"One of Mazda’s marketing statements when it comes to motorsport in North America is “In grassroots racing, more Mazdas race on any given weekend in North America than any other manufacturer”. While this may be the case across the "
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The birth of the MX-5
"Our Japanese friends are a thoughtful, spiritual lot. It was their spiritual reflections on the famous lightweight British sports cars of the 60s and 70s that led them down the path to creating what was to eventually become the world’"
Miataland
"First unveiled in 1989 at the Chicago Auto Show, The Mazda MX5 has been around for a while now, and shows no sign of losing its popularity as a beautifully engineered roadster. Now in its fourth incarnation, the styling, sophistication and "
Why become a driving instructor?
"What, you may well ask, would cause a 55-year-old software engineer to suddenly decide to become a driving instructor? Good question! Well, for me a number of disparate factors came together to coincide with a tempting offer of a voluntary "
Testing times
"The 15th October 1991 is a day that I’ll never forget. It was the day that I felt like I’d finally become a proper grown up as I heard those immortal words… 'You’ve Passed!’ I was never really "
Learning to drive in the US – from a parent’s perspective
"Across the table at my Mother's Day breakfast, my Number One son revealed to me that he recently had an "incident" in his car, and that it's going to cost him $1500 to fix the paint on the bumper he tapped "
The learner car. What makes a good one, and what’s the most popular?
"The learner car. What a life. Firstly, does anyone else ever anthropomorphise cars into having human-like emotions and feelings? If not, bear with me. Imagine you’re a new car, pleased at being bought new and then discovering you’re "
Tim Harvey – M3 Master
"It’s often the ones you least expect. Isn’t it? Pass Tim Harvey as he walks through a paddock, you'll see he'll probably be smiling from ear to ear, chatting amiably to Nomax-clad sponsor-heavy racing drivers, or leathery-palmed mechanics, "
M3’s rivals – do they offer a real threat?
"A quick look at the UK’s most familiar used car website at the time of writing shows you that the most common year of manufacture of an M3 currently for sale is 2008 – so an early E90/92/93 model. These range "
Before the M3 – BMW 2002 Turbo
"An M3 for the 1970s: focus on the legendary BMW 2002 Turbo When BMW moved away from naturally-aspirated power for the 2014 M3, slotting in a 3-litre twin-turbo powerplant, it left furrowed brows among traditionalists. But it was far from the first "
BMW M3: The past, the present, the future
"My first memory of an M3 was when my mate’s mum rolled-up in an E36 convertible. It must have been close to brand new at the time and I remember stopping to gawp - at the car. Top down, "
Enter the Capri
"The first Ford Capri wasn’t a Capri. Not as you know it. The first Ford Capri was actually a a sleek, two door streamliner version of the odd looking Consul. it was, as Billy Bragg suggested to us a "
Legend: Ford Capri
"I guess my interest in Ford Capri started in 1972 when I was 9 years old. I was given a copy of The Observer Book of Automobiles as a present by my parents. I found it fascinating. I loved all different sorts "