Author: Mario Christou
If I told you to expect engine-swapped Hondas at SEMA this yr, you may not bat a watch. I’d be surprised if there have been more Hondas on display rocking their original motors than engine-swapped examples. K20, K24, B18, and B16 engines are in all places as of late as if there’s a secret team at Honda keeping the production lines alive. And that’s before we even get to the subject of Honda swaps in other makes. Whether it’s FWD, RWD, AWD, naturally aspirated, or turbocharged, there’s sure to be someone who’s accomplished some type of conversion. There’s even a…
The silence was surreal. After a whole day shooting trackside and within the paddocks – getting soaked to the skin and racking up 20,000 steps – exhaustion had clouded my mind after Saturday on the 2024 Goodwood Revival. It could be a cliché, but ‘an assault on the senses’ perfectly describes the hustle and bustle at Goodwood. The crowds, in fact, add atmosphere and context to my coverage. No person desires to see an empty event, and Revival is really for the people. Yet, as an enthusiast, I sometimes wished the crowds would vanish despite their vibrant presence. It’s hard…
Each time I’m at Goodwood, the atmosphere is exclusive. I’ve visited the gorgeous Chichester venue quite a few times over the past five years for various shows and events, but 2024 marked my first Goodwood Revival. I’ll admit, I had mixed feelings going into it. Not due to the cars or racing, but as a consequence of the event’s commitment to the years between 1948 and 1966. Would this era-specific theme enhance the experience or add an unnecessary layer of fuss? The post-war era was an exciting time for motorsport. Just take a look at the entry lists for the…
Marlboro, McLaren, Senna. Rothmans, Porsche, Bellof. State Express 555, Subaru, McRae. There have been many iconic driver, automotive and livery pairings throughout motorsport’s history. Nonetheless, few sponsorship liveries transcend the drivers or vehicles related to them. Martini is certainly one of them, as is Gulf Oil. But I cannot consider a more recognisable motorsport livery than the brilliant orange of Jägermeister. It wasn’t purported to be orange, initially. The primary ever Jägermeister race automotive was painted dark green, in keeping with the glass its liquor is bottled in. Soon after, it was modified to orange to face out on the…
All-out stance builds rarely command my attention today. Not and not using a serious performance aspect, not less than. Before any demon-camber enthusiasts take up in arms, consider that as a change in my automotive taste somewhat than a commentary on the stance scene in 2024. It’s just that after years of being exposed to a number of the classiest, most gangster and most outrageous stance builds on the market, my senses can have turn out to be barely dulled to a automobile sat on its ass with big shiny wheels poking out from under the arches. And yet Players Classic remains to be…
This may increasingly seem outrageous to some, but I prefer the photos on this post to the race photography in my previous article. My qualifying and race day experience on the 2024 Classic & Modern Touring Automotive Festival while watching the Classic Touring Automotive Racing Club (CTCRC) was a highlight of my 12 months up to now, for multiple reasons. The racing was intense, the entrants were varied, and the sounds of the cars echoing around Mallory Park’s hills were bewitching. Yet, my walks across the paddock between races were my favourite a part of the event. You see, for all my…
Sound plays a vital part within the enjoyment of motorsport. Just ask any F1 fan who enjoyed the V8 or V10 era. But I don’t just mean volume, tone or pitch. On the 2024 Classic & Modern Touring Automobile Festival held at Mallory Park, the Classic Touring Automobile Racing Club (CTCRC) races made me realise that the diversity of sounds is arguably a very powerful. Historic touring automobile racing is well-known for being among the most fun motor racing, and a part of its appeal is the sheer range of cars which have competed in it through the years. In…
‘Modifying’ is a unclean word to many OEMs nowadays. Once upon a time, tuners like Alpina and AC Schnitzer were embraced with open arms by automotive manufacturers, but cruising and tuning culture within the ’90s and 2000s modified the general public’s perception of the modified scene. Add to that the mixing of the best-regarded tuning houses into the OEMs themselves, stricter laws and emissions regulations, and the divide between the brand new automotive market and the aftermarket industry was certain to extend. BMW Park Lane stands out within the UK by being the one non-franchised dealership, and it has been doing…
Lowrider: A motorcar having customised hydraulics that lower the chassis near the bottom; any vehicle whose riding position is low. That’s the Oxford English Dictionary’s description of a lowrider. Simply, lowriders put style above every little thing else. Yet amongst all elements of automobile culture, few bring me as much joy as seeing an enormous American automobile three-wheeling on a set of small wire wheels. Objectively speaking, that doesn’t make any sense. I used to be born and raised in London, England, and I can assure you lowriders have never been a component of my local automobile culture. Lowriders just don’t work…
In my university days, I had a magazine pull-out poster of this automobile’s predecessor on my bedroom wall. As a die-hard VW/Audi enthusiast, Hamish White’s Audi ‘Sport Quattro’ construct was simply the most effective thing I’d ever examine. I still have that edition of Performance VW magazine in a cabinet somewhere, together with the poster. The automobile even graced Speedhunters’ pages back in 2013, courtesy of Ben and Paddy. The automobile you see before you is Hamish’s second effort at constructing his vision of the proper short-wheelbase Audi, and it’s a completely different animal from his first construct. “This automobile was given to…
