Articles by Poke
08/01/18
The 80’s and 90’s were an era of innovation and raw driving thrill for the automotive industry in which it thrived. Outrageous concepts took the stage at many auto shows and become immortalised to this very day, of course some more than others. However, today I present to you CTzens of CarThrottle a concept that confused show goers and interested those who loved the great outdoors The BMW Z18!
28/09/17
I don’t mind it, could be fun :D
06/09/17
The WRC took a turn in the 90’s, the powerful engines of the Group B era were ditched in favour of smaller engines running lower boost pressures and this led to the formation of Group A rallying which was much safer but at the same time still rather exciting. One of the Factory teams that took part in this was Subaru and they needed soemone to represent their team in this new era, so they found a young Scotsman called Colin, Colin McRae…
24/07/17
2017 has had its fair share of automotive milestones from the 1 millionth Porsche 911 to the 70th Anniversary of Ferrari. A milestone has been hit by automotive giant BMW recently, 40 years of the luxury barge we all know as the 7 Series. Over the years it has changed drastically, evolving into one of the worlds leading luxury vehicles alongside the Mercedes S Class and Audi A8…
29/05/17
Vauxhall has been closely working with American automotive group General motors for years with developing new models and bringing new technology to the public. This partnership spanned a period of almost 90 years before GM decided to sell Vauxhall, along with its sister company Opel onto French Automotive group PSA Peugeot-Citroen. Over the time Vauxhall were a part of General Motors, some concepts were produced. Today I will be showing one of these concepts produced under their partnership with GM. The 1966 Vauxhall XVR…
14/05/17
Alright, I guess it is time to take a break from BMW Concepts and maybe branch out a little! From one of my books I found the Alfa Romeo Navajo. A car that defined the concept of the wedge shaped design in a period where revolution was what interested the world with mighty machines such as Concorde debuting and the first SuperComputer went into service…
10/05/17
My quest in discovering obscure BMW concepts continues! And today is a good one indeed! CTzens of CarThrottle, I present to you the BMW Z9 Concept…
08/05/17
So it seems that I am discovering a lot of obscure BMW concepts lately and this one is just as, if not more schockingly obscure than the Z13. It debuted at the 1991 Frankfurt Auto show and was the Bavarian motor giant’s first venture into the world of the EV I give to you the 1991 BMW E1 Concept…
05/05/17
Many concepts were designed to be outlandish creations to show off what manufacturers can do when they have complete freedom with their designs, however nobody quite expected bavarian automotive giant BMW to come up with a small ,economical but still rather fast compact vehicle This was the BMW Z13…
01/05/17
The 1980’s saw a hot hatch boom, with cars such as the Golf GTi MK2, Ford Fiesta XR2i, Datsun Cherry Turbo, Renault 5 Turbo and many more. Austin, part of British Leyland at the time decided it wanted a slice of the hot hatch cake and began developing a high performance version of the rather mundane Austin Maestro. And thus the MG Maestro was born…
13/03/17
Today I present to you my review of the 2014 BMW M4 Coupe. Now this is my own personal opinion and if you do not agree with it,do as you wish. Anyway let us begin…
19/02/17
Welcome CTzens to the final part of my history on Marcos Engineering! I just want to say,thank you so much for your support to my posts and I hope to continue for years to come… Without further ado lets begin…
13/02/17
Hello CTzens,I present to you part 2 of the history of the obscure British sportscar manafacturer Marcos. As always enjoy the post! 1976-2000 The evolutionary return In 1976 the rights to Marcos had been in the hands of the aforementioned Rob Waker group for 4 years since the company went into voluntary liquidation. However Jem Marsh,Co-founder of Marcos, bought back the rights to the Marcos name the very same year and immediately set to work on reinventing the sportscar for the new generation…
11/02/17
Marcos,a name you’ve probably never heard of before were a small British Sportscar Company of whom manafactured some stunning Vehicles in their lifetime,however much like most manafacturers they had their ups and downs and I’ll guide you through the history of Marcos in three seperate posts on the three eras. Without further ado let’s begin…
30/12/16
Always wanted to find your dream drive for the smallest price? Well i’ve found 10 examples that may catch your attention. The following Cars are all up for sale on Auto at the time this post is published. Anyway lets get on with the cars! Fiat 500 Abarth: £5,800 First i’d like to start off with a small and fun hatchback that is easy to drive as a daily. That would be the Fiat 500 Abarth that debuted in 2007,this one advertised for £5,800 is a steal! Its 1.4 Turbo gives you enough power to make dreary days that bit more fun…
10/12/16
BMW 440i M Performance Audi S5 I think I know which one I’d rather have…
07/10/16
24/07/16
List of Mods: Sleeper Rims Rocket Bunny wide body kit Pride Comfort seats Hooker 5 VX 100 shot nitrous VX T26/T28 Twin Turbo Trembo slotted Brakes Advan Drag slicks VX performance suspension Honeycomb intake VX Race ECU VX Forge Pistons VX Type M intercooler Flow Burn R Exhaust Total Power Output: 998HP@8129RPM 538lb ft Torque@8129RPM Standing 1/4 mile: 9.391 seconds@152MPH Standing Mile: 25.556 seconds@206MPH
09/05/16