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SPORTSCAR TOGETHER DAY: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK THE CAR OUT JUST TO DRIVE?

Sportscar Together Day is Porsche's worldwide celebration for everyone who loves driving. Its philosophy is simple: "Get Out and Drive". Three friends, three GT Silver Porsches, three girls who put up with us, the Serres circuit and three Trackspeed Mazda MX-5s. This was our own version of Sportscar Together Day 2026 in Greece.Read the story

LONDON TO TUSCANY IN A PORSCHE 911: THE ROAD TRIP YOU HAVE TO DO ONCE IN YOUR LIFE

Fifteen days, 2,500 kilometres, a silver 911 Carrera GTS, and Alessandra in the passenger seat. From London, through the Eurotunnel, Paris and Burgundy, to the hairpins before Tuscany - with a stop at a French petrol station that nearly ended it all. Part one of two.Read the story

I WENT TO GERMANY MYSELF TO COLLECT THE PORSCHE. I WOULD NEVER PAY SOMEONE TO BRING IT TO ME.

How hard is it really to import a car from Germany yourself? The story of my third personal import - Autobahn, Swiss passes and a ferry across the Adriatic - and everything you need to know before you bring your own.Read the story

THE ROADS OF THE SOUTH: FIVE ROUTES BELOW THE ISTHMUS WORTH A FULL TANK

The series that started in the North heads south. The Peloponnese and Central Greece hide roads that in other countries would be national monuments - here they're just 'the road to the village'. Five routes, with maps and all the practical bits.Read the story

THE NÜRBURGRING IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK - A ROAD TRIP FROM GREECE TO THE GREEN HELL

Costs, the route, practical tips - everything I wish I'd known before setting off, and the stories no onboard video can show you. The Nürburgring is closer than you think.Read the story

FIVE ROADS IN NORTHERN GREECE WORTH A FULL TANK

You don't need the Alps. Some of Europe's best driving roads are two hours from Thessaloniki - no camper vans, no queues, coffee at the end. Our five favourites, with maps and all the practical bits.Read the story

WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR A TRACK DAY?

Mugello, a 718 on fresh Trofeo Rs, and a friend who said "let's go" after two seconds of silence. What does a track day in Italy actually take? A helmet? 300 horsepower? A roll cage? Semi-slick tyres? A fire-suppression system? None of that. Good company and an espresso.Read the story

A PROPER DONKEY: THE DACIA DOKKER WE RENTED TO SAVE 100 EUROS

A guy called Youssef, a car rental office inside a Marrakech apartment, a Heineken placemat and three strangers drinking tea. How trying to save 100 euros cost us 50 more - and got us the best car for the trip.Read the story

“HANG UP, I'M COMING”: I GOT STUCK IN THE MUD ON CHORTIATIS - AND THE DEFENDER WENT ON SALE THE VERY NEXT DAY.

Two and a half tonnes of confidence, a ditch full of mud and a Ford F-250 that appeared through the trees. How my first off-road outing became my last - and why I remember it as one of my best days.Read the story

I WAS ONCE THE KID ON THE RAILINGS: TWO SEPTEMBERS WITH SPEEDSECTOR IN RHODES

A Gumball clip I wore out on views somewhere around 2006, a humble Cayman loaded onto a truck under an F430, and two years in Rhodes - which taught me that we don't buy cars for other people, but for the kid hiding inside us.Read the story

THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD ON 102 HORSEPOWER: THE SLOWEST CAR WAS THE FASTEST DECISION

In Melbourne, facing one of the most beautiful coastal roads in the world, we did the opposite of the obvious: we skipped the convertibles and the fast stuff and booked a Suzuki Jimny. A trip about why, on certain roads, the slow car is the right car.Read the story

TWO CARS, ONE MOUNTAIN: MORNING CORNERS ON CHOLOMONTAS

An M4 Competition, a 718 with the roof stowed, and the Halkidiki forest road that feels like a tunnel of oak trees. groundspeed's first road trip, exactly as it happened.Read the story