Thank god (or whoever you worship, for me it’s Peter Brock) for Rocket Rod Sims, ACCC head honcho and one of the only friends in high places we car owners have.

Saturday was Porker day. Yes we will be celebrating the birth of the first little Porsche sports car in a small stable in Gmund, Austria. The two wise men and one wise woman, Ferdinand, Ferry and Louise, were on hand on June 8, 1948, when the Erwin Komenda-designed, handmade 356 ...

Bonjour (that means hello in French) readers. It’s been a big week in Paris. Torrential rain has taken the Seine so high it’s covering some of the legs of the Zouave statue on the Pont d’Alma (Pont means bridge in French).

Former cavalry officer Phil ­Astley started the modern circus in 1768. He worked out that if you did a headstand on a horse around a 13-metre ring, the centrifugal force would allow you to keep your balance. (If you do try this at home, please don’t blame me or this pap...