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Monk October 20, 2020

Ford’s Model T — Mr Monk drives the car that started it all

Monk October 20, 2020

In a career spanning almost 50 years one car MIKE MONK has never driven is Ford's famous Model T. Not any more after South Africa's Franschhoek Motor Museum finally T'eed one up…

Monk September 29, 2020

Amazing Munga could climb a mountain

Monk September 29, 2020

Way back when the company that became Audi produced a thing called the Munga that pre-dates quattro, reports MIKE MONK.

Monk September 15, 2020

Le Mans Jag a tactile time warp

Monk September 15, 2020

Imagine getting behind the wheel of a real Le Mans race car from the 1950s. MIKE MONK had the opportunity and what an absolute thrill it was, he says.

Monk September 3, 2020

Hudson had it first (and the Commodore)

Monk September 3, 2020

Though short-lived, the Hudson motor company introduced many automotive firsts, including its impressive post-war Commodore range, reports MIKE MONK.

Monk August 18, 2020

Art deco Airflow failed to fire imaginations

Monk August 18, 2020

The air flowed but sales failed to follow when Chrysler introduced its ground-breaking, aerodynamic Airflow range soon after the Great Depression, reports MIKE MONK.

Monk August 4, 2020

Bel Air ruled and Coke didn’t come in cans

Monk August 4, 2020

They were happy days. Chevy's beautiful Bel Air convertible ruled the road and Coke was yet to come in a can back in the 1950s, reports MIKE MONK.

Monk July 20, 2020

Hollywood looks failed to save Auburn

Monk July 20, 2020

Hollywood looks, a powerful straight eight and a charismatic leader failed to save Auburn from the Great Depression, reports MIKE MONK.

Monk July 8, 2020

NSU first, but Mazda nailed it with the Cosmo

Monk July 8, 2020

History shows NSU might have been first but it was Mazda that nailed the rotary engine concept with the Cosmo Sport, reports MIKE MONK.

Monk June 22, 2020

Driving the legend, driving the Ford GT40

Monk June 22, 2020

The Ford GT40 and the showdown with Ferrari in the Sixties is the stuff of legend. Getting to actually drive the legend was one for the bucket, writes MIKE MONK.

Monk June 9, 2020

Tipo a diamond in the rough

Monk June 9, 2020

Putting the pieces of an old car together can be a giant jigsaw puzzle. This Italian Tipo started life as pieces scattered across a 30 hectare paddock, reports MIKE MONK.

Things that go Trump in the night

Biden urged to change immigration policy to send more health workers to Covid hot spots

Backers of the legislation think linking health worker shortages with immigration policy will resonate with the incoming administration.

Pro-Trump legal crusade peppered with bizarre blunders

Spelling errors, misplaced states and client mix-ups are the main results so far of Sidney Powell's legal efforts to overturn the election.

Census delay could scuttle Trump's plans to exclude immigrants

Documents released by House Democrats suggest the Census Bureau may not deliver apportionment data to the White House until after Joe Biden becomes president.

How Trump’s fury at Silicon Valley fixated on the little-known Section 230

The 1996 law has become the ultimate target for the president's crusade against social media companies.

The Conspiracy Theory That Could Hand Joe Biden the Senate

There is no evidence that Lin Wood and Sidney Powell are secretly working for the Democratic National Committee, but no one has definitively disproved it, either.

‘The U.S. Is No Longer a More “Developed” Country Than Us’

South Koreans used to admire the U.S. as a model of success and progress. Now, with American Covid-19 deaths spiraling upward and Trump raging against the election result, their respect for American leadership is plummeting.