A Drive on the Wild Side

Alistair Weaver is a multi award-winning journalist and television presenter who contributes to a wide range of global publications. Having worked as a road tester for Autocar and What Car? magazines in the late 90s, Alistair turned freelance in 2000 and has since developed a reputation for delivering unusual and challenging features. He has a taste for the extreme, always determined to 'go the extra mile', and is a former holder of the world speed record for blindfold driving.

Foreword; Introduction; Dakar Rally in Burkina Faso catching up with the Dakar Rally in Burkina Faso; Mini in Moscow taking part in a semi-legal street race around the streets of Moscow; Senna 10 years on visiting Sao Paulo exactly ten years after the death of Ayrton Senna; Jaguar C-type at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Driving a Jaguar C-type at the 2004 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Land Rover Defender across Tanzania and Kenya Chasing poachers from the Masai Steppe to the slopes of Mount Kenya; Smart in Beirut a tour of Beirut in a Smart Roadster Coupe; Nissan 350Z Convertible to Mount Fuji driving a 350Z convertible from Tokyo to the top of Mount Fuji; Smart to the Arctic driving a Smart ForTwo across the Arctic in search of the ancient Sami people; BMW X3 in Soweto an insight into life in the black South African township of Soweto at the wheel of a BMW X3; Mercedes SLR to the Mille Miglia Chasing the 2005 Mille Miglia in the Mercedes SLR McLaren, fifty years after Sir Stirling Moss won the event in the original SLR; Bentley to the Diamond Mines exploring Bentley s origins at the Kimberley Diamond Mines in a Bentley Continental GT; Range Rover Sport from Laos to Bangkok driving over 1000 miles south from the heart of the Laos jungle to the hustle and bustle of Bangkok; Ferrari in China a drive across the wilds of western China in a Ferrari 612; Mini in the United Arab Emirates Driving a Mini Cooper S Convertible on the extraordinary 11.8km long Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the UAE; Land Rover Discovery in Rio touring Rio in a Discovery; BABE Rally driving a $177 car from New York (Big Apple) to New Orleans (NO); Ferrari 599 through Chile and Bolivia a drive through Chile and Bolivia in a Ferrari 599; Lamborghini Gallardo to the Faroe Islands how far would you go to drive a contemporary supercar?