YUKIHIKO YAGUCHI | INTERVIEW
Michael Greenfield-Raban chats with the former chief engineer of the Lexus F high performance arm, charged with taking on BMW's fabled M...
SHORT SHIFT
A change of direction within the magazine.
Short Shift is a collection of bite-sized articles covering a wide variety of eclectic topics
- Mar 9
SHORT SHIFT | REPLICA RANT
@Al_S has seen an increasing number of Ferrari replicas on the road. Which ponders the question? What sort of person actually buys one......
- Mar 2
SHORT SHIFT | LEGENDARY LAPS | TONY POND | ISLE OF MAN TT RECORD
Behind the scenes Tony Pond was a private man, but thrust a microphone under a moustache that put Nigel Mansell to shame, it wouldn’t...
- Mar 2
SHORT SHIFT | VIRTUAL REALITY | AUDI TT CONCEPT CAR
The Audi TT was the last concept car to truly cause an earthquake through its incredible design. Unusually, the production car remained...
- Mar 1
SHORT SHIFT | LEGENDARY LAPS | STEFAN BELLOF NURBURGRING RECORD
Stefan Bellof was an up and coming driver with a point to prove. During qualifying for the 1983 Nurburgring 1,000km he made it...
- Feb 1
SHORT SHIFT | WHAT NEXT FOR THE LOTUS ELISE?
With Lotus open to selling the tooling to its iconic Elise, Jethro Noble analyses the pros and cons of a list of potential suitors If I...
- Nov 26, 2021
SHORT SHIFT | EMIRA - THE LOTUS WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR? | DEBATE
The new Emira has caused quite the stir and is taking the fight directly to the Porsche Cayman. Could this finally be the making of the...
- Sep 16, 2021
SHORT SHIFT | LEGENDARY LAPS | AYRTON SENNA, 1993 EUROPEAN GP
Donnington Park might have only hosted a single Grand Prix, but thanks to the exploits of a certain Brazilian racing driver, it was one...
- Sep 16, 2021
SHORT SHIFT | VIRTUAL REALITY | JAGUAR XJ220
When Jaguar unveiled the XJ220, it looked like it was doing 220mph standing still. Yet in many eyes, the production car missed the mark...
- Sep 16, 2021
SHORT SHIFT | FLAVIO BRIATORE | THE TEFLON DON OF FORMULA ONE
Of all the colourful characters and high rollers to ever grace the F1 paddock, none have been quite as vibrant as Flavio Briatore. He was...