Social spotlight 📱

Land Rovers of London arranged a big Christmas meet up, spreading Christmas cheer and engine oil all over Central London. Defenders turned up in all manner of decoration, I certainly would have visited if I’d known ahead of time!

Car of the week 💰

You would be forgiven if at first glance you thought this was an MGB GT, but it is in fact a Honda S800. It has a tiny but high revving engine, at 791cc and 9,000rpm, producing 70bhp. Plenty given the car is a featherweight at 790kgs. It was recently sold at an Iconic classic car auction for £12,600, seems like a bargain to me.

Small screen scene 📺

It’s that time of year, the Girardo & Co. Christmas video has been released! This has almost taken on the same semblance as Coca Cola Christmas truck advert - it means that Christmas is here. For me, the 2020 vintage is still the best, hard to beat an Audi Quattro racing around with a Christmas tree on the roof.

Hot off the press 📰

In case you missed it, the Surpa is bowing out with a couple of special editions. There will only be 300 examples of the A90 Final Edition produced, but it comes with some serious upgrades; carbon fibre panels, increased power and torque, chassis tweaks, Brembo brakes and an Akrapovič titanium exhaust - but our favourite of all is the red Recaro driver’s seat like a Ferrari F80. Read more about it here.

Seen in the wild 👀

Can you spot what’s interesting about this Series II Land Rover? I’ll give you a clue, it’s tethered to the lamppost. I spotted it parked up in London and according to this article it’s a local. Learn more about the owner and the conversion here.