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THE AWESOME BUT UNLIKELY POWER OF WATER
AET MOTORSPORTS RE-OPENS THE SHOW SCENE
TOO MUCH AIN’T ENOUGH
Appreciating Depreciation Nissan Stagea
THE ANGRY MAN • Cars don’t have enough dials these days.
RIP RIPP
The Machine Behind The Machine • We’ve long since moved past a time where drifting was that new, niche motorsport that only a small audience knew about…
TECH SPEC: BMW E92
Road to Ruin • The MX-5 owners’ club may not be at all happy with what Nattawut Aupaiboon has done to his little roadster. But with a 420bhp SR20 to play with, he’s having too much fun to care…
MODERN CLASSIC
TECH SPEC: MAZDA MX-5
KENWOOD KTC-500DAB, £60
NEW PRODUCTS • The shiniest and freshest mods on the market
Awesome Audio
Strip Tease • You may have seen Carl Taylor’s RS Turbo before – but not like this. In a world exclusive, we reveal the old-school Ford’s new vibe: stripped right down and built back up like no RST you’ve ever seen…
Portfolio
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MODEL BEHAVIOUR
TECH SPEC: ESCORT RS TURBO
FC First Fives • The first five mods to break out your credit card for? This month we realise that it’s what’s on the inside that counts…
Rampant Rabbit • Serial Nissan modifier and professional drifter Toshiki Nagai wanted to build something different for the SEMA show. And that’s why we see him here rediscovering the joy of six…
99 PROBLEMS BUT THE BOOST AIN’T ONE
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TECH SPEC: NISSAN PS13
HOW TO BUILD A FEATURE CAR… • It’s the question we’re always being asked, so we’ve decided to answer it…
TOP TIP ’
Tom V Dale 2 • After last year’s epic battle, the UK’s most famous detailing duo are back for round two…
TOM’S ’67 VOLVO AMAZON COUPE V DALE’S JAGUAR S-TYPE R
GLENN’S SEARCH FOR A NEW RIDE • I love it when a van comes together (see what I did there?). However, this time it didn’t quite go to van (I mean plan)
MIDGE’S BEETLE TURBO • The little one with the biggest mouth ends up speechless. That’s a first!
GREY MATTER • You can turn a Mk2 Focus RS into a show car, but it’ll still be a hysterical road-racer at heart. And with an intelligent approach, this one’s achieving both with a fresh and unique style…
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TECH SPEC: FOCUS RS
WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT THE MK2 RS?
ARSE END • THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF FAST CAR THIS MONTH… IN PICTURES.
FAST FAVES • To finally put all those common questions to bed, here’s the definitive answers from our staffers… you can stop asking now.