" You can take you're Datsun Z cars. For us, the coolest motor rock the alphabet's last digit is Honda's sweet little kei-car. It was phased out all too quickly by the all-conquering and perennial Civic in 1973 - but for us "
Audi concept: The Ace of Spades!
" Not sure why we've never come across this particular concept. It's one of the most informative of the car it ended up becoming than any we've ever seen. The Asso di Picche was the first of designer Giorgio Giugiaro's 'ace' "
Auto Art by Stefan Marjoram
" Stumbled across this lovely sketch work over the weekend by artist Stefan Marjoram, whose work we have featured before. As well as being an official artist for Aardman Animations, he works extensively on the Brit Land Speed Record project Bloodhound "
Friday Bike Crush: Ducati 900 GTS
" Photography by Shelly Mosman The 900 GTS from the end of the seventies, with its stripped down lightweight aspect helped hugely by the structural rigidity afforded by its engine, is one of the great Ducatis of the era. This particular one "
(More) Wheels and Waves
" Images: Benoit Guerry/ Southsiders This is a nice little edit from the recent Southsiders MC event down in our favourite French coastal resort. Biarritz is one of those places where all the good things in life tend to come together: "
Isuzu Gemini Advert
" There are bonkers car commercials and there are bonkers car commercials. This is a bonkers car commercial. Brought to you by the fundamentally mediocre Isuzu to promote its middle of the road family saloon the Gemini, this campaign included some "
Audi R8R LMP Prototype concept
" If you're the sort of person for whom the very words Le Mans makes you break out in a fantastic motorsport inspired sweat, then you'll probably enjoy these images of a very special car. It's basically the 1998 design study upon "
Maserati Merak
" The Maserati Merak was the result of the Three Pronged trident's problematic and unlikely collaboration with Citroen. It was conceived as an 'entry level' supercar that could take the Maserati Bora's successfully brutal formula, tone it down a bit with "
Influx Social
Roadrunner, Honey! – Chrysler Plymouth American Classic
" Anyone over the age of 30 can appreciate the appeal of a burly muscle car - and most will remember the antics of Roadrunner and a mangy looking feral canine. The very conception of the 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner's very existence was intertwined "
Countach: Evolution of a Revolution
"LP500 Prototype In our opinion the LP500 prototype is the purest of Gandini's designs - and represents a beautiful mix of edge and flow. Designated for its 5.0 litre V12 engine, it was launched at Geneva in 1971 - but was compromised "
Gandini: Il Maestro
"It should probably come as no surprise that the designer of the Lamborghini Countach – the most futuristic of cars – has little time for past glories. He would rather think than talk. Marcello Gandini creator of the Lamborghini Countach, is a "
Countach!
"Let it feel fast. Please God, let it feel fast. I'd been a little frightened of the Lamborghini Countach for as long as I'd been aware of cars generally, and it would have been a disappointment if, when I finally "
Garage Built Countach.
"We stumbled across this story a while ago now, and have wanted to share it. Now, with our thread on the perennial and intriguing power of the Countach, the time is perfect! Ken Imhoff, American engineer and car nut, built "
Roadside Britain
" Here in Britain we're not usually prone to celebrating the ephemera of pop culture. We usually leave it to the Americans to mythologise the flotsam and jetsam of things, to wax lyrical about road maps and street signage. But photographer "
Bikers – Are You a Mod or a Rocker?
" It's one of the great British cultural weirdnesses that such things exist in the first place. But, if the world can still be split into those with a penchant for a quiff, heavy English iron and leather - and those "
Rad Wagons
" Ok, we know that no one in their right minds would call this a summer. But when the earth swivels this side toward the sun, we begin to be interested again in wagons of the surf variety. And Californian artist "
