The Malle Mile

Grimsthorpe resident Dave Unwin looks forward to this year’s Malle Mile… It’s always good to have something going on in one’s back garden, and although we do have some great events at Grimsthorpe, my favourite event is always The Malle Mile. Last year’s was epic for, with more than a thousand riders competing and no…
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Smells Like A Good Idea

Thanks to Charabanc, “new car” may not be the most desirable motoring smell… In his definitive book ‘Nose Dive (A field guide to the world’s smells)’ the author Harold McGee analyses different categories of fragrance: animals, land plants, the land itself, water life, along with cooked and fermented foods. He stops off along the way…
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AWD Winner

In which Neil Davey takes Toyota’s RAV4 Dynamic AWD for several spins around the countryside Blimey. They’ve only gone and let me review another vehicle. Even after the last time and my full admission on my lack of knowledge, they’ve let me have the keys to another vehicle. And no, I still don’t know what…
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Lexus RX450h Takumi

Takumi is the ancient Japanese concept and tradition of artisan craftsmanship. It is, finds Neil Davey, an apt epithet for this fourth generation of the RX luxury SUV Word of warning. This is probably going to be a very different type of car review than anything you’re used to. It’s not that I’m a motoring…
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Going The Extra Malle

The Malle Mile took place recently. Dave Unwin braved it for Lusso. With more than a thousand riders competing and no one expected to win, the 8th Malle Mile did not disappoint. Great bands, good food, wonderful machines and – best of all – lots of friendly, smiley people having fun in the sun. Indeed,…
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SAY It Again

SAY Carbon Yachts is expanding to Marbella They’ve had success with SAY Carbon Yachts Ibiza and SAY Carbon Yachts Mallorca. And now SAY Carbon Yachts – to paraphrase a certain beer, probably the most technologically advanced manufacturer for carbon built luxurious day boats in the world – are expanding to the Andalusian coast. Ultra-light, fast…
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Fjord Fiesta

Super scenery, super car. OK, yes, it’s a Porsche but you try and write that pun… Specialist travel company Off The Map have a new adventure on their books: seven days in an electric Porsche, traversing the Norwegian fjords. It’s a breathtaking journey, of outstanding scenery, dramatic coastlines, mountain passes, sea-spanning bridges, labyrinthine tunnels and…
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Man On Emission

With the ULEZ expansion taking effect this month, Kingsley Cars are keeping the classics on the road London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone has increased. From October 25, drivers of older and diesel-powered vehicles face a £12.50 daily charge to drive across most of the capital, between the South Circular and North Circular Roads. Whether you…
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A Plug For Rolls-Royce

Which is exactly what you’re going to need… You know we’re in a whole new ear of motoring when Rolls-Royce – like Dylan in 1965 – announce they’re going electric. In a historic announcement, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Chief Executive Officer, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, er, announced, that road-testing of their first electric vehicle is imminent, calling it…
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Wandering Home

Matthew Lorenzo test drives a motor home. And rather likes it. The thing is I normally do football. Not play it, but talk about it, write about it and make films about it. But when someone offers you a free holiday in return for a few hundred words, it’s worth expanding the skillset. The last…
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