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ED START
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UP FRONT • News • Appreciating Depreciation • What’s On • Angry Man
THE ANGRY MAN • Car manufacturers don’t want you to have any fun these days.
RED DWARF • It was one of 2019’s most shocking and incredible motorsport moments - Mantas Šliogeris taking the Gymkhana GRiD World Champion title in his feisty little MX-5. Here’s the story of the man, the car, the team, and the plans for world domination…
UNSTOPPABLE
OWNER PROFILE:
TECH SPEC: MAZDA MX-5
Over dubbed • Photography Glenn Rowswell
SEQUEL • The A90 Supra isn’t a nineties’ Mk4, but Daniel Song’s Pandem project proves that’s no bad thing
TECH SPEC: TOYOTA A90 SUPRA
ST SUSPENSIONS DZX WHEEL SPACERS, FROM £43 (PAIR)
NEW PRODUCTS • The shiniest and freshest mods on the market
Awesome Audio
LIFESTYLE • The car culture experience doesn’t just belong in the garage
Fast Mods • Can you believe the GT-R will be a teenager later this year? Luckily for us that doesn’t mean mood swings and puberty, but the opportunity to own a supercar slayer for less than 30K…
NISSAN GT-R
SIAMESE DREAM • When we buy our first cars, we all dream about building something that’s cool enough to bag a magazine feature someday. But for Korrakot Buachan, simply dreaming wasn’t quite enough…
MIGHTY SUCKS
OWNER PROFILE:
TECH SPEC: BMW E36
THE FC PORTFOLIO
THE GEAR
REAR CLUSTER TINTING WONDERS • It’s time to freshen up that arse end…
TEENAGE KICKS • It all started with a Citroën Saxo 1.0 when he was 17. And like it was for so many of us, Mark Shepstone could see a future beyond that low-powered first car, a future that incorporated the feature car project of his dreams…
SECOND THOUGHTS?
OWNER PROFILE
TECH SPEC: VW SCIROCCO
TOP 10 AFFORDABLE TRACK PROJECTS
OUR TOP TRACK MODS
Restoration Man • When Dominik Pokoj bought this 20-valve Coupe five years ago, it was a wreck. The original plan was simply to restore it, although as you can see he got a little carried away…
OWNER PROFILE
THE GENERATION GAME
TECH SPEC: AUDI B3 COUPE
Staff Rides
Tom V Dale 2 • After last year’s epic battle, the UK’s most famous detailing duo are back for round two…
TOM’S 1967 VOLVO AMAZON COUPE V DALE’S JAGUAR S-TYPE R
SLIM JULES’ AUDI A5 2.7 TDI • What’s the best day of the year? Your birthday? Christmas? New Year’s Eve? Nope, none of those. The best day of the year is always new car day…
POWER MAXED RACING ASTRA BTCC • It’s almost time to go racing but first a trip to Multimatic to experiment with chassis set-up…
THE ED TO ED BUILD OFF 2
MIDGE’S TOYOTA MR-S V SLIM JULES’ MAZDA MX-5 • That’s right, my Ed to Ed car for 2020 is a mighty MR-S. There’s only one problem: it’s yellow! That’s right, my Ed to Ed car for 2020 is a mighty MX-5. There’s only one problem: it’s yellow!
RESPECT YOUR ELDERS • The new Focus RS has a drift mode, but back in the day all you needed was a size ten, a massive turbo and some clever friends
TECH SPEC: MK2 ESCORT
WE WANT YOUR RIDE!
PCD Fitment Guide • We couldn’t list every single car in the history of the universe (we just don’t have the pages). But here’s the majority of the scene’s core motors – and a few wacky OEM+...