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Will Plug-in Hybrids Undermine the Grid?

Cars

" US wires are buzzing (no pun intended) with an improbable angst over whether or not the next generation of Plug-In hybrids will put disastrous strain on the already over-stretched US national grid. The 2010 Fisker Karma (pictured) and the 2011 Chevrolet Volt "

Try This At Home!

Culture

" It's not beyond the ken of reason to expect that many of you reading this are fully inflused with the digital revoluion. petrolheads as well as extreme sportsers of every hue have long sought a way to capture in moving "

The Art of Shusei Nagaoka

People Culture

" Remember orchestral disco music? Remember prog rock? Well, if not, let me clue you up. Both of these much-maligned forms was characterised by the wearing of outrageous costumes, the rocking of over-long solos and excessive hairdos. That, and a strange "

Un-Virtual Driving Reality

Culture

" OK, we know that culture is awash with all things retro. It seems that anything vaguely 'eighties' is acceptable once again. But, from the wackier edges of car and game culture comes this proposal that takes the virtual out of "

Japanese Car Culture & Saki!

Cars

" If you've never tried Kimi Kurasu Machi carrot shochu you haven't lived. Alcoholic carrot juice refreshes the parts that Bacardi Breezer can never reach. But more thsan that, the drink's packaging it combines three of our favourite things — that of "

The Return of Gordini

Cars

" Renault announced yesterday that their 'little blue bombshells' with two white stripes are coming back. The French blue, white stripes and front panel inset with four round headlights all contributed to a sporting identity that is an important part of "

New Book on the Cult of Café Racer

Bikes Culture

" Of all the publishing houses dedicated to culture of cars and bikes, Veloce is surely the most prolific. This time, they've come up with something no bike obsessive and consumer of culture will be able to resist. Alastair Walker's book "

Encounters with Swedish Amazons

Cars

" love this rendering of the humble, but subtly phat and menacing Volvo Amazon. Volvo must be one of the most misunderstood automotive brands ever created. Tarnished with decades of middle-of-the-road, family focussed earnestness, I've always thought there has been something "

New Boxster Spyder

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] When Porsche released official pics of its new lightweight champion this morning, they bound to point out that the Boxster Spyder always be driven, loved, cooed-over with the top down. Because like a great Hollywood leading man "

Toyota FT-86: The Scooby Counterpunch

Cars

" No sooner had Toyota announced the advent of the long-awaited FT-86 supercar, than the digital rumour mill had begun to grind out the preposterous idea that that Subaru would also be offering a version of this prodigal child –  and a "

Buell: Harley Davidson Commits Infanticide

Bikes

" The message that Harley-Davidson killed its sporting sub brand Buell broke to shocked yank bike loving global community last week. In response, Harley CFO John Olin told the press recently "We have not quantified the benefits of increased focus on ["

Lotus Exige Scura

Cars

" ‘Scura’ means 'dark' in Italian. Phantom black, light and tricked out in all sorts of track-specific goodies, this could be the Lotus that every young hooligan desires. Contrasting high gloss ‘Phantom Black’ triple stripes run the length of the car "