The name Maserati will represent low slung executive saloon’s or sports coupés with fire breathing petrol engines, stunningly glorious looks and exclusive interiors for most people – however, the all new Levante delves Maserati deep into new territory.
Last Thursday may have been the official launch of the hillclimb season but Saturday (14 April) was the day that the full entry list of eighty competitors had been eagerly waiting for – round one of the 2018 ANICC Miller Oils Northern Ireland Hillclimb Championship.
For decades, Kia Motors have produced highly affordable motoring, proving incredibly reliable and well screwed together but slightly lacking in quality – nonetheless, they sold in millions globally offering exactly what the motorist required – affordability, reliability and a good, honest mode of transport.
DubShed 2018 has come, and almost gone, in the blink of an eye – months of stress and preparations for the organisers and show goers alike, is now nothing short of a distant memory for everyone – we sit back, dreary eyed after a long weekend, and reflect on what the team from GTI NI put together for us this year.
The 2018 ANICC Millers Oils Northern Ireland Hillclimb Championship calendar was released today (Thursday 5 May) at a press launch held at the Belfast Audi dealership at Titanic Quarter.
From the Grp B Quattro, to the latest virtual cockpit equipped R8 V10 Plus – Audi has a lot of great things to answer for and we get to grips with the latest models.
A while back we attended the launch of the all-new SEAT Arona, and having reported on what’s available across the range, we then took the punchy ‘FR Sport’ model out for a blast, and a blast it turned out to be.
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.
In the past twelve-months I can think of two cars that have produced media frenzy – both from Korea and both geared around performance and driving experience – this is the latest award winner, named ‘Stinger’ and from Kia Motors.
It may not look vastly different to the rest of the range, but there has been big changes with Audi’s RS4 Avant – namely the removal of 2-cylinders – with that, the RS4 has been treated to a pair of turbochargers – pedigree that stems back to where Audi RS first began.