Unsold Peugeot Pleasure In Britain, the Peugeot 309 GTI is the overlooked big brother of the chic 205 equivalent. Whereas approximately 10,000 205 GTIs are sold a year (of which…

Courtsey of the private enterprise company Rare Imports we can bring you the class confrontation amongst Japanese micro sports cars this month; Honda Beat versus Suzuki Cappuccino. In fact we…

A nine-year partnership of pride and prolific engine building Contrast is the key to the two characters who left John Willment's bulging competition team nine years ago to form what…

If you read D.S.J.'s reports over a period of time, there comes a point when it seems you have to go and experience what he describes in his Continental travels,…

Evolutionary BMW 3-series IF they were not so obviously coining cash in a manner unthinkable in their bankrupt fifties period, one might feel tempted to feel sorry for BMW. They…

Mercedes today is even more impressive than the list of engineering achievements from the past would make you expect. The gleaming premises at Untertfirkheim ripple with the strength of prosperity…

Currently some of the busiest premises in the go-faster business belong to Britain's largest car manufacturer, British Leyland. I went down to visit their Special Tuning Department, based on the…

Deep breathing Super- or turbocharging? Or both, for ultimate pick up and top end performance? What do the forced induction engineers foresee as likely developments to defend their high performance…

Rallycrossing a 4WD DAF It seems that there are only two branches of our sport that offer a good chance of winning with 4WD, namely hilIclimbing and rallycross. After the…

The over-the-Border equivalent of the RAC, the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, have had more than their share of public problems in staging their classic event in recent years. Last year…

Blydenstein's tiny turbo boosts Astra 1.3 The distinction of the smallest turbocharged engine we have tested now belongs to the 1,297 c.c. Vauxhall Astra. The previous incumbent of the title…

According to John Butt, of Maserati UK concessionaire Meridien, we'd be getting "a weekend you will remember". As I stood, three blocks away from the 1937 factory that made around…