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.
The 2018 S.W. Adair Tyres Northern Ireland Sprint Championship finally got underway at a very cold and windy Kirkistown Race Circuit on Saturday 17 March.
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.
Speedmachine 2018 marks the start of a new movement in automotive festivals, built around the British leg of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy.
Vauxhall have never been distinguished for building SUV’s – I mean the old Frontera and more recent Antara are prime examples of incredibly bland modes of transport that proved sluggish with handling characteristics similar to RMS Titanic – the question is, can this all-new Grandland X change opinions for the better?