There have been questions over the i20N's rev-hang issue.
Rev-hang is when you dip the clutch but the revs don't really drop, and it's engineered to some degree or another into modern cars for emissions reasons. I didn't notice a problem…
It's not unusual for carmakers to hold events where journalists get to drive sports cars on track. Usually these are rather contrived affairs; you're limited in what you can switch off on the car, often you have to follow a pro driver,…
I like reviewing interesting vehicles. Which means offroaders, sports cars, trucks, high-tech EVs and the like. Staid family suburban runabouts bore me to tears...I'll let the others talk about plasticky interiors, fuel economy, rear legroom and child restraints. My site is called…
Going to either Phillip Island Raceway or Sandown Raceway in Victoria? Want some example laps so you know the lines? This is the page for you!
Phillip Island
Here's a short video I put together for our club's annual Come and Try…
Making a vehicle light is what is known as a virtuous circle.
The lighter a vehicle is, the less strong the components need to be, which means they're lighter...and that's the circle. A lighter car needs a less powerful, and therefore heavy…
So there you are, driving your car, cruising along a suburban street, minding your own business. Ahead is another car, a car with a yellow L plate on the back.
You approach a traffic light and it turns red, so the…
So Telsa has set an electric-vehicle lap record at the Nurburging of 7m 35sec, which apparently beats the Porsche Taycan's 7m 42s. However, the Tesla was a proper, observed lap record attempt. Porsche just cracked out a lap so it's valid,…
The little things count. Sometimes a car is changed, you look at it and think "that's better" but you can't pin down exactly what changed or how. In that case it's probably tiny little changes that you don't notice invidually, but…
Driving is a massively complex task, especially a manual. Even to get into a car and pull away requires a lot of knowledge and skill; how to sit correctly in the car, insert a key (or press a button) to start the…
More than any other marque, Lotus focuses on, and is associated with pure driving pleasure. Lotus has never been about lap records, top speed or 0-100km/h times. The ethos of Lotus is the driver, the joy of the human-machine partnership.
In…