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Jack Gill

Cheshire
As seen in: DriveTribe, RealClear Defense
Covers:  Car reviews, driving stories, detailing, used car buys
Mechanical engineer and aspiring motoring journalist. Currently working at Bentley Motors and writing for the Drivetribe website. Love of all things motoring
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Alfa Romeo 147 GTA - the mad Italian

Alfa Romeo 147 GTA - the mad Italian

DriveTribe — A car that Clarkson once compared to sharing a bathtub with a space heater. The 147 GTA was wonderfully over-powered, the chassis ill-equipped to handle the infamous Busso V6 engine. What's more, the car was almost certain to break or fall apart in some manner and even Alfa's usually desirable styling was divisive among fans at release.
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Make your engine sparkle

Make your engine sparkle

DriveTribe — Your engine is a badly treated old thing. Run through endless cycle after cycle, getting hot, cold and wet. Yeah sure, you top up the oil occasionally, throw some nice juicy fuel in and change the belts when they squeak, but your engine deserves better.
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A new idea for the new year

A new idea for the new year

DriveTribe — A week into 2020, yet already I am already bored of hearing about the new fad diet my colleagues are trying or the fact that this year they really will get into shape. Let's make this year about motors instead!
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Why I lust for a Ford Crown Vic

Why I lust for a Ford Crown Vic

DriveTribe — No, I haven't gone mad, lost all my marbles or starting sniffing petrol. Despite their barn door engineering and less than cutting-edge design, I would love to one day bring a big piece of America to sit on my quaint British driveway.
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Why We Love Fast Estates

Why We Love Fast Estates

DriveTribe — A contradiction of sorts, a practical estate with sporting pretensions. A car that is made to be practical but also made to upset supercars over the quarter mile. Plenty of room for the kids and the dog, but also enough for a big turbo engine or something even more exotic.
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Carbon cleaning, just an excuse to clean out your wallet?

Carbon cleaning, just an excuse to clean out your wallet?

DriveTribe — Carbon cleaning seems to come and go with the passing winds. One week you will not be able to turn on a TV without carbon cleaning adverts being thrown at you, while internet adverts aplenty plaster your social media. Then the next week, nothing, tumble weeds and silence on the topic.
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Why we all secretly want a Subaru

Why we all secretly want a Subaru

DriveTribe — Subaru, as a performance brand, really hit the main stage in the UK thanks to its rally success, mostly in the 90's thanks to the driving legend Colin McRae. The Subaru rally team's success faded away with the end of the 90's but the road car was just getting into its stride.
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The low down on hydrogen cars

The low down on hydrogen cars

DriveTribe — There have been many alternative fuel sources brought into the limelight over the past couple of decades in light of climate change and limited fossil fuel resources. Hydrogen is just one of them, but shows good promise.
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The low down on hydrogen cars

The low down on hydrogen cars

DriveTribe — There have been many alternative fuel sources brought into the limelight over the past couple of decades in light of climate change and limited fossil fuel resources. Hydrogen is just one of them, but shows good promise.
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Modified car owners - we're not all the same

Modified car owners - we're not all the same

DriveTribe — To most it seems insane. "Why would you change parts on a fully functioning car?" "You want to make it less comfortable and use more fuel?" But they just don't get it. Modifying a car is a way of exerting an emotion, an art form if you will.
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Modified car owners - we're not all the same

Modified car owners - we're not all the same

DriveTribe — To most it seems insane. "Why would you change parts on a fully functioning car?" "You want to make it less comfortable and use more fuel?" But they just don't get it. Modifying a car is a way of exerting an emotion, an art form if you will.
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Niche SUVs - What's the Point?

Niche SUVs - What's the Point?

DriveTribe — City cars, convertibles and even coupes are being converted into SUV's by manufacturers of late, expanding into automotive sectors that have never before been explored (for good reason). In some cases, they are niche models (the above Evoque as an example) while some are just examples of badge engineering gone wild (think of all the VAG city SUV's from VW, Seat, Skoda and Audi).
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An In-Depth Honest Review - E85 BMW Z4 3.0i

An In-Depth Honest Review - E85 BMW Z4 3.0i

DriveTribe — For those of you that aren't up to speed with the E85 BMW Z4, it was birthed by BMW at the end of 2002 from the ashes of its older brother the Z3.
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Top 5 Releases from the Frankfurt Motor Show

Top 5 Releases from the Frankfurt Motor Show

DriveTribe — Frankfurt is always one of the highlights (for new releases at least) in the automotive calendar and 2019 was no exception. Most major car brands turned up with something to show off or demonstrate, with more new car reveals than you can shake a stick at.
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Top 5 Releases from the Frankfurt Motor Show

Top 5 Releases from the Frankfurt Motor Show

DriveTribe — Frankfurt is always one of the highlights (for new releases at least) in the automotive calendar and 2019 was no exception. Most major car brands turned up with something to show off or demonstrate, with more new car reveals than you can shake a stick at.
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The Demise of the Exciting Engine Bay

The Demise of the Exciting Engine Bay

DriveTribe — Hot rods with no 'hoods' to speak of, bright orange big block V8's from the 70's, twin turbo sixes and even the humble four cylinders. During the past century of motoring, engines of all shapes, sizes and configurations have been proudly displayed under the bonnets of performance cars.
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Electric Cars - Are They Really Saving Our Environment?

Electric Cars - Are They Really Saving Our Environment?

DriveTribe — So, the burning question, the industry gears itself up for an era of fully electric vehicles, but is it really all its stacked up to be. Their silent operation and lack of exhaust emissions may lead you to believe that your neighbours Tesla really is saving the world's polar bears and ice caps.
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Does Horsepower & 0-60 Matter Anymore?

Does Horsepower & 0-60 Matter Anymore?

DriveTribe — New electric hyper-cars, big turbocharged V8's and high strung four cylinders. Manufacturers and aftermarket tuning companies alike are pushing car power figures beyond what the industry has seen before, even with levels of reliability up to scratch for an everyday car. Some figures seem outrageous and electric motors are bringing huge torque figures from 0rpm!
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Does Anyone Enjoy Driving Anymore?

Does Anyone Enjoy Driving Anymore?

DriveTribe — The odds are stacked against us; clogged roads, rising fuel prices, speed cameras and more autonomous driving aids than you can shake a stick at. Enthusiastic drivers will feel like the powers that be are out to get them. Yet more performance cars are released every month, track days sold out and packed shows across the globe.
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Smart Motorways, How Smart Are They?

Smart Motorways, How Smart Are They?

DriveTribe — The M1, M6, M5 and many other motorways in the UK are currently converting or are already part of the new smart motorway network. The system has been put in place to help ease traffic congestion, altering speed limits and giving the ability in some cases to open the hard shoulder for normal traffic.
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The Internet's Forgotten BMW

The Internet's Forgotten BMW

DriveTribe — The BMW E85 (or E86 in coupe form) Z4, the first Z4, after a sub-par product that was the Z3, this car burst onto the scheme and instantly made a great impression among journalists and enthusiasts.
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Mk5 GTi 15 Years on, is it Still the Hot Hatch King?

Mk5 GTi 15 Years on, is it Still the Hot Hatch King?

DriveTribe — This article looks at the Golf GTi in its Mk5 generation, or simply Volkswagen Mk5 GTi to my American cousins. The article will detail how the car drives, it's current value and ownership proposition as well as its rivals and alternatives in the current used and new market.
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The Curtiss V-8, a mad V8 motorcycle record machine.

The Curtiss V-8, a mad V8 motorcycle record machine.

DriveTribe — The only motorcycle ever to hold the outright land speed record, as well as being the fastest two-wheeled machine for over 20 years, quite a rap sheet. It's creator, Glenn Curtiss was not a mad, speed-obsessed, salt-flat junkie though, far from it.
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The Curtiss V-8, a mad V8 motorcycle record machine.

The Curtiss V-8, a mad V8 motorcycle record machine.

DriveTribe — The only motorcycle ever to hold the outright land speed record, as well as being the fastest two-wheeled machine for over 20 years, quite a rap sheet. It's creator, Glenn Curtiss was not a mad, speed-obsessed, salt-flat junkie though, far from it.
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