The news we have all been waiting for was revealed this morning as Dungannon rally ace Kris Meeke confirmed a return to top level rallying with Toyota Gazoo Racing.

A couple of years ago I drove what was then an all-new Mazda 2, it impressed, but more recently the Japanese maker has given it a bit of an update, offering more for your money.

For years now, BMW have been churning out incredibly popular four-wheel-drive vehicles of the slightly large variety, I mean just look at the sea of X5 models on our roads as proof.

The 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – the Diamond Jubilee year of the UK’s premier motorsport series – drew to a close at Brands Hatch today (30 September) with Team BMW’s Colin Turkington from Northern Ireland crowned champion for the third time in his career.

Jonathan Rea completed his championship-winning weekend with a second race win on Sunday, after securing his fourth consecutive WorldSBK title on Saturday.

Saturday 29 September saw the eighth round of the SW Adair Tyres Northern Ireland Sprint Championship make its annual visit to the picturesque St Angelo airfield in Enniskillen and it was more success for Adrian Pollock.

The Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) of cars has had a fan base all over the world for years now, with enthusiasts loving them in all shapes, sizes and ages. Here in Northern Ireland, I have been covering events for local VAG club, GTi NI, for longer than i care to recall and they never stop raising the bar and pushing standards higher.

For as long as I remember, Suzuki has offered the Swift model within the company’s vast range. If memory serves me right, the models from 20 or so years ago came in a more potent, finer handling package, known at the ‘Swift GTi’…

If you hear the words Vauxhall and GSi in the same sentence – you will recall fond memories of the Nova and Astra – cars that set the hot-hatch market alight back in the day – today though; GSi is reborn on something very different.

Josh Moffett and Stephen Thornton have won the McKelvey Asbestos Bushwhacker Rally but Derek McGarrity and Paddy Robinson have been provisionally crowned as the 2018 McGrady Insurance MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Champions – and for McGarrity it’s a record eighth title!