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Obsessed with cars and car magazines ever since growing up in the back of a Sapphire Cosworth. Spent childhood etching the racing line into the family carpet with Matchbox toys. These days, he's usually found three-wheeling his Clio 182 Trophy through the Forest of Bowland - before bemoaning the running costs.
Armed with £5,000 of their own personal money, four Rush scribes go in search of their favourite second-hand hot hatch. Then have an argument...
01 Apr 2022Craig might've sold his GR Yaris, but it went out in style, with a day spent at Croft circuit with Mission Motorsport. Find out how the car held up.
17 Mar 2022Tony Pond’s record-breaking Isle of Man TT lap in a Rover Vitesse remains one of the great drives – a moment of skill, swagger, and sheer commitment.
02 Mar 2022Craig takes delivery of his 40th birthday present to himself, a GR Yaris from Vantage Toyota Preston. But not before Covid has a say in proceedings...
23 Feb 2022Thrilling, ultra-reliable, good looking and fast appreciating, this Japanese sports car is one of the smartest places to put your money in 2026.
06 Dec 2021Renualtsport's Dieppe operation has given us some of the best hot hatches over the years, but the Clio 182 Trophy might just be their finest hour.
02 Oct 2021The original R53 Mini JCW GP broke new ground in the hot hatch sector. Can it still cut it, or has the track hatch been left behind by those it inspired?
02 Oct 2021From scandal to silverware, Flavio Briatore rose from convicted con man to F1 powerbroker, with an ambition that saw every rule as made to be broken.
16 Sep 2021Donnington Park might have only hosted a single Grand Prix in 1993, but thanks to the exploits of a certain Brazilian racing driver it was one for the ages
16 Sep 2021When Jaguar unveiled the XJ220 at the 1988 British motorshow, it blew everyone's socks off. The production version however, left many with cold feet
16 Sep 2021Is 302bhp enough to live up to the AMG badge? Pace, handling and the A35's place in the premium hot hatch pecking order.
16 Sep 2021Audi RS4 B5 vs B7 vs B8: a Cosworth twin-turbo V6 takes on two high-revving V8s. Which fast Audi estate should you drive – and which should you buy?
16 Sep 2021Featuring all the best roads of North Wales, including the B4391, EVO triangle, Horseshoe Pass, Llanberis, B5105 plus the location of Super Unleaded petrol stations.
15 Sep 2021Few cars offer more smiles per mile than an Abarth. So how will one fare against Lancashire’s corrugated and challenging tarmac winding its way through the Forest of Bowland?
14 Jun 2021Counting down twenty of the biggest, most powerful or game-changing engines ever fitted to the unlikeliest production cars.
26 Apr 2021A small tribute to a legendary racer and larger-than-life TV personality, lost on 16 March 2021 after a private battle with cancer. She is deeply missed.
18 Mar 2021Our very first article, one that pre-dates the magazine but proved to be it's catalyst – a 1500-mile adventure through the Scottish Highlands
01 Mar 2021There had been other track-leaning hot hatches before the Megane, but with the R26.R Renaultsport went all in. Is it too much for the road?
12 Nov 2020Craig 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...
23 Sep 2020
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