This month we are going to be all very positive and focus on the top ten. These will be the cars you should go out and buy for yourself, or recommend to a friend. They are the brand new or nearly new ones which should see you through to the first MOT without any drama. Next month there will be plenty that you should avoid and it is worth having a guess at what they might be. You will be very surprised.
Read More: Toyota and Honda MOT Triumph (Acclaim)
A radical 1972 Volkswagen Beetle that will now be sold to raise money for cancer research is the 2026 Hot Wheels Legends Tour UK winner, securing the title at CarFest, held at Silverstone Circuit on 29th August 2026
Read More: Hot Wheels Legends Tour Winner is Chopped ’72 Volkswagen Beetle
But for a whole new generation of race enthusiasts, especially those visiting Elkhart Lake and the wider Wisconsin motorsports scene, race day has evolved into something bigger, richer, and more comfortable than ever before. Track-side hospitality has quietly transformed how fans experience the roar of an engine, and it has changed what a great race day feels like.
Read More: How Track-Side Hospitality Has Changed the Race Day Experience for Fans
Austin Huffman, (@heyafb), the self-made car obsessive who turned his teenage side hustle into one of the most recognizable automotive performance brands in the world: Valvetronic Designs Exhaust Systems.
Read More: Valvetronic founder Austin Huffman on the business of success
Thinking about switching from petrol to electric and wondering whether an EV really means saying goodbye to regular servicing? Electric cars generally need less maintenance than petrol vehicles, but they still require attention to key systems and components.
Read More: Switching From Petrol to Electric? Here's the Maintenance Reality Check
There are lies, damned lies and registration statistics. For the moment though the motor trade is dancing gaily around the showroom potted plants in anticipation of the big pay days they will be getting on September 1st.
Read More: 76 Plate Registration Rip Off
Matthew Corrigan explains why all car advertising now is rubbish.
Read More: What the Hell Happened to Car Advertising?
Despite the Muddy wrap, we can all see that it is yet another lump of an EV, before they have even revealed that the Range Rover GT is actually a full on electricity car.
Read More: Jaguar is Dead Long Live the Range Rover GT
With football fans gearing up for the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup this week, MotorEasy has revealed a different kind of league table by ranking the world’s leading football nations not by trophies alone, but by reliability.
Read More: Motoreasy Reveal the World Cup of Reliable Cars
The most depressing aspect of all that is the people we thought it was possible to rely on, have let us down. Starting with the car manufacturers who have been in the thrall of the mainly European rule makers since forever.
Read More: Crime of the Century
AI is coming to get you apparently. Well, it certainly caught me out a little while ago. Nobody died as a result, I was just very disappointed in myself, but I realised that there is something which can be done about all this. You can either humour me and join in, or flounce off to
Read More: AI is a problem for cars
Our favourite British Car Company the Ariel Motor Company, the UK high-performance manufacturer of ultra-lightweight road, track, and off-road vehicles, has launched its newest and most powerful model to date, the track-oriented Ariel Atom 4RR. Developed to celebrate 25 years of the Ariel Atom, the bespoke, built to order 4RR is fully circuit-optimised, yet road-legal,
Read More: Ariel launches new 525bhp motorsport-spec ‘Atom 4RR’
