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First time I drove a Rolls-Royce
#FlashBackFriday to the first time I drove a Rolls-Royce around 1989-1990 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Yes it doesn’t have a number plate, that’s because it was brand new obviously- duh! 😜
Doing Car ME COTY
That time I ran the awards for the Middle East edition of Car Magazine
#FlashBackFriday to over a decade ago when as Editor of the Middle East edition of Car Magazine, I ran our first ever car awards. Unrelentingly hard work, a weighty responsibility, but extraordinarily satisfying and fun. We did several of these, and I even hosted and presented the last edition which was immensely enjoyable. I may be involved in some form of car industry awards again very soon – can’t say any more than that at the moment – but stay tuned. Do make sure you subscribe to this blog!
Hawkeye Rocks On with Jeep
The action star has recorded three new songs and tied up with a Jeep ad campaign
We all know him as Hawkeye whose story has not ended with Avengers Endgame, in fact the character is getting his own spin-off TV series with Jeremy Renner continuing to play the role of the Master Archer wielding superhero.
ThrowBackThursday Remembering the Lotus Etna Concept!
As Lotus teases a new hypercar, I remember seeing its show-stopper from the mid-80s!
#ThrowBackThursday – Lotus cars is revealing and teasing a name and details of its forthcoming Type 130 all-electric hypercar, the Evija – a very clever name as it has ‘EV’ in it and pretty much reads ‘Alive’ backwards – at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today.
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Steve Coogan selling record-breaking 1970 Aston Martin DBS
Legendary Aston Martin DBS V8 was tested at 160mph by Motor Magazine on M4
Here’s a slice of British Automotive history with a sprinkling of media infamy and a side order celebrity-owner provenance.
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Massive Power for 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 with 760bhp!
The mightiest Mustang ever – I love this. If only it had a manual transmission. Sigh…
Ford has finally revealed the power output of its latest much-awaited new Mustang Shelby GT500 – the mighty muscle car will offer a staggering 760bhp and 635lb ft of torque becoming the most powerful street-legal manufacturer-offered Ford ever. And, says Ford, featuring the most ‘power-dense’ supercharged V8 production engine in the world.
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7 American Icons of Arabia – my latest piece on DriveTribe.com
‘Yank Tanks’ that left the greatest impression on the Carscape of the Gulf Countries
Weird stuff customers bring to test drives!
Forget Snakes on a Plane, why is there a snake in the test car?!
A 12-foot snake, a mattress and a pair of parrots – just some of the things that customers brought along on test drives, UK’s used car dealers have revealed in a survey by CarGurus.co.uk.
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Flashback – London Motor Show 1995
Found my old coverage of the 1995 London Motor Show
Found this in my old files – it was a proofing copy of coverage I did of the 1995 London Motor Show for a fledgling but short-lived Pakistani car magazine – ‘Motoring’ by Tausif Agha published in Karachi.
