As a young boy, the Citroen SM was one of Kevin Haggarthy’s ultimate dream cars. In this video he drives the real thing to see if it matches up to the dream.
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The MotorOverload team finally got out and about at the Classic Car Drive In Weekend at Bicester Heritage – an absolute haven for spectacular cars, specialist car clubs, motor sports demonstrations, and even drive-in cinema. Click through for pics!
#BCGEVENTS – NICE TO GET OUT AND COVER CAR EVENTS, ESPECIALLY COOL CAR MEETS LIKE THIS
Met up with Kevin Haggarthy to attend the Afro Classics Register monthly meet up and drive from Pekham to Blackheath yesterday. Eclectic mix of cars – and characters! Great music, good fun, fun day! See pictures below.
Here are our Top Six Great Cars to buy for less than £2500. We
pick a pair of family cars, small cars and luxury cars – you’ll
be amazed at what you can have. Then we pick our overall
favourite. Let us know which of us had the best selection and tell us your
top choices on a budget in the comments.
Here are our Top Six best Q-Cars / Sleeper Cars to buy for under £10k, £10k-40k and £40k plus. These are the ultimate wolf-in-sheep’s clothing automobiles that make practical and performance sense! Let us know which of us had the best selection and tell us your top Q-Car choices.
We each select out top choices in three categories: small car, family car and convertible/roadster. Let us know who had the best selection and tell us your top choices for under £10 in the comments below.
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In our latest video we catch up after a few weeks in lockdown and crystall ball gaze the future of the auto industry and cars in general post-coronavirus. A fascinating and insightful discussion as always.
By Kevin Haggarthy
LeMans is always great fun. Motoroverload’s Kevin Haggarthy got the opportunity to drive the 599 GTB in a convoy of Ferraris’ in 2009. This clip shows the Supercar Parade. Let’s hope it happens again this year!
Kia call this car the Soul, and music has always been an integral theme with this model range – even in this latest third generation edition. You can see that from the acoustically-themed stylised interior design elements, and the fact that it’s got a banging 10-speaker Harmon/Kardon sound system. Whilst on the UK launch of the latest version, the most pertinent comment of the day came from Kevin Haggarthy: “I know why this car doesn’t have any engine noise, it’s so we can hear the music better!”
Continue reading “Review: Kia Soul EV – but has it got SOUL?!!”
By Shahzad Sheikh
It had pop-up lights and it’s now an appreciating classic, the original BMW 8 Series ran from 1990-1999, and I remember it well. Sleek, long bonnet, short rear deck, and packed with electronics and gadgetry that was frankly frightening in its day. And to be fair, that’s what led to considerable depreciation for this otherwise sexy and highly desirable car, as technical complexity scared off a lot of potential used car owners. That’s changing fast as, along with the most popular 1990s models, it hits modern classic status and values start to increase.
By Shahzad Sheikh
I have been waiting two years to do a full review on the new Suzuki Jimny. It’s had people lining up around the block to get one since its launch in 2018, thanks to the adorable, yet too-cool-for-cute looks that make it appear tough yet tonka toy-like. It’s akin to a mini Mercedes G-Wagen and in fact you can get body kits that convert it to look like one – they love those in the Middle East.
However some fortunate few manage to retain that adorability even as they mature. In the car world, that’s the 500X. If every time you happen upon a Fiat 500 you just want to pick it up and cuddle it, then you’ll like its bigger brother, the 500X. Okay, you may not want to pick it up – it looks firmly within its puppy-fat phase – but you’ll want to pull its cheeks (fenders) and pat it on the head (roof).
When it came to Hondas, Type R used to mean screaming highly-strung motors, super tight shocks to keep the car flat (and chiropractors in business), and a raw lightness more redolent of a tin-top racer for the track than a sportscar for B-roads. Type R also meant the most exciting, capable and engaging versions of ordinary cars ever offered for sale.
by Kevin Haggarthy
It’s been very cold, and certainly one of the worst Winters for a while. Think of that awful day, the one you thought would never happen; stranded in your vehicle in the middle of nowhere in snow and ice. In the same way you thought you should have gone to Specsavers before you walked into that lamp post, it’s times like these when you wish you’d bought a Land Rover.
