SEAT Ibiza ST Sport 1.6 TDI CR Small, and Perfectly Fun Loved it. This wee car is a belter. There are some cars that I can jump into and instantly feel at home, this is one of them. For a start it looks good and secondly it feels good. The […] Read more »
Rally News: 27 March, 2011
Dunfermline Car Club have now got the dates sorted out for this year’s Hytorc Scottish Tarmack Championship, with the series getting underway in April. And as you will see from the list, this year’s seres includes three foreign events in Englandshire. The dates are as follows: April 23, D&W Brown […] Read more »
Report: Border Counties Classes
10th Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally, Saturday 19th March Round 2 (of 8) Scottish Rally Championship The Classes Top 2WD car on the day was the MkI Ford Escort of Peter Smith in 26th place overall, but only after Steve Bannister rolled his MkII at the end of […] Read more »
Report: Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
10th Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally, Saturday 19th March Round 2 (of 8) Scottish Rally Championship ‘Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now’ As I drove back up the road from the 10th anniversary Brick & Steel Border Counties, I couldn’t get the words of the 2008 hit Ain’t No […] Read more »
Car: Kia Sportage
Kia Sportage Seriously Cool Kia After it won last year’s Scottish Car of the Year crown, some of my friends asked if I was bonkers. It’s a Kia for gawd’s sake. And that’s the first mistake they made. When judging a modern day Kia, all previous thoughts and opinions must […] Read more »
Car: Mazda 5 Sport
Mazda 5 Sport More Room, Less Vrooom I don’t know what the Sport badge on the Mazda 5 stands for, but I’d hate to drive the non-sport. Not that it was especially slow, but it wasn’t what you’d call sporty either. There is no torque below 3000 rpm and it […] Read more »
Car: Hyundai ix20
Hyundai ix20 Speed Freaks Leave Well Alone Right, let’s start with the conclusion. On the whole, I liked the wee Hyundai ix20 despite the fact that I reckon this is a car primarily for people who don’t like driving, but like to get there reliably, safely and in reasonable […] Read more »
Rally News: 09 March, 2011
Scots Abroad It was a case of good and bad on last weekend’s Malcolm Wilson Rally for our lot with Kirsty Riddick the highest placed home finisher co-driving for 4th placed Paul Bird. Three times winner of the event, Paul said: “No excuses! I just simply didn’t drive well enough […] Read more »