Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
A new kid on the Block
If you asked someone of my generation to sum up the WRC in three points, I would imagine it would go something like this: Colin McRae, Subaru vs. Mitsubishi and ‘Motorsport for nutters’. Now if I asked the same question to ‘Generation Z’, I think the response would be: Sébastien Loeb, a Playstation game and ‘something that is left to ...
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to motormorph.com! This is the new home of Motorfood.co.uk but in a shiny, easier to use and asethtically better package. We have had the digital Gok Wan treatment and we like it. Things are going to be different though, we are still going to give you the same kind of news, features ...
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Behind the outrageously dramatic music in the video below is some big news about the future of Motorfood.co.uk. So check it out.
Ready to turn a new LEAF on the road?
A lot of people wonder what the next generation of cars will be powered by. Some think that hybrids are the way forward, while others champion clean diesel or hydrogen. Nissan thinks charging your car from home is the best technology to cut down on CO2 emissions. I’ve written about the Nissan LEAF before on Motorfood ...
Make like a tree and LEAF
It has been a drawn out process for electric vehicles (EV’s) to be seriously taken up by motoring manufacturers - mainly because of technological constraints - but Nissan seems to be the first major company to get out of the EV starting blocks. With last month’s unveiling of the Nissan LEAF, the world’s first affordable ...
Motorfood’s Goodwood 09 photostream
The annual petrolheads garden party was amazing as always this year. Of course I am talking about The Goodwood Festival of Speed held on Lord March’s estate in West Sussex. If you have never been I would strongly recommend it. Goodwood is the only place in the world where you can get up close to some ...
Motormorph Digest: KERS
KERS is the magic acronym which is floating around the F1 paddock and being quoted more in motoring publications than Jade Goody in OK magazine (well, nearly). But what is this mystical power that gives F1 cars the Popeye and spinach effect? This new gadget in the F1 cockpit stands for Kinetic Energy Recovery System and ...
The forgotten race?
Think about these facts for a second. 156 turns, 12.5 miles, an assent of over 1400 feet on a mix of loss gravel and tarmac in cars, trucks, motorbikes and quads on the edge of a cliff. Now wouldn’t that be a great race? Well it is! Known as the ”Race to the Clouds” the Pikes Peak ...
Motormorph Digest: F1 changes for 2009 video
Are you excited about 2009 Formula one season starting at the end of next month? I sure the hell am! This year teams are having to deal with a Gok Wan style makeover. The big boys in the boardroom must of had action written in the centre of their brainstorming session as they have put ...
Motorfood poll: “Should Top Gear officially announce The Stig’s identity?”
After the last post, we were thinking about the role that The Stig plays in Top Gear. Stiggy is a fundamental part of the show and has always kept it grounded in times when extensive budgets and timed scripts haven’t. He acts as the placebo for the show and is now seen as the ultimate ...