Since any day now we’ll be celebrating 101 years since Bentley Motors was founded by W. O. Bentley in Cricklewood, North London, we had a close look at William Medcalf [ … ]
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Six Quick Checks – Prep YOUR car for Winter
With the weather as unpredictable as ever, make some time in your schedule to check that you are as prepared for winter driving as you can be…. We have [ … ]
Ferdinand Piëch 1937-2019
It is with sadness that we note the passing yesterday of Professor Doktor Ferdinand Piech. Latterly CEO of the mighty Volkswagen Group his career was truly remarkable. The number of [ … ]
Podcast – Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2019
Enjoying the sweltering heat of the Sussex countryside, Graham and Phil browse some of their personal highlights of the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019. These include chats with Derek Bell, [ … ]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019
As I recover from the rigours of this year’s Festival of Speed, time for some reflection on an event I have attended almost every day of its 27 years. I [ … ]
Norman Dewis 1920-2019
I was sad, this week, to note the passing of Norman Dewis. As many have already said he was THE Jaguar test driver during the 50s as they won everything [ … ]
Podcast – SMMT Test Day 2019
UKMotorTalk – SMMT Test Day 2019 – Classic and Current Cars, and the Brexit Deal UKMT’s Graham Benge and Phil Boxall chat their way round the SMMT’s annual Test Day [ … ]
Andreas Nikolaus “Niki” Lauda – Survivor
When one hears the name Niki Lauda, inevitably – for this writer at least – it’s accompanied by images of a slightly-built man with a rodent-like overbite and a permanently-affixed, [ … ]
Madrid Central’s Low Emission Zone
From our foreign correspondent – well not really, I I just always wanted to say that! I happened to be in Madrid last week, and I do keep a bit [ … ]
Podcast – An Evening of Maintenance OR Darker Than A Swedish Winter
OK, so not the most catchy of episode titles, but this time, we catch up with Mike and Jim in the workshop while they are battling with the Fiesta ST [ … ]
