The Cotton Owens Challenger on the roof of the Redbull Garage, New York City You have probably heard of the Cannonball run. The event is named after Earl Cannonball Baker, a pioneer American motorcyclist. He raced trains and rode cross country before there were proper roads. As the war in...

There are a range of issues with the depiction of cars in films, not least that the film makers are not usually “car guys” so the resulting film does not hang together if one is a “car guy”. Unrealistic chases, with preposterous tyre squealing on desert surfaces and driving into...