It’s easy to be seduced by EV party tricks, whether it be mind blowing instant torque acceleration, self driving trickery or dashboard gaming. So when I took Hyundai’s all-new ground-up EV the IONIQ 5 to Slemish car park, along with…
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Aerospace engineer, Iain Leinster, has been involved in motorsport since he was a child.
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Northern Ireland’s Drew Wylie has been involved in motorsport for almost 60 years. He’s successful in business, a champion competitor, a renowned manager of some of motorsport’s headline stars, plus he owns the immaculate Samba that graces these pages. We found out a little bit more…
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In our last blog post we touched on the Golden Era of Japanese brand Subaru, which highlighted their rallying success. In this post, we look at three road-going special editions from the iconic manufacturer…
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Some things in life are simply meant to go together in harmony. Strawberries and cream, fish and chips, maybe even rum and coke! In rallying, however, Subaru will forever be inextricably linked to the sport…
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There are three certainties in life – death, taxes and singing competitions on the TV. No matter what guise the show takes, the format is the same. Fame hungry wannabes belting out murdering original hits with karaoke cover versions week after week. “You’ve really made that your own” is the standard refrain. But it’s not that easy to take someone else’s classic and leave your own stamp on it. It’s easier to get it wrong that take a classic and improve it, in every possible way.
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The name O’Connell is well established in motor sport circles in Ireland. The Dungiven based brothers; Gerard and Seamus, along with Seamus’ son Tommy have entertained fans for many years and have the cars and the trophy cabinet to boot.
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This week seems to be one for fundraising road trips; firstly we had the RNLI-911 Challenge visit the Donaghadee Lifeboat and in this article we meet a local lad who will be Rallying for Down Syndrome Awareness.
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What do you get when you take a retired couple from London, a Porsche 911, and an idea to raise a lot of money for those who save lives at sea? The ‘RNLI-911 Challenge’ – that is what you get!
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Fitted with a Nissan SR20 engine, this isn’t a Ford that will satisfy our purist readers but everyone will appreciate the love and attention that has gone into this stunning 10-year project which has resulted in a 410bhp monster of an Escort!