News: 28 August, 2011

ProTune Remapping Merrick Stages, Saturday 3rd September ( Spectator Info and Full Entry List below) – Scroll down all the way! Mike Faulkner and Euan Thorburn top the entry list for this Saturday’s ProTune Remapping Merrick Stages at Wigtown. With two rounds of the Scottish Championship to go, the two […] Read more »

Car: Volvo V60 R-Design

Volvo V60 R-Design DRIVe Green at Peace Road Warrior When you think of Volvo, you think of box vans with windows, but it’’s been a while since the 740 series. In fact it’’s over 25 years since it was launched on an expectant public who wanted to carry lots of […] Read more »

Car: Volkswagen Polo GTI

Volkswagen Polo GTI Hoots Mon! And Plenty of Them There’’s something honest about the Volkswagen Polo GTI. I mean, you buy a car with 178 bhp’’s worth of performance and you can pretty much use it anywhere. On the other hand, if you buy a Golf R with the power […] Read more »

News: 21 August, 2011

Scots Abroad Although Gary Jennings won the Ulster Rally, Martin McCormack was second and took maximum BRC points, but David Bogie and Kevin Rae did their Dulux British Rally Championship hopes no end of good with a fighting fourth place in their Mitsubishi Lancer on the two day event at […] Read more »

Rally News: 17 August, 2011

Hebridean Motor Storm The third running of Rally Hebrides takes place this Saturday 20th August at various venues on the Isle of Lewis. There are six stages, but it’’s not a ‘timed rally’ in the official sense of the term. That doesn’’t mean to say it’’s not competitive though. Show […] Read more »

Report: Doing it the Hardie Way

UsedCarParts.co.uk Solway Coast Rally, Sunday 14th August Doing it the Hardie Way Although he lives just up the road and roon the corner, David Hardie has never contested his local event, the UsedCarParts.co.uk Solway Coast Rally, but he’’s had mixed fortunes on this year’’s REIS MSA Asphalt Rally Championship, so […] Read more »

Car: Nissan Juke Tekna

Nissan Juke Tekna 1.6 DiG-T It Won’t Give You Black Eyes! What do you get if you cross a Nissan Micra with a glamour model -– the Nissan Jordon, oops, I mean the Nissan Juke. It just proves what can be done by taking something modest like a Nissan Micra […] Read more »

Rally News: 12 August, 2011

NESCRO – Historic Motorsport In The North Of England And Scotland DOONHAMER RINGS THE CHANGES South of Scotland Car Club’’s Doonhamer Classic on September 18th will feature an all-new format with the Start and Finish venue relocated and a whole series of new venues offering a variety of tests which […] Read more »

Car: Lexus CT200h

Lexus CT200h Smug and Green You know those horrible lengthened commercial vehicles that enterprising private hire firms call stretch limousines? The ones where a perfectly respectable car or SUV has been sawn in half by a demented Paul Daniels with a buzz saw, and then joined together again with a […] Read more »

Report: Speyside Class Roundup

Gleaner Oil & Gas Speyside Stages, Saturday 6th August Round 6 (of 8) – Scottish Rally Championship The Classes Class 2 Colin Grant won Class 2 in his Skoda Estelle from the Favorits of John Martin and Mark McDonald despite his engine losing power towards the end of the penultimate […] Read more »