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Escape from Technology

Consumer interest in modern motor shows has been declining in recent years, resulting in several international motor shows being cancelled or downsized. Interestingly, there is a growth in attendance numbers at this year’s Classic Car Show at the NEC, which I had the pleasure of attending. It is the world’s largest gathering of classic vehicle […]

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F1 Gossip

  Las Vegas GP Date: Sunday, 19 November Track: Las Vegas Strip Circuit ♖ Lando Norris backed to beat Verstappen in Las Vegas. ♖ Toto Wolff has placed a ban on his Mercedes team regarding visiting a casino whilst in Las Vegas. ♖ Lewis Hamilton has missed out on his £15 million World Champion bonus for the

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Taking away its Soul

As we are now in the motor car world of Electrification, it was inevitable that some bright spark (ignore the pun) thought we should ‘Future Proof Classics’ by replacing the combustion motor with an electric one. Inevitably, there are pros and cons. The purists say the smell of leather, the smell of the fuel, and

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Have you been Strollified?

Another positive Strollified announcement by Aston Martin’s renowned Chairman cited revenue up by 21%, gross profit increased by 30%, DB12 deliveries commenced, Valkyrie deliveries started, etc. However, the market read it differently; the shares dropped by 15% at one point. Aston Martin reported a larger-than-anticipated third-quarter loss and a revised volume projection for the DB12

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F1 Gossip

Las Vegas GP Date: Sunday, 19 November Track: Las Vegas Strip Circuit ♖ The F1 team have ‘clear evidence’ against Red Bull and two others in a bid to change race result. ♖ Max Verstappen is on track to fork out a record-breaking fee of more than €1 million for the privilege of racing in F1 in

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The non-driver Driver

With all of the hype associated with major cinematic releases, it would be difficult not to have heard of the upcoming Michael Mann film Ferrari. Brock Yate’s book, Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, published in 1991, provides the basis of the storyline As I understand it, the film narrative begins in 1957,

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F1 Gossip

Brazilian GPDate: Sunday, 05 NovemberTrack: Autódromo José Carlos Pace ♖ Rumours have been circulating that Alonso could make a sensational switch to champions Red Bull in the future. ♖ Verstappen claims record win to draw level with Prost. ♖ Helmut Marko has revealed that Max Verstappen has an escape clause in his contract should Red

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