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Save the Manuals!

This is Our Last Chance – Only 82 New Manual Cars Left on sale in the UK!

If alarm bells aren’t ringing, they should be! An extinction-level event is unfolding right under our noses. And no one seems to be doing anything thing about it. According to new research from CarGurus, the number of manual gearbox cars available in the UK has dropped a shocking 57% over the past decade. In 2015, you had 192 new car models you could buy with a manual. Now? Just 82. That’s it. That’s your lot. Let that sink in.

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It’s back!! 300BHP Mental Micra from 2002!!

I Rode in the Bonkers Mid-Engined Nissan Micra 350SR!

Think the Nissan Micra is a sensible little supermini for your nan? Think again. Because this one… this one is utterly mad. I’m talking about the Nissan Micra 350SR – a rare, rear-wheel drive, mid-engined Micra, powered by a V6 and tuned up with 350Z bits to produce a whopping 300bhp. I remember when it was first unleashed 23 years ago as a mad marketing exercise by Nissan. Never thought that one day I would have a go in it – well, a passenger ride to be precise – at Millbrook Proving Ground during the 2025 SMMT Test Day. And yes, it was just as unhinged as it sounds.

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Inside the UK’s Most Exclusive Car Event

SMMT Media Test Day at Millbrook!

Once a year, something quite magical happens. An event so uniquely brilliant that if you’re a proper car nut and a seasoned motoring journo and content creator, like yours truly, you mark the date months in advance and count down the sleeps. I’m talking about the SMMT Media Test Day – the Glastonbury of car journalism, if you will – held at the legendary Millbrook Proving Ground.

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Supercar Brands Will DIE – Unless They Do THIS

Aston, Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren all risk extinction if they continue on their current paths

Last weekend, while surrounded by a jaw-dropping display of supercars at Brands Hatch with the Drivers Union crew – Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens, Astons, all gleaming in the sun – someone asked me a question that got me thinking: “What do you think is going to happen to these brands in the future?” 

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Supercars & Classics with Drivers Union – The Ultimate Brands Hatch Day Out!

From vintage treasures to track-ready beasts, here’s everything I saw and heard at Brands Hatch this weekend!

The Brands Hatch GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS – May 2025 – was a proper feast for fans of fast metal, rare classics and raw car culture. I was there all weekend soaking it all in, and I’ve bundled up every last rev, roar, and rear-end slide for your viewing pleasure.

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Masters of Motoring 2025 Preview – Cool Cars & Hot Laps!

Exclusive media preview gives a thrilling taster of one of the UK’s top motoring weekends + Laps in a Lancia Stratos at Castle Combe

Some invitations you simply can’t ignore. An Aston Martin race car worth £14 million? Hot laps in a Lancia Stratos replica? Castle Combe Circuit on a glorious Thursday? Yes please. This was the exclusive media preview for the 2025 Masters of Motoring, and what a mouth-watering amuse-bouche it turned out to be.

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Chinese EVs Are Spying on Us!? UK Defence Sounds the Alarm!

Should you be worried… or is this just Cold War paranoia on four wheels?

Plug in your phone and they’ll know everything about you! Apparently it’s that simple. According to a growing chorus of British defence insiders, Chinese-built electric vehicles could be rolling surveillance machines, gathering personal data the moment you plug your phone into the USB port.

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HEMI V8 is BACK?!

Have Dodge & RAM Just Done the UNTHINKABLE?!

Somebody pinch me – or just whack me with a wrench – am I imagining this? Or is it just wishful thinking? Could the HEMI V8, yes, that glorious, thunderous, petrol-drinking, tyre-shredding beast of an engine, which only last year was laid to rest with full honours and a 21-gun salute… could it actually be coming back to life? And I don’t just mean in slammed into a Restomod in a dodgy backstreet garage, but reportedly, potentially (and quite likely) from Stellantis themselves?!

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Driving Is NOT Fun Anymore – It’s a Mental Health Crisis!

Top 10 Most Stressful Countries to Drive in PLUS How to Cope With Stress

Remember when driving was fun? A carefree cruise with your favourite tunes, windows down, and the open road ahead. These days, though, it feels more like a battle — against traffic, local councils, your wallet, and your own rising stress levels. Driving has become a mental health flashpoint, and it’s not just anecdotal.

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