When I was growing up in the North of England in the 90’s lots of people bought Minis for a couple of hundred quid, spent time tinkering with them in the garage, got them road worthy, then passed their driving test first time and took their girlfriend out on a date in said Mini and…
MCLAREN ACTIVE CHASSIS CONTROL SETS NEW STANDARDS
The second-generation McLaren Super Series, which will make its public debut at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show on March 7, will have the widest breadth of dynamic ability of any McLaren and set new standards for Super Series’ cornering performance, driver enjoyment and ride comfort. An advanced new generation of McLaren’s multi-mode, Proactive Chassis…
HOLGATE BREWHOUSE NORTON LAGER REVIEW
Unlike many beer and wine drinkers, I’m not usually a sucker for a label based purchase. Nor does the story behind the beer or wine make me want to drink it any more than another option. But I have to admit that this theory went out of the window somewhat with the Norton Lager. You…
AWESOME RALLY SPEC HOLDEN BARINA
Greg Murphy and Holden New Zealand have started the new year with a special reveal of the motorsport legend’s latest adventure in the world of motorsport – a brand new Holden Barina developed specially for the New Zealand Rally Championship. The reveal took place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in front of assembled media and…
FORD FOCUS RS REVIEW – IS IT A FAMILY CAR?
The Ford Focus RS caused a stir when it was launched last year, thanks mainly to its controversial ‘Drift Mode’ which helped the driver perform a drift. This of course lead to it being labelled a hoons car, irresponsible and a function that should be banned. You may have read my article defending Ford and…
BENRIACH CASK STRENGTH WHISKY REVIEW
The BenRiach distillery sits in the heart of Scotland’s Speyside region, just 5km south of the coastal town of Elgin. Once owned by Glenlivet and used exclusively in their blends, it was bought by Master Distiller Billy Walker in 2004. The Cask Strength expression was released in early 2016, and is a combination of American…
POLTERGEIST UNFILTERED GIN REVIEW
As a rule, Australian craft gins are produced to a seriously high standard. That’s why it’s always a pleasure to find one that stands out from the crowd. Poltergeist is without doubt one of these gins. There are two versions, the ‘Unfiltered’ and the ‘True Spirit.’ Our preference is for this unfiltered. Because it hasn’t…
TICKFORD UNLEASHES MUSTANG POWER PACKS
Tickford has released the first of its personalisation packages for Mustang with powertrain offerings for both GT and EcoBoost variants providing the hero cars with significant boosts in power and torque. Tickford has produced the 360 Power Pack for the GT which delivers 360kW of power and 585Nm of torque to the V8-powered version. The…
DR TIM’S TRADITIONAL ALE REVIEW
Remember when you had the coopers red sparkling Ale and you would roll the bottle before opening it to mix all the sediment from the bottom? Do people still do it? Well, if Dr Tim’s Traditional Alewas in a bottle you’d want to do it to this, in fact it is recommended that you do…
STONE & WOOD ‘THE GATHERER’ REVIEW
I love all Stone & Wood beers, I’ve visited the brewery, tried as many beers of their’s as possible and LOVED them all until now. My wife and I were so excited to see ‘The Gatherer’ had landed in our local bottle shop, so we raced down on Sunday afternoon to grab a couple of the…
