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Mini memories: why I’ve owned six old Minis

Nick Trott, 21 September 2009 15:54

I’ve had six original Minis. First was a yellow 1275 GT I bought with a smashed rear subframe for £75. The insurance cost me £400... It drove down the road the same way a crab stranded on a beach makes for the ocean. Then I had a black Mk2 constructed almost entirely with filler. Swapped that for a pink 1100 ...

Lexus IS 250C (2009) CAR review

Nick Trott, 25 June 2009 11:02

Depending on your point of view, the new Lexus IS 250C is either very slinky and attractive and full of lovely designer-speak ‘arrowhead’ shapes – or it is an absolute ug. And we mean this literally. It’s quite telling that all the press shots for the IS 250C are shot from low-down; the point where the new car’s larger backside ...

Chasing a Mercedes SLS AMG prototype

Nick Trott, 27 April 2009 16:00

Had some fun chasing a disguised Mercedes SLS AMG prototype on the recent Porsche GT3 launch. As we turned around for some cornering shots the stealthy black coupe whizzed by – and we took chase. And what did we learn about the SLS from the chase? Firstly, it’s fast. Easily a match for the GT3 we were driving. Secondly – ...

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder (2009) CAR review

Nick Trott, 02 April 2009 09:57

Road tests on supercars like Lamborghini’s LP560-4 Spyder are hard to write. Please don’t shed a tear for the jammy road-tester; all I’m saying is that when cars are this seductive they tend to render your objectivity gland inactive. Let’s face it; the revised Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder costs way more than most of us can afford, for some it’s offensively ...

The CAR interview: Mr Tamiya. Plus win a remote control car

Nick Trott, 24 February 2009 09:40

>> CAR contributing editor Nick Trott recently met a childhood hero – the man behind Tamiya radio-controlled cars. Click here for your chance to win one of two 1/10 scale radio-control Lamborghini Countachs worth £200 eachIt’s not often you get the chance to meet your heroes, especially those who are 75 years old, live in Japan, head up an enormously ...

Jaguar XKR Coupe (2009) CAR review

3.5

Nick Trott, 20 February 2009 10:52

Ok, let’s try to get through this piece without mentioning the credit crunch. It won’t be easy, seeing as Jaguar’s revised XKR is a 911/M6/SL-rivalling, mile-munching supercharged GT costing £72,400, but we’ll give it a go. In a conscious effort to shake off the shackles of the ‘old man’ image Jaguar is making bold claims about the technology in not ...

CAR photo gallery: inside the new Porsche Museum

3.5

Nick Trott, 19 January 2009 00:01

CAR Online has enjoyed early access to the sensational new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. The 5600 square metre cathedral of all things Porsche opens on 31 January 2009 and cost the Zuffenhausen manufacturer nearly €100million (£90m) – thought to be nearly twice the original estimate. The new Porsche Museum: what's thereThe old museum contained just 20 of Porsche’s collection of ...

Cape Corvette: to the Space Shuttle in a ZR1

3.5

Nick Trott, 09 January 2009 09:25

It was a story I’d wanted to do for years – since I first read The Right Stuff in fact. Drive a proper, big, lairy Corvette to Cape Canaveral, witness a rocket launch and spend some time on Cocoa Beach – the place where the NASA’s legendary Mercury 7 astronauts, according to Tom Wolfe, ‘would get in their cars and ...

Nick Trott's final drive: my ultimate route and car

2.5

Nick Trott, 01 January 2009 11:30

In 1959 Stanley Kramer directed a film called ‘On The Beach’ – an adaptation of the book by Nevil Shute. Set in 1964, the film depicts a doomsday scenario whereby an atomic war has rendered the northern hemisphere uninhabitable. Australia is the last country to succumb to the fallout, so with six months before the planet is poisoned the survivors ...

Renault Clio Cup (2008) CAR review

2.5

Nick Trott, 24 September 2008 09:00

The Clio Renaultsport Cup is the third Clio to receive the ‘Cup’ moniker. Following in the wheel tracks and skidmarks of the deeply entertaining Clio II 172 Cup and 182 Cup, the Clio Renaultsport 197 Cup features the same suspension set-up as the limited edition Clio 197 R27, taller 5th and 6th gear ratios and optional air conditioning. So, it’s ...

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