Shahzad Sheikh Automotive, Events

25 Best Cars To Buy At Silverstone Classic 2021

check out my report on these awesome classics that up for sale online today and tomorrow!

At Silverstone Auctions at the Silverstone Classic yesterday, we checked out the amazing and vast range of cars up for grabs during the live auctions today and tomorrow. Here we pick our two dozen or so favourites from the auction. There are Ferraris, Jaguars, Richard Hammond’s Lotus, some oddities and rarities, American cars, muscle cars, Fast Fords and plenty of automotive exotica. Hope you enjoy the video. Check out silverstoneauctions.com

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Shahzad Sheikh Automotive, Entertainment

Which Car Makers Appear Most in Songs

16,500 mentions for top Brand

Which cars are mentioned most in songs? Uswitch.com – the car insurance company – analysed data from lyrics.com to see which car manufacturers get the most mentions in song lyrics. They’ve sent out a list with the number mentions and the artists that mentioned them the most.

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Nissan Leaf or VW Golf – which will get you further for £50? [EV Vs Petrol]

Where in the world can you get the most miles per pennies?

When it comes to pure electric cars, they’re generally more expensive than their petrol or diesel equivalents to buy. So are they really cheaper to run on electricity?

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Shahzad Sheikh Automotive, Movies, reviews

Fast & Furious 9 Review [Spoiler Alert]

‘Cars in Space’ or ‘Dumb & Dumber on Wheels’ – pick your title, but whatever you do, DON’T miss it!

So last weekend I saw the latest instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise – Fast and Furious 9-  Cars in Space. I don’t think it’s really called that, in fact I think it’s The Fast Saga, but it should be called Cars in Space. So have I just let slip a spoiler? Probably not if you’ve seen the trailer or if you’ve actually seen the movie of course.

But in any case – I’ll give you a big warning right now, this is one of those rare occasions I will tell you NOT to read on or watch the embedded video, if you haven’t seen the movie or even the trailer (which mostly tells you everything anyway), because there are going to be huge spoilers ahead. On the other hand if you have seen it, or just don’t care, then here’s what I thought of the newest car movie out, which you can actually see now that – Thank God – the cinemas are open again.

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Shahzad Sheikh Automotive, Opinion

New 2022 Lotus Emira!

Will this be the Last True Lotus?

Taking a look at the all-new 2022 Lotus Emira that was revealed yesterday and will go on sale next Spring. It’s the last Lotus to not be electrified, is it then the last true Lotus? I look at the styling, the design, the platform, the interior, the spec, the engines, and speculate about what this means for Lotus, and ‘For The Drivers’.

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Shahzad Sheikh Automotive, reviews

Kia Picanto Review

Ignore this little car review and you’ll miss out big time!

The current Kia Picanto has been around since 2017, but last year it received a facelift and tweaks to its drivetrain. What we have here on test is a 1.0-litre 3-cylinder car with just 66bhp, claimed to be capable of 100mph (though you’d need to be going downhill, with the wind behind your back, while slipstreaming another car to attain that). And at 14.1 seconds for the 0-60mph acceleration run, it’ll be beaten by one of those new London Taxis.

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