There was a laid-back vibe at Saturday’s motor racing meeting at Kirkistown. It possibly stemmed from the presence of the pre-1955 racing cars, including the Austin Sevens. That is not to say that their drivers were anything but seriously competitive.…
McEvoy Motorsport & Flat 2 The Hat Modified ITRC Aaron McIntyre and Derry Long claimed a hard-fought two-wheel-drive victory in their Toyota Starlet. McIntyre, who was making his Donegal International Rally debut, was third heading into Sunday’s six stages. Usual…
Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan made it three Donegal International Rally victories in a row after sealing a 20.5-second win over Meirion Evans and Ger Conway. Devine started the three-day event by setting a joint-fastest time with European Rally Championship…
Launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003 Mazda has celebrated over twenty years of success across four generations with their ‘3’ model which has achieved over six million global sales. Mazda3 was the first model in the company’s next-generation…
Following the successful reintroduction of the event in 2023 , the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club (NI) in continuing partnership with Porsche Centre Belfast, held the Cultra Motorsport Festival 2025 on Saturday 7th June incorporating the Cultra Hillclimb running on the…
For a variety of unforeseen reasons, the Car and Superkart race meeting at Kirkistown on Saturday 31st May, covered only ten races. However, those ten provided some of the best racing seen at the circuit in recent times. The Legends do…
Towards the end of last summer, I embarked on a family adventure in a vehicle that I’d have not looked twice at for the task at hand, but it proved me wrong. Very wrong, in fact. When I received the…
First launched almost thirty years ago the Kia Sportage is now in its fifth generation and is designed and developed especially for the European market but it is the brand’s best-selling model globally. Built using 100% green energy at Kia’s…
The Honda Jazz has been around our roads for a snip over twenty years now and with the success of small SUVs in recent years Honda decided to add some rugged appeal to its popular city car. With an interior…
The Mazda CX-60 is a new SUV by Mazda that offers both plug-in hybrid and diesel options. It is the first PHEV model by Mazda and it features a range of new technologies and design elements that aim to create…