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Defeat your heroes: the Porsche 911 has the engine in the wrong place

The Porsche 911 is revered for defying convention – but has its rear-engine layout always been a mistake? Alex Wakefield makes the case

Alex Wakefield

My Audi TT is for sale. Please don’t buy it

Chris Barker

Bless this Cortina: Syd James and the yellow estate that knew too much

Dimitri Urbain

Britain’s most sensible carmakers reborn with £500,000 EVs nobody asked for

Dimitri Urbain

Why eBay has become my first port of call for parts

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

The Surprisingly Petrolbloggy Life of Walter Mitty

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Hot Wheels launches brick-built Honda Civic EF and S2000

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Petrolblog Revisited: Dacia Duster Access 1.6 4x4 review (2013)

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Yippee! it’s Mr Whippy – the long, damp winter of a British ice cream van

Dimitri Urbain

Milwaukee L4 HL-VIS head torch – first-timer’s verdict

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

The cars Petrolblog would like to buy in 2026 (but probably won’t)

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Defeat your heroes: Land Rover Defender – off-road legend, on-road ordeal

Dimitri Urbain

Davanti Alltoura 4-Seasons: First impressions in real winter conditions

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Myth buster: The BMW 850CSi isn’t what the internet thinks it is

Jon Burgess

Petrolblog’s 15 milliseconds of fame on The Grand Tour

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

CaDA Shell Retail Station review: grown-up ‘Lego’ for car enthusiasts

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Jaguar X-Type: Why the ‘Just a Mondeo’ myth won’t die

Jon Burgess