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Me and My Motor: Arabella Weir, actor, author and star of The Fast Show

Published 01 June 2019
By Danny Scott
"I used to have a thing for Renaults," explains Arabella Weir. "I used to own George Harrison's Renault 5. I wonder if it's still out there."
Me and My Motor: actor Brian Blessed

Me and My Motor: actor Brian Blessed

As Z Cars' bobby with the booming voice, Brian Blessed kept the peace in a Ford Zephyr patrol car — the only hitch being that he couldn't drive.
Published 21 May 2019
Me and My Motor: Jason Isaacs, actor

Me and My Motor: Jason Isaacs

It's hard to watch television or go to the cinema these days without seeing Jason Isaacs. He plays Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet war hero, in The Dea
Published 10 November 2017
Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson, actor and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson knew the days of his beloved Ford Sierra RS Cosworth were numbered when he found it parked on bricks in Bristol...
Published 22 November 2016
Me and my Motor: Martin Kemp, the musician and actor, on his love affair with the Porsche 911

Me and my Motor: Martin Kemp on the Porsche 911

Martin Kemp fell in love with the Porsche 911 in 1983. Aged 22 and playing bass with Spandau Ballet, he had “a few quid in the bank” so treated
Published 06 September 2016
Me and My Motor: actor Laurence Fox on hopping from one car to another

Me and My Motor: actor Laurence Fox on his passion...

Laurence Fox changes cars like other people change trousers. The problem, the actor says, is he just can’t resist a good-looking Jaguar...
Published 27 March 2016