Built to tear up the tracks of the UK’s competitive Hot Hatch and Mini Challenge championships, Charlie Collins’s stripped and caged MINI Cooper S R53 racer went from non-running wreck to raucous home-built racer. First appeared in Performance MINI. Words & photos: Dan Sherwood When it comes to racing, having a powerful engine is only …
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MODIFIED TOYOTA COROLLA KE30
After owning a string of nineties and early noughties Jap icons, Will Sanctuary decided that, when it came to selecting his next project car, the best way forward was to go back… We take a nosey around his modified Toyota Corolla KE30. Fast Car. Words & Photos: Dan Sherwood “I’d always been into old Japanese …
BAGGED AUDI R8: PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
Exotic, rapid, and mind-warpingly creative, Jordan Clarke’s bagged Audi R8 Mk1 is smokin’ hot… Fast Car. Words: Joe Partridge. Photos: Harry Hartland The Pineapple Express is a jet stream that flows from the Hawaiian Islands across to the Pacific coast of the United States, its fusion of warm rain and low ground temperatures resulting in …