It might be a sunny day that turns into a winter snowstorm or a music festival that becomes a mud-bath but when the conditions change you’ll undoubtedly wish you had a 4x4. The chances are you will not because most consider a 4x4 as big and expensive, but what if I told you the car to get you out of similar situations is actually smaller and less money … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Amazon will get memories flowing in Wales Rally GB
Volvo may no longer be synonymous with rally sport but, once upon a time, that was far from the case. Indeed, a rugged Volvo PV544 driven by Swedish legend Tom Trana won back-to-back Rally GBs in 1963 and 1964. and two years later Trana returned to the podium, this time finishing third in one of Volvo’s more modern Amazon saloons – an achievement which … [Read more...]
Wyedean Rally Rings the Changes
Entries are now open for the Winners Garage Skoda Wyedean Stages Rally with organisers promising competitors something a little different. The event, organised by Forest of Dean Motor Club, takes place on 11 November with three of the four forests used not having featured on the Wyedean Rally for a number of years. The event will be based in … [Read more...]
Speedlines 5 October
One of the most historically significant Formula 1 Ferraris will be presented by Sotheby’s at their Contemporary Fine Art auction in New York on 16 November. Chassis F2001 #211, which contested the 2001 Formula 1 world championship, is the car in which seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher won the last of his five Monaco victories and in which he … [Read more...]
Motorsport and automotive crowd-sourcing
A new crowd-sourcing website has gone live that allows customers to publish tenders or source quotes and credentials from a range of suppliers within motorsport and the automotive sector. Users are able to create Project Briefs containing a description of what work is required, deadlines, budgets and even file uploads, providing suppliers interested in … [Read more...]
Wales has new British champion on the track
The Bentley Continental GT3 of Wales’ Seb Morris (GB) and Rick Parfitt Jr (GB) has won the 2017 British GT Championship thanks to a fourth place finish for the Team Parker Racing crew at Donington Park. The team started the weekend - dubbed the Donington Decider – with a 10.5 advantage in the standings and after a close qualifying session the … [Read more...]
Change to WRGB for 2018
WRC Promoter has announced the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship calendar. The 13-round calendar marks the return of Turkey after a seven-year absence. It replaces Poland in the fixture list, which was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris. The championship begins with the traditional season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo in January and … [Read more...]
Wyedean Stages promises new thrills and challenges
Entries opened for the Winners Garage Skoda Wyedean Stages Rally with organisers promising competitors something a little different. The event, organised by Forest of Dean Motor Club, takes place on 11 November with three of the four forests used not having featured on the Wyedean Rally for a number of years. The event will be based in Mitcheldean once … [Read more...]
Premiere engineering company bought out
One of Britain's foremost engineering companies in development of high performance transmissions has been bought-out by British private investors fund. Inflexion Private Equity have agreed the buyout of Xtrac Ltd, which supplies most of the world's top motorsport teams in both two and four-wheeled formulae across the globe, from MotoGP to Formula … [Read more...]
Newslines 26 September
Aston Martin is joining forces with Red Bull Racing on the track. The luxury car maker and F1 team have already collaborated on a very high performance sports car, the Valkyrie (right) and more models will follow, but their future engines are expected to appear in GP as well following the establishment of a Advanced Performance Centre with 110 new jobs at … [Read more...]
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