No, no, no… This automotive creation is a hybrid of the very best kind. ![]() This car is a hybrid!īut of course this is not some eco-warrior pleasing creation kicking out high MPG figures on a mission to save fuel and the planet we live in. But just when you think things are looking pretty-damn-good-out-of-ten, the Scandi people always manage to turn things up a notch… Scandinavia is great… I love every single inch of this fantastic place and the lovely people that build these wonderful machines. Moving in, I figured it would be a force induced lump of the BMW kind packing some insane power.Īnd for sure there it was, the obligatory great big turbo. The single exhaust suggested something more interesting than the usual M5 motor would be nestling in the engine bay. This BMW wasn’t your usual city-slicking attention seeker – this car was here for the race track party!īonnet up and things were surely going to be interesting. Getting closer to their private pit garage party that I was about to crash, I spotted a cage in the car… On face value, it looked like one of the many matte wrapped BMWs that I get to see on a daily basis roaming the streets of London. He and Rod were talking to strangers, making friends with them and were finding out about their pretty cool-looking E60 BMW. Maybe he’s gone to find beer in order to celebrate the airline finding his twenty-five grand’s worth of camera gear they temporarily lost during his multiple flight journey to Oslo, I thought.īut no, Paddy is a man on a mission. After a ridiculously tedious and slow drive from the airport (the speed limits are so low I swear Norwegians must crash due to boredom), we arrived at Rudskogen Motorsenter and Paddy disappeared. What a load of old nonsense that ‘rule of life’ turned out to be. ![]() You’ve got to avoid them, right?Ībsolutely not. Okay, so outsiders and newcomers are not to be trusted. One thing my brain has 100% processed and reaffirmed is this: it’s the people that make Speedhunting so special.īefore I could even say “Hello”, I remember being told by grown-ups that unknown people were dangerous. ![]() During the recent Gatebil adventure to Norway my eyes were treated to so many new automotive happenings that even nearly two weeks on, I’m still struggling to take it all in. The Speedhunting Express Train which I boarded back in April this year has taken me on an interesting and exciting journey.
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