There are two schools of thought when it comes to drugs in sport. The main one is that athletes should be as natural as possible. They should compete to the best of their natural ability and in doing so, the nobility of sport is maintained. The lesser-followed school of thought is that athletes should just(…)
I hate not having a decent radio or good reception. When I bought my Subaru Brumby the antenna was already broken. It still works, sort of. I have to turn the radio up to full volume on the AM band to get something audible. Of course, if I drive the car amongst some buildings the(…)
Toyota have released images of the Toyota 86 Convertible today and I have to say, I’m not a fan. The hardtop Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ both look like nicely resolved cars with a purpose. They’re small, good value performance coupes. They don’t look exotic, but they look like fun. The Toyota 86 Convertible doesn’t(…)
If I ruled the world I’d screw with the car industry by making them all swap logotypes with one another. Would it affect years of brand equity if Chevrolet was written with the Ford script? What if staid old Toyotas were badged using the Porsche font? Just for a bit of fun…… and points to(…)
I hope you’ve enjoyed the Inside Koenigsegg series so far. You’ve learned about carbon fibre, painting the cars, trimming the interiors and whole lot more. If you were only going to get excited about one episode of this series, though, this is the one. In this episode, Christian takes you through the heart of a(…)
This video represents the basics of what I would have liked to do with Inside Saab. My mission, as I saw it, was to bring people inside the car company to see what it was like to develop and then build automobiles. We had a good start, but it wasn’t to be. I did various(…)
We tried to see Silver Linings Playbook three or four weeks ago and it was sold out. It was still packed solid tonight. Was that due to Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar win for Best Actress? I don’t think so. I think this is just a damn good movie and people are coming to see it on(…)
This is awesome news. Nismo is about to go from being a small factory racing workshop more connected to fans through video games than real cars, to a global performance badge for Nissan’s sports cars. I’m not a massive fan of Japanese cars, as you know, but I do have a special affinity for Nissan.(…)
Something non-car related….. As most of you might know, Mrs Swade (otherwise known as PJ) is into painting. She’s a watercolour artist and while she’s dabbled in numerous styles over the years, she’s found an appreciative audience in recent times for her emu paintings. They’re bright and colourful and they usually achieve their aim of(…)