Phil Llewellin’s articles

A selection of Phil's articles which you can read online. For more look out for a book collecting together some of his best features called The Road to Muckle Flugga

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The Finest Hour (1990)
Phil drives a Bentley Mulsanne 1500 miles around Britain to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

Borderlines: reading the news (1989)
Phil muses on recent motoring news headlines 

Borderlines: the car launch (1989)
Contrasting the launches of the Peugeot 405Mi16 and a revived Austin-Healey

Pilgrim's Road (1985)
Taking a Jaguar XJ-SC to the Somme battlefields

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Honey, I shrunk the car (2001)
Phil meets a man with a collection of 150 microcars

The longest day (2001)
Phil and Mrs Llewellin aim to cover 1000 miles in 24 hours in a Fiat Seicento Sporting

Maverick with serious intent (2001)
Comparing the second-generation Ford Maverick and the Land Rover Freelander

The dying game (2000)
Visiting Britain's specialist hearse maker, Coleman Milne

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Hill Start (1998)
Phil rediscovers the unique appeal of hillclimbing

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Opening up a small package (1994)
Road testing the Peugot 106 Rallye

All our yesterdays on wheels (1993)
Phil reports on the opening of the Heritage Motor Centre

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“The hearse is never given the full road-test treatment, probably because nobody has worked out how to calculate appropriate performance figures, such as the time taken to accelerate from zero to eternity.”
Borderlines
by Phil Llewellin
CAR 1992