Cars
The Chevrolet Lacetti, a car we know in Canada as the Chevrolet Optra and Americans once saw as the Suzuki Forenza, is raced in the British Touring Car Championship. Weird, I know. However, famed BTCC driver Jason Plato makes it look not weird at all. In the video below, Plato's rear bumper is knocked off as he's nudged by a BMW. After a long and likely arduous drift, Plato manages to bring the Lacetti back into the picture as though nothing was the matter. Check it.
- New Mg6 Btcc Edition Celebrates Brand's Return To British Racing Series
The reborn MG brand has whipped up a new special edition of its mid-size liftback model to mark its return to a major motorsports event and in particular, the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The new MG6 BTCC Edition made its first appearance...
- Mg Returns To Racing, Will Participate In The 2012 Btcc Series
After restarting production in the United Kingdom last April, MG is now getting ready to return to racing as the Chinese-owned automaker announced today that it would enter the 2012 BTCC Series with a pair of MG6 GT racing cars. This will be the first...
- Video: Fifth Gear Test Drives 2009 Ford Focus Rs 300hp And They Love It
In what Fifth Gear bills as the first TV drive of Ford's long-awaited Focus RS, UK presenter and former BTCC racing champion, Jason Plato, takes the 300-horsepower, front-wheel drive hot hatch for a spin in Spain. Normally we wouldn't ruin the...
- 5th Gear’s Jason Plato Injured During Caparo T1 Accident
Being an automotive persona on a TV show is a risky business for your health. A few months after Top Gear’s host, Richard Hammond, almost lost his life in a horrific accident, Jason Plato from Fifth Gear was hurt in an incident during filming for...
- Seat Presents The World’s First Remote-controlled Full-sized Racing Car!
I have to admit that the idea of a full-size remote-controlled racing car brings the devil-kid out of me. Playing around with a 260Hp Seat Leon Touring Car can make you forget that PlayStation and GranTurismo ever existed.-Continued: Click “Read...
Cars
WATCH BTCC JASON PLATO SAVE HIS SKIN
The Chevrolet Lacetti, a car we know in Canada as the Chevrolet Optra and Americans once saw as the Suzuki Forenza, is raced in the British Touring Car Championship. Weird, I know. However, famed BTCC driver Jason Plato makes it look not weird at all. In the video below, Plato's rear bumper is knocked off as he's nudged by a BMW. After a long and likely arduous drift, Plato manages to bring the Lacetti back into the picture as though nothing was the matter. Check it.
- New Mg6 Btcc Edition Celebrates Brand's Return To British Racing Series
The reborn MG brand has whipped up a new special edition of its mid-size liftback model to mark its return to a major motorsports event and in particular, the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The new MG6 BTCC Edition made its first appearance...
- Mg Returns To Racing, Will Participate In The 2012 Btcc Series
After restarting production in the United Kingdom last April, MG is now getting ready to return to racing as the Chinese-owned automaker announced today that it would enter the 2012 BTCC Series with a pair of MG6 GT racing cars. This will be the first...
- Video: Fifth Gear Test Drives 2009 Ford Focus Rs 300hp And They Love It
In what Fifth Gear bills as the first TV drive of Ford's long-awaited Focus RS, UK presenter and former BTCC racing champion, Jason Plato, takes the 300-horsepower, front-wheel drive hot hatch for a spin in Spain. Normally we wouldn't ruin the...
- 5th Gear’s Jason Plato Injured During Caparo T1 Accident
Being an automotive persona on a TV show is a risky business for your health. A few months after Top Gear’s host, Richard Hammond, almost lost his life in a horrific accident, Jason Plato from Fifth Gear was hurt in an incident during filming for...
- Seat Presents The World’s First Remote-controlled Full-sized Racing Car!
I have to admit that the idea of a full-size remote-controlled racing car brings the devil-kid out of me. Playing around with a 260Hp Seat Leon Touring Car can make you forget that PlayStation and GranTurismo ever existed.-Continued: Click “Read...