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Bulges and Muscle: The Jensen C-V8
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It must be over-exposure to Interceptors that has numbed my brain to such an extent that I’d forgotten about the forerunner that iconic glassbacked bruiser. Indeed took a good few seconds before my brain had parsed what, exactly, it was being confronted by. Of course, I proclaimed to myself. It’s a Jensen. A C-V8; the…
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The Carchive: The MG RV8
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I’ve got my bolt-cutters and flashlight, please join me with your balaclava and soft soled shoes so we can quietly break into the abandoned Leisure Centre of time and throw ourselves down the wobbly waterslide of motoring past. Welcome, once again, to The Carchive. Last week we looked at Rover Groups great white hope for…
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A real Triumph Of Styling
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The Hofmeister kink. The Hofmeister bloody kink. It appears in lists of ‘favourite car styling cues’ with monotonous regularity. That and the shark-nose grille. It seems either that BMW have been credited with more than their fair share of design hits. And, I admit, rightly so. But could mankind’s adoration of the design output of…
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Unlikely Race Cars #3: Sierra XR4x4by Jove
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I make no apologies whatsoever for being a terrible Ford Sierra Fanboy, and I was duly excited to see a Sierra Cosworth darting purposefully up the track at the Crystal Palace Hillclimb, followed closely by its later, more practical, three-box, four-door Sapphire Cosworth successor. What I didn’t expect to see was a crazily be-winged family…
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Normality Redefined: Driving the Fuel Cell Toyota Mirai
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It had been haunting me all day long. Long and impossibly shiny in its chromium finish, it would glide serenely past as I sat behind the wheel of whichever “ordinary” car I was sampling. Everybody I saw driving it seemed to have the same facial expression- brow slightly furrowed but with an enthused sparkle in…
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The Carchive: The MGF
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The ticket machine has spluttered out a cheap-rate fare and the windswept platform is bare. In the distance approaches a clanking, decaying locomotive and a rake of moribund, down at heel coaches. Let’s board the train of weary discovery and take a trip along the buckled rails of motoring past. Welcome back to The Carchive.…
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Unlikely race cars #2: Jaguar XJ6 "Club Sport".
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Last week I we got a glimpse of the fun to be had on a hillclimb course when your steed is part SEAT Marbella and part Lancia Y10 Turbo. This week we look at something equally alien to the track, but no less fun and a whole lot bigger. I grow tired of seeing Caterhams,…
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Driving the Renault Twizy: Fun Way Beyond Function
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If you have any difficulty in justifying a car which is essentially a giantized power-wheels which a grow adult can only just about fit inside, then a Renault Twizy really isn’t the car for you. I had been eager to try one of these ever since my first encounter with one in London, where I…
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Diecast Delights: An Aston Martin DB7 in 1:18 Scale
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Certain blue chip classics have been modelled by countless different marques. The Jaguar E-type, probably most famously cast by Bburago in the ’80s, has also been offered by Polistil, Ertl (Grand Marques), Paragon and AutoArt, with quality and accuracy varying dramatically among the various manufacturers. The E-type, of course, is a car which has achieved…
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The MG6: To Drive, Not to Savour
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“MG – Since 1924” This is the phrase that appears when you first switch the sat-nav on in the “British” marque’s more recent machines, as well as appearing on several MG promotional campaigns. But what good is a storied brand name if it means nothing to the market? That octagonal badge has graced the bonnets…
