting facts about classic cars, as revealed by the FBHVC. The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs has shone a light on some very interesting facts about classic cars. You may know your car...
1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB

1959 250 GT SWB Remade & Modernised

Matthew Collett
18th May 2021
CLASSIC CARS, Ferrari, LATEST CAR NEWS
Engineering company, RML Group, remakes a classic Ferrari with modern underpinnings. We’re all aware of the sacrilegious process of taking a classic car, stripping its guts out and fitting it with a batte...
Maserati F Tributo Special Edition

Maserati F Tributo Special Edition

Matthew Collett
23rd April 2021
Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS, NEW RELEASES
Available on the Maserati Ghibli and Levante, F Tributo comes with various cosmetic exclusives. Maserati celebrates 95 years of racing with the new F Tributo Special Edition Ghibli and Levante. Perhaps an o...
New MG Sports Car

New MG Sports Cars Mark An Overdue Return

Matthew Collett
12th April 2021
LATEST CAR NEWS, MG, Sports, Performance & Prestige Cars
Concept cars and rumours suggest MG’s return to sports cars Previously, MG were known around the world for their excellent sports cars such as the MGB, MG RV8 and more recently, the MGF/TF. Nowadays, howe...
Morgan V8-Powered Plus 8 GTR

Morgan V8-Powered Plus 8 GTR

Matthew Collett
31st March 2021
Cars, CLASSIC CARS, LATEST CAR NEWS
Morgan Motor Company describes the forthcoming Plus 8 GTR as a ‘gloves off’ special edition – more about that later. This actually heralds the start of a potentially busy year for Morgan, as the Plus...
All-Electric 1961 Bentley By Lunaz

All-Electric 1961 Bentley By Lunaz

Matthew Collett
24th March 2021
Bentley, ELECTRIC CARS, LATEST CAR NEWS
The all-electric classic Bentley is a bittersweet creation for many Should classic vehicles be left alone to become beautiful relics of the past or should they be resurrected and modernised for practical us...
Vector W8

Vector W8: Weird Car of The Month

Matthew Collett
17th March 2021
Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS, Weird Car of The Month
Like something straight out of Blade Runner, the Vector W8 looks like a sci-fi supercar in the most old-school ways. It’s one of those cars that are disproportionately famous and well-known when considering ...
Alfa Romeo SZ WCOTM

Weird Car of The Month

Matthew Collett
8th February 2021
Alfa Romeo, LATEST CAR NEWS, Weird Car of The Month
The car that makes you look twice to check if you’re seeing things. Yes, it’s real. A great example of a concept car that actually made it to production, the Alfa Romeo SZ is truly a wonderfully odd-loo...
Mazda MX-5 Named Best Sports Car For Value 2021

Mazda MX-5 Named Best Sports Car For Value 2021

Matthew Collett
13th January 2021
LATEST CAR NEWS, Mazda, Sports, Performance & Prestige Cars
It’s hardly surprising, it is the best-selling two-seat sports car in history, after all. In the What Car? Car of The Year Awards 2021 the still-iconic MX-5 took home the ‘Best Sports Car for Value’ a...
Brexit And Lockdown Shakes The UK Car Industry

Brexit + Lockdown Shakes The UK Car Industry

Matthew Collett
8th January 2021
BLOG, Cars, LATEST CAR NEWS
The dynamic duo proves a nuisance for the automotive industry In 2020, the car industry suffered widespread shutdowns of assembly lines as a strict lockdown was imposed and sales plummeted. Now, in 2021, an...
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