COLUMN TORQUE
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Why Porsche lets itself and enthusiasts down with a style over substance tribute to five decades of the car that redefined the supercar.
Craig Toone
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20 August 2024
Marketing Motors:
The Porsche 911 Turbo 50 Years is Badge Engineering at its Worst
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The 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed had MG as the celebrated marque, coinciding with their 100th anniversary. Tim Dunlop wonders whether the much loved brand was properly celebrated at this year’s show.
Tim Dunlop
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17 July 2024
Goodwood Festival of Speed Report: A Fitting 100 Year Celebration for MG?
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Like a boxer piling on mass to climb up a division, Craig ponders if the inevitable growth of power and performance between generations of cars opens up new challengers to sacred icons previously deemed undisputed.
Craig Toone
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21 May 2024
Driven to Distraction:
Is the B7 Audi RS4 a Better Car Than the Fabled E39 M5?
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The Hyundai N range has just got a lot smaller with the i20 N, i30 N and Kona N being removed from sale in the UK and Europe. Ken Pearson suggests some of the reasons for this move and thinks that there may well be nothing to fear.
Ken Pearson
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28 February 2024
And then there were none:
The petrol-powered era of Hyundai N is over for us. Don’t panic.
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"Maranello (Italy), February 1, 2024 – Ferrari N.V. (“Ferrari” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Lewis Hamilton will be joining Scuderia Ferrari in 2025, on a multi-year contract".
Ken Pearson
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6 February 2024
Sir Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari - The shock Driver Switch of the Decade
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Today is Blue Monday; statistically the most depressing day of the year. I must apologise for my mood being as black as the ice on the roads, but I can’t escape the notion that the future for car enthusiasts is as bleak as the weather.
Craig Toone
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15 January 2024
Driven to Distraction:
Is Driving for Pleasure on Borrowed Time?
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Moonlighting as a van driver has Seen Jethro Noble reconnect with the pursuit of driving happiness. He thinks we should all stop chasing the perfect drive, car or road, and just be more present behind the wheel.
Jethro Noble
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9 January 2024
Youthful Enthusiasm:
Finding Driving Pleasure in Hidden Places
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Jaguar brings an end to its internal combustion lineage with the 575 bhp ZP Edition - inspired by racing E-types of the 1960s, and why we feel Jaguar has let an amazing opportunity slip through its claws.
Craig Toone
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11 October 2023
Jaguar F-type Bows Out With the ZP Edition and Why it's an Insult to 75 Years of Sports Car Heritage
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There has been much talk recently about the rapidly declining interest in cars in young people, all citing financial and social pressures. Craig however, thinks there is a more straightforward and emotive reason - the taxation to death of the cool company car.
Craig Toone
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5 April 2023
Driven to Distraction:
How the Death of the Cool Company Car is Contributing to the Decrease in Young Drivers
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Craig thinks Ford killing off the iconic Rally Sport badge is a huge missed opportunity - if anything, it should be expanded upon into a full line-up of halo products again, starting with the Fiesta
Craig Toone
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23 September 2020