Nudge, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein has been a phenomenon: the British government considered implementing their ideas to encourage healthier living and a more responsible attitude towards saving for our retirement; schools are using their suggestions to encourage healthier eating amongst students; universities use it in much the same way to discourage excessive drinking; and Schiphol airport authorities (well, specifically those responsible for urine spillage in the…

Jet engines are cool. This is an indisputable fact. But they’re expensive to buy, expensive to run – and sodding dangerous; would you fancy whizzing along in this 155mph jet go-cart? No, thought not… However, there is a cheap and (relatively) safe way to indulge your fancy by building a turbojet from an old turbocharger. If you buy the components carefully you should be able to get up-and-running for under…

This article is written by James Neale, an award-winning commercial photographer and complete petrolhead. James spends his days shooting anything and everything but his first love remains taking photographs of cars, something he is ridiculously good at. I spent a day working alongside him recently and was stunned by the speed at which he worked; he knew exactly where he wanted the car and then quietly got on taking some…

After our features on How To Buy A Car For Under £10k That Will Make You Money, How To Buy A Car At Auction, and How To Choose A Future Classic Car we thought that it was time to share some insider secrets on how to add value. It’s all very well choosing the right classic car and getting it for the right price but if you can’t turn a…

So, you want to be a motoring journalist, do you? Drawn, no doubt, by the lure of a fast buck, lavish foreign launch events, and access to more new cars than you could possibly drive in one lifetime. Ignoring the fact that the life of a motoring journo just isn’t like that, where on earth do you start? Well, you could go back to university as both Cardiff and Coventry…

Following on from the How To Choose A Future Classic Car feature, here are eight cars that are absolutely, totally, one-hundred-percent guaranteed to make you money in the long-term*. Some of them are unbelievably beautiful, some are ground-breakingly innovative, and some are supremely satisfying to drive; and a few, such as the Citroen DS, are all three. What they all have in common is the fact that I think they’re…

The classic car car business is a funny old game; residual values can be affected by the most arcane factors and are subject to the vagaries of whim and whimsey. Take the Ford Consul GT, which wasn’t a good car when it was new and hasn’t been improved by age. You can pick up a very nice example for around a grand, which is about right for a car that…

Every car enthusiast has a library. It might be small, it might be diverse, and it might only comprise magazines, but everyone has one. They provide solace, wisdom, inspiration, and an excuse to spend money. However, you don’t need to spend a fortune and to prove it here is the Motoring Journo Guide to building the perfect, ten-volume motoring library. LJK Setright’s Drive On! is as close as you’ll ever…

Buying a car at auction is a much-feared and misunderstood activity, and one whose problematic and fraught legend owes more to the motor trade’s desire to keep you away from their bargains than anything else; after all, if we could cut them out of the car-buying equation who would they pay for their sunbed sessions and wife-swapping holidays in Magaluf? One of the biggest concerns is the lack of warranty…

Have you ever wondered how Alfa Romeo manage to sell as many cars as they do in the UK? Or why customers are so loyal towards Porsche and Subaru? Or which marque on sale today is the envy of all others? Well, we have the answers to all these questions, and many more besides. There has been significant research into why people behave in particular ways when they are considering…