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Musings on the Motoring World

Nissan’s Indecision on the Z Underlines a Huge Problem

As surely as the sun rises in the east Nissan continues to be undecided on the fate of their Z sports car. This year will be the 370Z’s 9th birthday, which would make it the second longest running Z car, after the wedge-tastic Z32 300ZX that soldiered on till the turn of the century in […]

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Reborn V8 Land Rover Defender is What Rich Collectors Desire

Land Rover has given the world just what it has been pining for, a fully-factory restored and re-engineered Defender with a 405PS 5-litre Jaguar V8 underneath its bonnet. 0-100km/h is done in just over 5.6sec and top speed is a stunning 170km/h (not bad for a barn) making it the fastest Defender ever. You can […]

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SUV Racing Sounds Fun and Makes Sense Too

If racing is to live up to that tenant of “Win on a Sunday, Sell on a Monday”, then in the second decade of the 21st Century we should be having a track racing series dedicated to SUVs. A grid full of rip-snorting V8 pushing a scrum of bespoke winged monsters is as relevant to […]

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The Case for Having Rubbish Tyres From Yesteryears

Welcome to 2018. Welcome to the New Year and celebrate the heck out of it because it is a brand new year. New is good. New is always better. It just is. Better features, better technology, better everything. That old iPhone? It’s scrap! Last year’s clothes? To the op-shop! Everything today ages like a month-old […]