Famous Last Words

IN THIS MONTHS EDITION | August 2022

This month in Famous Last Words:

– Podcast – Professional Rally Co-Driver Dale Moscatt

– Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022

– The McMurtry Spéirling Fan Car blows Goodwood away

– Toyota’s Gazoo Racing Corolla Morizo Edition

– Landing a stricken plane on a highway

Enjoy! Glenn Ridge


Dale Moscatt has been a professional co-driver in the cutthroat sport of rallying for more than a decade. He started as a circuit racer, but since changing to the side of the car without the steering wheel, he’s teamed up…

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I’m sure I’m not on my own when I say that very high up on my motoring ‘bucket list’ is to visit the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Held annually around the time of the British F1 Grand Prix, but not…

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So, what is the McMurtry Spéirling Fan Car that everyone is talking about which broke the record at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb? The McMurtry is the brainchild of Irishman Sir David McMurtry, who worked on Concorde’s supersonic…

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I don’t believe I’m writing this, but the facts are that one of the most exciting cars to hit the world performance car market in recent times is the Toyota Yaris ……. To be specific it’s the Toyota GR Yaris…

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Over the years I’ve flown in many helicopters and light planes, and for a time I had an ultralight pilot’s licence which I obtained to enable me to fly an Aerochute-powered parachute for a series of outback documentaries we were…

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