" The Morris Minor holds a peculiar kind of affection in British hearts. There's something accessible, friendly and comforting about the design. As much as the Mini, the Minor is interwoven into British culture, welded to the image of ourselves like "
" The Mazda RX500 was originally displayed at the Tokyo show in 1970. Styling wise it had shades of the Mercedes C-111 (the Wankel-engined freak from the same period), but also featured that back end bulbousness similar to the styling of the "
" As you may have gathered we're McQueen geeks. We like to regularly share a dose of cultural artefacts that feature the great man - and by now we've worked lots of angles on the king of cool. But for some "
"1XLR1 Squint a little bit and that front end looks like the Scirocco. But it's not. The apogee of VW's new generation of aspiration toward hyper-efficiency, the new Volkswagen XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV) was unveiled at the Qatar Motor "
"Hipstamatics by Paul O'Connor “Sick. It looks like a missile!” So emoted my youngest child when the Scirocco pulled up for the first time outside our house. I was, I admit, a little surprised. Because it seems to me that "
"Of all the manifestations of VW audacity, the Buggy represents something particularly deep-lying and playful in the minds of VW enthusiasts. They originate from the simple workability of the Beetle platform and a creative impulse that is common to folk "
"NILS, is a single-seat electric concept vehicle that offered a glimpse of a new form of minimalist mobility which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. The concept features an aluminium space frame, wing doors and free-standing wheels – "
" Images © Michael Furman / courtesy Assouline We've just caught wind of a limited edition volume which due to launch very soon in the states that looks like it's going to be the ultimate gift or purchase for the petrolhead who can "
" We were going to tag this post as one of regular 'car crush' offerings. But, on reflection we think it deserves the tage Lust over 'Crush'. Without getting into a dodgy pseudo-philosphical rant about the nature of love, desire and "
" For some reason this incredible BMW one-off from 1969, (our favourite year), completely managed to pass us by these forty odd years. You can see the car's bloodline at first glance. Yes, those are the Montreal-esque hooded headlamps from the pen "
" There's something about the great American road. It's always been an arena of mythic adventures, tortured mishaps and, if you're lucky, hilarious comedy. And the comedy doesn't get much more hilarious than that dreamt up by Chevy Chase. His National "
" images Italdesign German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann is of course most widely known for having created the Karmann Ghia and various other cult classics for Volkswagen. One of his lesser known projects was the Cheetah - a small sports concept for "
" images Chris Sutton Coming from a place where bare wheeled cars can still be driven on the road without fear of prosecution, we're currently in love with the Del Porto Roadster. This slick, black beauty was originally designed in 1951 as "