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Ford Focus ST Diesel (don’t tell the polar bears)

It’s getting increasingly difficult to enjoy all-out performance cars in a real-world motoring environment. So the rise of middle-of-the-road performance cars, which make the most of in-gear acceleration and combine comfort, economy and fun is no mystery. Diesel hot hatches

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After dinner speech: 10 years in the making

I had my after dinner speaker hat on at the weekend, telling some of my rally TV stories from the last ten years at the Knutsford & District Motor Club Annual Dinner. One of the organisers just wrote to me,

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Next Stop: Formula One…maybe!

OK, so the title may be somewhat misleading, but I was lucky enough to do some audience engagement work at the amazing Palmer Sport facility at Bedford Autodrome recently. In case you don’t know, Palmer Sport was set up in

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Group B noise!

Group B is an era of rallying that feels like it’s in my blood, albeit I was only on planet earth for the very end of the era.  Armed with one of the Metro 6R4s which took place in the

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Audi R8 V8 Supercar Review

Following on from my Rover P6 classic car review which was released last week, I thought I’d continue my impromptu V8 #CarFilms series with the Audi R8. Winter roads, 430bhp and 4.2 litres of Germany’s finest engineering, you could say

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Motoring Films – Highlights so far

With new, original content coming soon, I thought it would be the ideal time to look back on some of the “quirkiest” bits of my #CarFilms series so far. Here’s a look back at some of the moments which define

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Cadwell Park Season Highlights

And so comes to an end another spectacular season at Cadwell Park, and one in which we stepped things up, creating new – and developing existing – events and audiences. As you’ve learnt by now, I like to express my

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NEW FILM: A Very British Muscle Car

It’s been almost two years since I produced a classic car review for my #CarFilms YouTube channel, so it seemed like the right time to rectify the situation. Cue: The iconic Rover P6 3500; a British classic with a thumping

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GT Racing Adventure

This weekend I’m wearing a different hat; a new one at that. I’m swapping Cadwell Park for Donington Park, standing in as Team Manager for car #89, the ProTechnika Motorsport Mercedes GTS driven by Anna Walewska and Tom Canning in

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NASCAR Presenter

Wow – I ticked a big box on my childhood bucket list this weekend at Brands Hatch, when I became a NASCAR presenter. As part of the circuit team for the Euro NASCAR series. As always, the best part of

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