Major Oddity: Nissan Rasheen
The Nissan X-Trail has been around for the best part of a decade and as such is quite a common sight on Britain’s roads. But there’s a little known predecessor to the X-Trail and I stumbled across one in the New Forest at the weekend. The car in question is the Nissan Rasheen and I have to say that it came as a bit of a shock. Primarily because I have no recollection of ever having seen one before; but also because, well let’s face it, the Rasheen is no looker. Read more 
Audi: Distress signals
When I was growing up, I considered Audi to be superheroes. I wanted my Dad to buy a ur quattro, but to my untrained eye, the standard Coupe would have been fine. For me, 8.30pm on a Thursday night meant tuning in to BBC2 to watch Tony Mason introduce another lesson in world rallying. The teacher was Audi and the pupils were the rest of the field. Forget A3 and A4, in those days Audi simply dealt in A+. Read more
Supporting the Badger cull
There’s been a lot of talk recently about badgers and the need to carry out a mass cull to protect the nation’s cattle. Well, I’m very much an animal lover with only Bill Oddy, Kate Humble and Michaela Strachan appearing higher than me in the list of the world’s most animal friendly people. But when it comes to badgers, I’m with the farmers; let’s get shot of them. Allow me to explain. Read more
