The peoples' democratic blog of Matt Hayward

OK, so this was a 15 minute drive of Citroen’s brand new boy racer. But at least it gives you some Australian context! From friends that are travelling in the UK at the moment, apparently the little DS3 is everywhere. Maybe not in all shapes and sizes, but definitely colours! For those of us down [...]

Well I needed something a bit fit for the weekend and the best on offer was a new BMW 525 with the M sports pack. It’s only the 6, which pales to comparison to its big brother V10. But when it comes to the twisties, it’s all car!
First things first, this car is bloody irritating. [...]

Today was not a day for convertibles. Dry, dusty wind had me lusting for a big German luxo barge like an Audi A6 to thrum down the highways in, totally oblivious to the weather conditions. Sadly it wasn’t meant to be. After meandering through the rental car companies, it was down to either a Facladore [...]

For the past 1500 kilometres, ive been schlepping a Seat Ibiza from Central Croatia (Split) to the Istrian coast in the north. It’s been a heady mix of hair pins and B roads to autobahn style freeways with very liberal speed limits. Cut a long story short, it really is a bit meat and three [...]

Nissan Gazelle/S12 Silvia. Think twice. I owned one just long enough to love the notion, but lament owning it