"When we were sixteen, in 1984, my best friend somehow got hold of a thoroughly rinsed 1979 Yamaha YZ400. It was a beast. And it didn’t have a clutch. We’d take it over the waste grounds (otherwise known as the "
The Road to Apocalypse
"A forthcoming art show in London is set to look at how images of the apocalypse have been presented in the movies. And it's amazing how many of them reference the road and petrol culture in general. David Michôd’"
Houndog: Icon of Drag
"If you were around in the seventies and ever went to Santa Pod: Hound Dog will mean a lot to you. We're not really sure why it held the imagination - the Brit funny car was spectacular alright - but "
Ferrari 275 GTB/C Speciale
"Just look at this thing It is one of only three 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB/C Speciale. And it is becoming available for auction at RM's monterey show this August. All rumours point to this raising eight figures. Chassis 06701 is the headline "
Dunlop: The Art of Motorsport.
"An Exhibition is opening in London Wednesday that will showcase Dunlop’s 90 year association with the 24-hours of Le Mans. Illustrators Telegramme, Timba Smits and Raid 71 were commissioned by Dunlop to create a collection of bespoke artwork that focus on "
Woody Guthrie: Car Song
"Stumbling across this highly amusing clip of the great Woody Guthrie, we were amazed at how perrenial the car fetish is. The great bard of the American dustbowl knew a bit about the road - and his little ditty in "
Golf: Simplicity in Design – Giorgetto Giugiaro
" It’s 1973, you’ve just turned 30 and you’ve been tasked with saving one of the world’s biggest motor manufacturers from ruin. To pull this off your new design company, built on sports car success, is being asked to "
Golf R: Café Racer?
"images: Postfuel/Influx I’m seriously tempted to slip into motoring hack clichés about wolves and sheep when I get my first look at, and drive in, the new Golf R. We suppose the 'R' is meant to refer "
Influx Social
VW Golf: GTi love
"When I, the Golf GTi, first hit the scene in Frankfurt in ’75 I was pretty radical and, let me tell you, an instant hit. I mean, a four-cylinder engine with fuel injection, 0-60 in 9 seconds, all packed into a small "
Pontiac Firebird by Allspeed Customs
"It's not often we go all gooey over a bit of American Muscle. But this slick, black on black edit of a 1970 Pontiac Firebird by an outfit called Allspeed Customs makes us go all weak at the knees. According to "
INFLUX x Dirt Quake 3
"Unless you've been living under a rock lately you will have noticed that there’s a new wave of bike culture happening. All over the planet a new generation of people are getting turned on to motorcycles - and many "
Classic circuit – Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry
"image: Laurent Nivalle There's something about old European race circuits. They reek of history, panache and culture. And none is more redolent of these things than the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry. The circuit, just a little bit to the south "
Honda Civic Type R
"It’s about time. But the Civic Type R is back. And boy don’t the company want you to know. It’s been, what, the best part of a decade since the last totemic, sporty issue from one of "
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Shooting Brake
"We must be locked into that Glastonbury state of mind. But in the process of noodling around thinking about car sand rock'n'roll and car culture, we found yet another amazing car owned by a member of The Who. This Rolls "
Dennis Hopper: Rebel Artist
"Dennis Hopper was a beautifully creative freak. So in many ways walking round the Hopper exhibition at London Royal Academy triggered loads of cultural memories. Hopper was perceived as just another actor - albeit one with hippie/countercultural proclivities - "
When Evel Knievel came to town…
"Evel Knievel has an almost mystical significance for many. We're not sure why. There's something in the period of time in which the mentalist motorbike jumper was operating in - could it have been an extended comedown from the sixties? "
