Rallying cries

John-Joe Vollans assesses the evolution of the hot hatch through two very different examples

Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s

Major wins 1986 Bathurst 1000 Allan Grice/Graeme Bailey 1987 Bathurst 1000 Peter Brock/David Parsons/Peter McLeod 1990 Bathurst 1000 Win Percy/Allan Grice Back home in Australia, the Commodore was win

THE ‘MADE IN BRITAIN’ Super Touring car regulations heralded one of the greatest eras of tin-top racing at home – and aboard. Let’s not forget that the category spread all around the globe. But what s

Between all the talk of more layoffs and even a UK factory closure, Lotus Cars Ltd could do with a good news story right now. And it just so happens that the headline performance car project that Heth

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat