Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Visit the Audi website today and you’ll be faced with more options than a Woolies pic ‘n’ mix. There are 18 cars to choose from, and that’s before you discover the sub-models. You can’t just buy a new Audi A3, you must decide whether you want the A3 Sportback, A3 Sportback TFSI e, A3 saloon, S3 saloon, S3 Sportback, RS3 Sportback or RS3 saloon. And you thought the choice of flying saucers or strawberry pencils was taxing.

Disposable cars are, by their nature, disposable. Vehicles bought on a budget face a rapid decline into the abyss, often just one big bill away from a meeting with a burly chap with a car baler and a German Shepherd named crusher. Nearby car dealerships

The Proton Coupé: ‘only a weirdo could love its looks’. Not my words, Carol, but the words of Jason Barlow in 1997. Welcome to Petrolblog, where being weird is a badge of honour.

Haynes Motor Museum has announced its own signature classic car show, The John Haynes Classic, which will take place on Sunday 7 September 2025.

Roy is selling his delightful 1988 Volvo 340 GL. It comes with a stack load of receipts and the provenance of a small role in a play. Yours for £800.

Now That's What I Call a Real World Dream Barn: Celebrating the best of PetrolBlog's Real World Dream Barn. The pick of the pops. Not'alf.

As the Citroën ZX 16v passes its MOT with flying colours, PetrolBlog now plans to treat it to its first track day and to finally rescue the Citroën AX GT from the abyss.

How do you defend the indefensible? I’m referring to the torrent of waffle that spilled out from the opening page of the Citroën C3 Pluriel brochure. Prepare yourself because things are about to get cringeworthy.

On a long drive back from Luton, PetrolBlog finds itself near the B4494 at Wantage. It grabs a GoPro and records the 'action'for posterity. Enjoy. We did.

A 1990 Citroën 2CV6 Spécial with just 557 miles on the clock has sold for £22,500 at auction. An extravagant price for a basic car that would have cost £4,161 in November 1990, the equivalent of £10,000 today.