Jordan Butters
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Size Isn't Everything: Welcoming RADwood To The UK
If you’re the type that keeps your ear to the ground, then the concept of RADwood should need no introduction. The US-based show has gone from strength to strength across the pond over the past few years, with increasingly popular events spanning the length and breadth of the country. Now, RADwood’s organisers are taking the show overseas, with the UK stop of the tour being their first venture… → Read More
The Future Of The New Supra
The renders, the concepts, the prototypes, the camouflage, the teasers. Oh God, the teasers. I don’t know about you, I feel like I’ve been part of a very public development process for the past five years. We’ve all seen it, a load of people have driven it. So should we be surprised that we’re not … → Read More
Watch This Road-Legal E46 M3 Attack The Nordschleife
It’s a question that’s almost guaranteed to crop up when chatting to anyone who’s done more than a handful of laps of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. But whatever time you’ve completed the 12.9-mile (20.8km) circuit in, I dare say that it probably isn’t as fast as what you’re about to see. This is Sam Tate’s Schirmer E46 M3 … → Read More
Is A V8 Viper Still A Viper?
Certain iconic models are instantly synonymous with the types of engine you’d find inside, usually based around methods of aspiration or cylinder configuration. Good examples include Mazda’s RX-7 – always rotary, no questions – and older performance Audi quattros where its five cylinders and a turbocharger or it’s no sale. Other examples include the Ford Mustang – … → Read More
This Is What Over 750hp Does To Your Tyres
We originally featured the car back in 2014 – however this is the first time that I’ve been fortunate enough to see, hear and feel this thing in action. I say feel because well, the noise just travels through you as this it decimates rubber. Jesus wept. The Sagaris is the pinnacle of TVR’s wild design … → Read More
Her Majesty Approved: Motorsport on England's Streets
Jordan Butters takes us a comprehensive tour of Coventry MotoFest, where motorsport takes to the streets of England. → Read More
Street Racing Returns To The UK
Over the course of Saturday and Sunday, an MSA-timed sprint competition was held on a section of the Coventry ring road during the event, with British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) competitors jumping at the opportunity. Before this, the last time we saw competitive motorsport on British roads was way back in 1990 when the legendary … → Read More
An E30 M3 That's Not For The Purists
But then again, as with plenty of projects to emerge from the Driftworks stables, you should know by now that they aren’t ones to conform to the norm. Not only does Driftworks’ head honcho Phil Morrison have an envious collection of cars, but so many of them have, and do, upset those who prefer things a … → Read More
With 1200hp, This Is An EV We Can Get Behind
As much as we might not want to admit it, fossil fuels are finite, and EVs (electric vehicles) undoubtedly represent the future of transport. In Norway for example, EVs now make up over 50% of all new car sales – a trend that is already starting to affect the oil industry after a year-on-year drop … → Read More
Save The Manuals? Maybe We Don’t Need To
I’ve been lucky enough to drive a handful of modern performance dual-clutch-equipped cars over the past few years and never once have I walked away thinking ‘that thing needs a manual gearbox’. I completely understand the nostalgic attachment to a good ol’ stick shift. There’s that tactile, physical link between you and the drivetrain and, … → Read More
Honda's Civic Type R... Pickup?
Before you get too excited, you won’t be able to buy one – this is a one-off concept model, dubbed ‘Project P’, built by Synchro Motorsport, Honda’s own voluntary race team at their UK factory in Swindon. Up front it’s a stock FK8 CTR, complete with four-cylinder turbocharged powerplant, but rearwards of the b-pillars it’s … → Read More
The Only Way To Fix A Prius
It’s not actually a first, in fact, a quick search through the archives and you’ll find we’ve shared stories about Toyota’s little green machine before, but never one like this. As revolutionary as the Prius has been for the development of everyday, affordable EVs, they aren’t without their issues – longevity being the main one, although … → Read More
Dyno Time For Project RS4
However, the reason for breaking the chronology of the story was because I wanted to not only present a direct before and after for the work that Regal had done on the RS4’s 4.2-litre V8, but I also wanted to use this opportunity to talk a bit about dynos. It’s a common occurrence on Speedhunters … → Read More
Project RS4: Finding Lost Power
I’ve done around 10,000 miles since picking up Project RS4 last August last year, and to be fair it’s not skipped a single beat mechanically. The Audi has been flawless at karting me and my inordinate amount of largely unnecessary camera kit up and down the country, as well as serving me well as both a … → Read More
Get To The Core Of Cooling: Why CSF Matters
When most people look at upgrading performance parts on their car, and I know I’m certainly guilty of this, upgrading the cooling system tends to slip down the priorities list in favourite of more flashy or exciting upgrades. While you might find it hard to get excited about cooling components in the same way that … → Read More
FRAMES: Shooting The Spa 24 Hour
You’re getting paid to attend some of the world’s biggest and most exciting events, and literally all you have to do is take photos of cars racing. Simple! Well, through rose-tinted glasses, yes, but in truth it’s anything but simple or easy. In this short documentary, leading motorsport photographer Jamey Price goes behind the scenes to document … → Read More
Track Days Are The Best Days
Automotive diversity fascinates me, and the photo above completely summarises why I love track days. In what other setting would you see a 690kg three-cylinder Honda Beat track car, sans roof, stripped down and clad with home-designed 3D-printed aero components, desperately chasing down a 2,000kg V10-powered BMW estate on BBS E88s – wheels alone probably … → Read More
Anglo-German Relations: A Le Mans Legend Returns
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a race that should need no introduction. This gruelling endurance event has been testing drivers and teams since 1923, and simultaneously, challenging manufacturers to improve on race car technology in the name of gaining competitive superiority. In 1980, Porsche entered three 924 GTPs into the fiercely competitive Prototype class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, each… → Read More
The Perfect Spring Sunday At Scramble
An uncharacteristic heatwave in the UK scrambled local car enthusiasts out to Bicester Heritage for Sunday Scramble. → Read More
Are You Ready To Never Lift?
We preview the upcoming Never Lift half-mile event in Southern California. Don't miss it. → Read More