The prospect of a rear-engined, rear wheel drive beastie is likely to set hearts fluttering among any full-blooded motor enthusiast, thinking as they might of such crackers as the Porsche 911, or other curiosities such as the DeLorean DMC-12, or the Renault Alpine A110 or A310.

THE Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship could be decided in tomorrow’s Omagh-based Bushwhacker Rally, the penultimate round of both the Irish series and the Hankook Northern Ireland Rally Championship.

BATTLING through wet and difficult conditions, reigning British Rally Champion, Keith Cronin, took an important and memorable victory in Rally Isle of Man, the fourth round of the Dulux Trade British Rally Championship.

HUNDREDS of angry Dutch women, and a handful of men, have complained to car manufacturer Renault after receiving handwritten letters, sent by ordinary post, purporting to come from an unknown admirer who called them “darling”, suggested meeting soon for a drink and signed themselves “lots of love M”.