Nash-Rambler Palm Beach Coupe by Pininfarina

S6 / 4.100 cc / 192 PS

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KERETA IMPORT JUGA 'LEMAU'

Pelik tapi benar! Ajaib bagaimana bahagian penyambung antara roda bahagian belakang boleh berputar dan tercabut seperti dalam gambar diatas?

Inilah hakikatnya tak semua kereta buatan luar negara baik dan utuh seperti yang selalu diperkatakan oleh sebilangan pengguna. Pendek kata tak semua kereta buatan luar negara itu bagus dan tidak semestinya kereta buatan nasional itu tidak bagus.

Bagi saya pengalaman yang membezakan mereka. Mungkin telah sekian lama mencebur diri dalam bidang permotoran membuatkan mereka lebih maju dari kita. Siapa tahu suatu hari nanti produk keluaran tempatan juga akan mampu bersaing dengan produk buatan luar negara.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Bernar Venet

W16 / 7.993 cc / 1.200 PS / 1.106 lb/ft (1.500 Nm) @ 2.200 - 5.500 / quad-turbo / 4WD / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 2,6 s / 0 - 124 mph (200 km/h): 7,3 s / 0 - 186 mph (300 km/h): 16,7 s / Vmax: 255 mph (410 km/h)

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Is it any wonder Britain is falling out of love with the car?

THE doctor's been in and given his diagnosis. Britain is Castrol R deficient. As a nation, we are falling out of love with the car.

That's the finding of a new report, which concludes that we - and particularly my own group of petrolheads, the male twentysomethings - are driving in fewer numbers over smaller distances. Perhaps these days we can't be bothered getting in the car and driving to a mate's place, because it's easier to Facebook them instead.

I'd agree with the numbers - since the days when the Spice Girls were still topping the charts and the most sophisticated bit of handheld tech most kids had was a dead Tamagotchi, the number of young blokes in the North West with a driving licence has dropped by 18% - but not the logic. It's not that we don't still love our cars. We just can't afford them any more.

Motoring as a movement, no puns intended, is still being passed down to the next generation, if the number of lads younger than I am at classic car shows is anything to go by. Gigs like the Footman James show at the NEC, these days at least, are just as likely to draw fans of the original Fiesta XR2 as they are the Morris Minor or the Hillman Imp. I still shuddered when I saw an entire stand dedicated to the Vauxhall Nova!

Nope, the problem is the numbers; upwards of £1.30 a litre for petrol, anything in the region of £1,500 for insurance and the sort of obsession with miles per gallon which would have made a Rover Vitesse owner wince. Not that these aren't things we all have to deal with - remember, these days we're all in this together - and they're costs which most car nuts will still put up with, especially if they're clever and buy a pre ‘73 car with no road tax and classic car insurance. But I can see why most of my mates, even the ones vaguely interested in cars, give the idea an apathetic shrug before whipping out their iPhone.

I like the idea of motoring being a scene, a culture that gets passed down from my dad's generation to mine, which is why I love getting in these beautifully crafted machines, meeting up with likeminded folk and going on a drive to enjoy them. I just worry that in thirty years' time, the generation that follows me won't be able to afford it.

So the car, at least as an entity in modern day Britain, is a bit sick. Then again, I'd still take a Vauxhall Nova over public transport.

BMW 750 iL L7 Individual by Karl Lagerfeld

V12 / 5.379 cc / 326 PS / 360 lb/ft @ 3.900 / 0 - 62 mph: 7,4 s / Vmax: 155 mph

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Daimler Super Eight

V8 / 4.196 cc / 400 PS / 408 lb/ft (553 Nm) @ 3.500 / kompressor / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 5,3 s / Vmax: 155 mph (250 km/h)

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Zenvo ST1 & 50S Limited Edition

ST1: V8 / 7.011 cc / 1.120 PS / 1.106 ft/lb (1.430 Nm) @ 4.500 / supercharger + turbo / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 3,0 s / Vmax (limited): 233 mph (375 km/h)

ST1 S50: V8 / 7.011 cc / 1.250 PS / 1.055 ft/lb (1.500 Nm) @ 4.500 / supercharger + turbo / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): <3,0 s / Vmax (limited): >233 mph (>375 km/h) / Limited edition (3 cars) for 1,8 mio USD each

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Veritas RS III

V10 / 4.999 cc / 507 PS / 384 lb/ft (520 Nm) @ 6.100 / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 3,2 s / Vmax: 216 mph (347 km/h)

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