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London to Cape Town Rally 2012: End of Day 5

January 5, 2012

Pics by Gerard Brown Day 4 of the 2012 London to Cape Town World Cup Rally took the competitors from Florence to Ancona for the ferry to Greece: 300 kilometres, including stages. Day 5 brings the rally from the port of Igoumenitsa to Kamena Vourla in central Greece: a total day’s drive of just under [...]

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London to Cape Town Rally start

January 2, 2012

While many people spent New Years Day sitting at home in front of the TV or taking down their Christmas decorations, I spent it amongst the men and women about to embark on a great adventure: the London to Cape Town Rally 2012. I arrived at Brooklands Museum at midday, where the drivers were having [...]

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Happy New Year!

January 1, 2012

Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for your support in 2011, and here’s to great things for all of us in 2012. I did have a plan for a Happy New Year post, but writing a fascinating Gunnar/Gijs van Lennep 917 article and drinking pink champagne got in the way! I’ll make it up to you [...]

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Another eBay Speedster: Every One a Winner

December 31, 2011

Following my inglorious four-seat Speedster find a few weeks back, I just tripped over another Speedster Replica on eBay. £9500 or if you hurry, he will take a Ferrari Part Ex with cash your way. The ad says: Gorgeous Porsche Speedster built by Banham and correctly registered. Gleaming black paint work, private and valuable registration plate, [...]

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Top Gear Porsche: 997 Gen 1 vs Gen 2

December 30, 2011

Instead of the India fiasco, Top Gear could have run 90 minutes of those three talking about the cars in the BBC car park. It might have been more entertaining, and no Rollers would have been hurt. Maybe run 90 minutes of “cars I owned and why they were rubbish, versus cars I still own [...]

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Top Gear: End of the Road (Tiff drives Porsche 962)

December 30, 2011

I’d forgotten about Top Gear‘s Christmas Special until MSN Cars posted a quick reminder of the India edition the other night. By 8pm I had tidied the kitchen, walked the dog, cracked a beer and was perched on the sofa. Only as it started did I realise this would be a 90-minute affair: a great [...]

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