We drive our cars!

There's a particular kind of person who'll drive fourty minutes out of their way for a decent road. A person who thinks the best bit of the journey is the bit with corners. A person who has opinions about shifter bushings.

That's who this is for. It's not the paddock, it's not the show stand, it's not for the camera.

It is for the lay-by at seven in the morning with a caffeinated drink of choice and a car that needs a wash and maybe an alignment.

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Made by people who actually build and drive them

Made Manual is run here in the UK by two brothers with a passion for driving. One built his own turbocharged roadster on the driveway, and has the scarred knuckles to prove it. The other drives a modest NC, purely for the love of the drive. Every design starts as a nod to something that only makes sense if you actually enjoy driving the car, not just looking at it.

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