FC THROWBACK – BAGGED & BOOSTED VW BORA
Glenn Rowswell on 20th February 2020
Welcome to this week’s FC Throwback, where we take a look back at some of our favourite previous feature cars. This week it’s Olly Bartlett's VW Bora from way back in 2013…
Cars
CAR LEGENDS #30 – JEAN RAGNOTTI
Glenn Rowswell on 19th February 2020
Jean Ragnotti, the man who makes front-wheel drive hot hatches dance...
HOCUS POCUS: WRC FORD ESCORT COSWORTH
Matthew Bell on 13th February 2020
The Focus was still in development when the new WRC rules came in for 1997, but Ford didn’t want to miss out on the rally action. So, as a robust stopgap, they reworked their Group A Escort into this, the WRC Ford Escort Cosworth…
SUPERNATURAL: ROCKET BUNNY 2JZ TOYOTA GT86
Glenn Rowswell on 11th February 2020
When Kiran Halsey set out to build a scene-defining GT86, he had his work cut out - because he hadn’t tried anything like this before. But what he’s achieved here is something mystical, defying the very laws of nature itself…
BAGGED VW GOLF R
Matthew Bell on 11th February 2020
Check out Jacob Gardner-Moon's bagged Golf R that featured in our FC 400 issue last year
STUFF OF DREAMS: ABARTH 131 RALLY-REP
Matthew Bell on 10th February 2020
David Curley’s finally turned his four-wheeled childhood fantasy into a reality with an Abarth 131 rally-rep, that acts as the perfect tribute to a WRC-winning Italian icon…
ROZZER RANGER RAPTOR
Glenn Rowswell on 7th February 2020
Some police cars are cool, and some aren’t. The Ford Ranger Raptor police isn't just cool, it's flippin' mental!
GRANDAD CHIC: MODIFIED VW GOLF MK2
Matthew Bell on 6th February 2020
It’s no longer only cool to modify a Golf if its a GTI. In fact, more-door, base model cars with uprated motors are all the rage these days, as Tom Healey’s VW Golf Mk2 demonstrates.
FC THROWBACK – MODIFIED MERCEDES 190
Glenn Rowswell on 6th February 2020
Welcome to this week’s FC Throwback, where we take a look back at some of our favourite previous feature cars. This week it’s James Brown’s retro-fresh Mercedes 190 from way back in May 2013…
CRAZY EIGHTS: TWIN TURBO FERRARI 458
Glenn Rowswell on 4th February 2020
The Ferrari 458’s F136 engine is one of the all-time great naturally aspirated V8s. So what happens when you bolt on a couple of turbos? Well, the results are pretty crazy…
OVERCHARGED: 713WHP BMW E36 M3 TURBO
Matthew Bell on 30th January 2020
Packing 715whp from its bored, stroked and turbocharged M50, this wild Swedish E36 M3 Turbo is very fast and exceedingly furious.
FC THROWBACK – TUNED HONDA CIVIC EK
Glenn Rowswell on 30th January 2020
Welcome to this week’s FC Throwback, where we take a look back at some of our favourite previous feature cars. This week it’s Shaun Quinn's tuned Honda Civic EK from way back in 2016…
ULTRAVIOLET: MODIFIED NISSAN 350Z
Matthew Bell on 29th January 2020
This pumped-up Zed is a proper little lunatic, dropping purple hearts and making a nuisance of itself. It’s the latest flavour of madness from the scene-kings at Knight Racer, and it loves to bonfire tyres in its own purple haze…
NOBLE CAUSE: MODIFIED VW B6 PASSAT
Matthew Bell on 28th January 2020
Steve Noble saw the potential in his dad’s old B6 Passat and with the help of a good group of friends turned it from potential trade-in to Show 'n' Shine winner.