Civic to Chevette - Your weekly dose of automotive nourishment

Would you engine swap a perfectly healthy 996?

Social spotlight 📱

How much downforce is too much downforce? This Honda owner has taken aero to a comical extreme.

Car of the week 💰

I shared a video about this 1983 Vauxhall Chevette a few months back - The celebrated 'Vader Restomod', painstakingly finished and fitted with an Exon Racing C20XE 285bhp engine mated to a Quaife sequential gearbox following a project that cost c.£200,000. It recently sold at Iconic Auctions, if you want to know how much the £200k Vauxhall build fetched check it out here.

Small screen scene 📺

“Purists, avert your eyes. Everyone else, see what happens when you throw the rules out the window: a 996-gen Porsche 911 with a 500+ hp Honda engine inside 

Podcast of the week 🎙️

We’ve had a small break from the series of new podcasts, but JayEmm has joined the scene with his Radiator Arms podcast, which is already a few episodes in. If you enjoy his videos then you’ll likely enjoy this too.

Seen in the wild 👀

Before the monstrous Kia EV9 came the…Kia Pride. I spotted this little ‘99 nugget in Solihull, boasting 63hp it will struggle all the way to 91mph. Only recently Kia revived the model with a one off EV conversion, creating the Pride EV.