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When An F1 Team Takes On Tin-Tops: The Williams BTCC Laguna

Chaydon Ford — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 05:30:10 +0000

With over a million people tuning in on a Sunday to watch their favourite drivers battle it out in the British Touring Car Championship, few other live sporting programs came close. To have Williams run Renault’s works team showed just how serious the French automaker was about winning. Williams had plenty of driver and constructor championships to their name in […]

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A Porsche 997 GT3 Carrying The Torch For Mid Night

Toby Thyer — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 03:30:02 +0000

And how many of us wished we could be a part of it? Admittedly, back in the day I was fantasising about joining the grunge band Nirvana, not an underground racing team in Japan. But despite the car culture bug biting me a bit later than some, the magnitude and history (spanning four decades now) of Mid Night […]

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Zero Lag: The MCRacing Twin-Charged Lancer Evo V

Rick Muda — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:30:34 +0000

Ok, so the bright green paintwork may have initially caught my eye, but it only took a split second look into the engine bay to know that I needed to shoot this very cool Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V GSR. The Evo is the work of Andre Pratama from MCRacing in Jakarta. While it’s technically not an MCR […]

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A Mk2 Polo Breadvan Builder’s Finale. For Now…

Alen Haseta — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 05:30:15 +0000

This is where I met Thomas Owczarski from Chemnitz, Germany. Thomas is a former carpenter who studied automotive engineering in Zwickau, and is now a development engineer in the rail industry. He’s also an expert on modifying and tuning old Volkswagen Polo 2Fs, with a few examples under his belt. Thomas’s 1992 Polo 2F Breadvan – […]

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Form & Function: The Art Of Attack x RS Future GT3 Cup Evo

TheSpeedhunters — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 03:00:06 +0000

Drifting – especially in its infancy – polarised this more than any other motorsport. Cable ties are looked upon as structural engineering and bumper-mounted canards quickly become redundant as soon as said drift car ends up with three rotations of the wheel. But there’s no denying a candy-painted, 1JZ-powered JZX100 doesn’t half look stylish when bellowing […]

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Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger: A Group A-Inspired Skyline GT-R

Toby Thyer — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 04:00:01 +0000

“Please wait until Wekfest Japan,” he said. “Rest assured, I’m building something very cool.” I’ll admit, when I next laid eyes on the car after Wekfest in early May this year, it wasn’t immediately obvious what I had been waiting for. At first glance, the silver Skyline looked the same. Or did it… When Jun-san purchased the GT-R […]

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A C33 Laurel Labour Of Love

Brad Lord — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 05:30:34 +0000

Jay, the owner of this street/drift-spec C33 Nissan Laurel, definitely subscribes to the latter. When Jay purchased the JDM import it was basically a bare shell. The car didn’t arrive in Ireland that way of course, but C33 Laurels are easily mixed and matched with engines, drivelines and suspension components from A31 Cefiros and R32 Skylines of the same […]

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Porsche Restomod Or Art? The Nardone 928 Is Both

Vladimir Ljadov — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:30:04 +0000

In such a setting, this Porsche 928 S4 – now transformed into a tailor-made contemporary GT – fit right in at Ultrace 2023. The Nardone Automotive 928 prototype was displayed next to an original car, so it was easy to see the huge amount of work that’s gone into its transformation. Thierry Nardone, a French entrepreneur and fan of transaxle […]

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Family Values: The Moontech E30 M3

Toby Thyer — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:30:48 +0000

Ai Taguchi married into the madness. She’s the better half of Moontech’s Hikaru Taguchi, and shares a passion for building crazy-cool cars. If you needed proof, Ai-san’s latest project is it. Custom car building is one of the most unnecessary hobbies out there. Playing squash keeps you fit, chess keeps your mind sharp, and quilting […]

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Vintage Vibes With A Sprinkle Of Modern Magic

Matthew Everingham — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:30:11 +0000

In Sydney’s bustling heart, my eyes landed on Tristram Deas’ fantastic creation – a Ford Cortina Mk1 that blends old school charm with modern performance. Back in 1992, Tristram lucked out when he bought this diamond in the rough from a neighbour who’d unearthed the abandoned Cortina in rural New South Wales. At the time of its […]

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