" These last few months have been a real journey of discovery. We keep stumbling across cars that we've never, ever heard of. And Renault's Estafette micro-wagon is one of the most interesting of the latest crop of webly-borne surprises. You "
BMW M6 Gran Coupé
" We don't usually blog about new releases, unless of course, there's something particularly interesting about them. We had to weigh in, though, to comment upon the release of BMW's behemoth M6 Gran Coupé that was recently announced. It is air "
Studebaker Avanti
" 1963-1964 Studebaker Avanti was designed by a team led by Raymond Loewy. It was, as you can see, revolutionary for its time, with razor-edged front fenders swept back into a curved rear. Almost European in its petite quirkiness. Loewy threw "
Michael Schmidt’s 6 Over
" Ok, so if you're a little sensitive to some rum language, be warned, the biker folk in this video use a bit of it. But what the what? 6 Over, the film, Michael Schmidt's film supported by Dice Magazine, looks a "
Opel Manta
" pic: Influx There's a lot of chatter here and elsewhere about what makes a car definitive of its era. For the 1980s, cars like Porsche's 959, the Audi Quattro and the Escort XR3i usually get the shout. But having stumbled "
DB Le Mans
" Stumbled across this - another car, in a lifetime of spotting cars, that we had never heard of. The DB Le Mans was apparently a French creation wrought in fibreglass and motored by a twin pot boxer engine by Panhard. "
Wildcat Combat
" This monster is currently the fastest Naked Street Bike in the world - having clocked 172 MPH this year at Bonneville. Its not the sort of bike you'd consider for a daily ride – it's the prototype X132 Hellcat Combat, and it "
Alpine 110-50
" For some reason we missed this when it was released. Celebrating the beautiful classic that was the Berlinette - this outrageous, Veyronesque take on the Alpine 110 for a new century stikes us as French as Truffaut. https://www.youtube.com/"
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Volvo 240 & The City
" The Volvo 240 is one of those cars that can look different each time you see it. Wrought in a stunningly simple three box format (or two, as in the perennially popular estate version), it is a classic of utilitarian design. "
Popping out for a spin
" Tesla Roadster: electric cars can be sexy too Driving this morning, enjoying the feel of the Volvo's easy dealing with the deep puddles and burst river banks of the Somerset countryside, I stumbled upon a debate on the noble and "
The Master: Norton loveliness
" We might be a little late to the party here but having just seen the incredible 70MM movie that is Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, we have to share. The film, beautiful, challenging and featuring incredible performances from Joaquin Phoenix, "
BMW 0/2 Series
" There's a beautiful simplicity to the BMWs that may or may not be the 2-Series. You aficionados out there will argue til the cows come home about designations and specification disjunctures. And that's fine. But here we simply want to "
Pembrokeshire Classics
" Located somewhere in a quiet corner of far West Wales, Pembrokeshire Classics is a real treasure trove of beautiful machinery. We drove past a flotilla of bikes outside the PC workshop one morning last week on the search for something "
Citroen CX Safari
" It was with a little wince of longing that over the weekend we spotted this pathos-ridden graveyard of Citroen's CX Safari, huddling on a Bristol hillside. We've long lusted after one of these - probably one of the ultimate elegant "
Triumph 2500
" This Friday it's a bit of a leftfield car crush and a street spot combined. Stumbling upon this crisp yellow Triumph 2500 we anchored up and nearly caused a serious RTA: but we, think, it was worth it. We love this "
The Spencer Evo
"In the 16 years I’ve spent writing about motorcycles, among other things, I’ve come across hundreds of bikes I liked and dozens I’ve desired, but I’ve kept a lid on the lust. I have learned contentment is "
