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Audi Pulls the Plug on the RS6 e-tron: What Went Wrong With the Super-EV Dream
Picture this: you’ve waited years for Audi to slap its legendary RS6 badge onto something futuristic, electric, and terrifying enough to...
Mike Stamp
Sep 143 min read


The Ferrari Testarossa: Racing’s Red-Headed Royalty
Picture this: it’s the 1950s, blokes are still smoking in hospitals, Britain has three television channels, and Ferrari decides to paint...
Mike Stamp
Sep 144 min read


Why Formula 1’s Boss Thinks Races Might Be Too Long (or Too Short… or Just Right)
Picture this: you’ve settled into your sofa with a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea, ready to watch two hours of cars screaming round in...
Mike Stamp
Sep 133 min read


F1 2025 Mid-Season Driver Review
Twenty-one drivers. One grid. Enough drama to keep Netflix’s editing interns in therapy for a decade. From title favourites carving their...
Mike Stamp
Sep 99 min read


Male Idiot Theory: Why Young Men Keep Testing Darwin’s Patience
Natural Selection in a Hoodie If you’ve ever watched a teenage lad attempt a backflip off a shed roof onto a trampoline, you’ll have...
Mike Stamp
Aug 293 min read


Porsche Wants to Give EVs Fake Gear Shifts
Yes, It’s as Bonkers as It Sounds Imagine climbing into a Porsche Taycan, pressing the accelerator, and instead of the usual silent...
Mike Stamp
Aug 283 min read


The £160 Gadget That Could Put Your Car at Risk
Picture this: you’ve locked your car, double-checked the doors, and strutted off feeling smug. Then along comes a bloke with what looks...
Mike Stamp
Aug 281 min read


How Long Do Batteries Last in Electric Cars?
Should you worry about your EV running out of puff? Spoiler: probably not. Imagine you’ve just spent sixty grand on a shiny new electric...
Mike Stamp
Aug 284 min read


Jaguar’s Greatest Hits and Misses: When the Big Cat Roared and When It Just Fell Asleep on the Sofa
Jaguar has always been a bit… unpredictable. One decade it’s producing the most beautiful car in the world, the next it’s bolting...
Mike Stamp
Aug 285 min read


Land Rover Defender Churchill Edition: A V8 Tribute to Britain’s Bulldog
Imagine Winston Churchill today. Not the cigar-chomping titan of 1940s newsreels, but a modern bloke in his mid-70s, squinting at his...
Mike Stamp
Aug 284 min read


Britain’s Roads: A National Joke with Craters to Prove It
I used to think the worst thing about driving in Britain was other drivers. Tailgaters, middle-lane hoggers, the odd bloke in a Nissan...
Mike Stamp
Aug 272 min read


F1’s Future Is Here: Think Less Mad Max, More Iron Man
The future of Formula 1 looks less like Mad Max, more like sci-fi thriller Formula 1 is about to get a little less “hold my beer” and a...
Mike Stamp
Aug 272 min read


ULEZ Compliance: VIP Pass or Daily Fine?
Picture this: you’ve just found the perfect car. The right colour, the right mileage, even the cup holders pass the vibe check. You’re...
Mike Stamp
Aug 252 min read


Insurance Write-Offs: Cheap Cars, Terrible Ideas, and the Odd Miracle
So, here’s the thing: when an insurer writes off a car, it doesn’t always mean it’s been folded in half like a deckchair in a hurricane....
Mike Stamp
Aug 253 min read


FSH Sounds Fancy — But Here’s What It Really Means
“Full Service History (FSH)” does sound reassuring, doesn’t it? Like the car equivalent of saying you’ve been to the dentist every six...
Mike Stamp
Aug 252 min read


Your tyres called. They’d like some attention.
Imagine this: you’re running late, coffee in one hand, Spotify battling with the satnav in the other. You jump in, hit the road… and...
Mike Stamp
Aug 252 min read


HP vs BHP: The Great Motoring Lie
BRMMM BRMMM! You know what’s always baffled me? Horsepower. Not because I don’t get it — obviously, I do. But because car manufacturers...
Mike Stamp
Aug 253 min read


Which Cars Actually Qualify for the UK’s New EV Grants – And What It Means for Your Wallet
So, here’s the headline grabber: the UK government has dangled a shiny £650 million pot of EV grants, promising up to £3,750 off a...
Mike Stamp
Aug 213 min read


Used BMW 5 Series (Mk7, 2017–2024): The Classy Exec That Still Knows How to Party
Some cars are brilliant at one thing. A hot hatch that corners like a caffeinated terrier. A luxury saloon that’s basically a leather...
Alex Stamp
Aug 185 min read


Alpine A290 - The Electric Hot Hatch That Refuses To Behave.
The Alpine A290 is Renault’s cheeky little electric hot hatch, and it’s coming to revive the joy of fun-sized performance cars without...
Alex Stamp
Aug 182 min read
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