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Here at motoring central we answer all the pertinent questions and a few you didn’t know you wanted to ask.
Why mob mentality may be Mad Max’s undoing on home soil
Max Verstappen had better bring home the bacon on his home circuit as the locals have a history of venting their spleens with a good liver roasting for those who displease them.
Breaking broke the Games so why not braking?
Now that breaking has been dumped from the LA Olympics, let’s bring in braking, accelerating and a whole lot of other horsepower like we had 124 years ago. Yes, you read that correctly.
How the plug got pulled on electric (car) dreams
Over the past two weeks the share prices of most automakers have been heading the same way as the Titanic, despite telling investors they’re leading the electric revolution.
How fast – or slow – can an escargot? Ask Jeff
Forget the Olympics. And the F1 because they’re all on school hols. This is bigger. Yes, it’s Milliondollarcarmageddon and Snailarmageddon! Confused? So are we.
A terrible, horrible, very bad day in Hungary
The F1 Hungarian Grand Prix wasn’t for the kiddies to listen in too with some adult antics on full display and I’m not sure any driver wants to win that way.
Want to save $100k? Buy a used Lamborghini
If you’ve just handed over the brown paper bag with $600k cash for a new Lambo then you’ve just lost $100k. Which is why it pays to know which cars keep high residual value.
Battle of Britain sequel proves a real tear jerker
Imagine the conversations going on in the war office as the once indomitable Red Bull team comes to terms with its Silverstone vulnerability. I reckon it went like this …
F1 brings back the biff, even if NRL couldn’t
Rugby league fans wanted to bring back the biff years ago but the honchos resisted. Thankfully F1 has shrugged off the gentlemanly behaviour for some fender bender action.
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