Porsche 912

Cars

"I've had the pleasure of walking past this very lovely Porsche 912 every week for the last six months or so. I'm always impressed with its subtle, unassuming but elegant presence - and must admit I have been coveting its understated "

Classic car club – Asphalt Heritage

Cars Culture

" Photographs: Asphalt Heritage We've been stalking the guys at Asphalt Heritage Club online for years now. Though we're not lucky enough to live in France - where this collective of aficionados of automotive authenticity reside and organise road trips, track "

Lamborghini Countach

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" Ok, so it's probably true. Everything that can be said about Lamborghini's Countach has been said. It was always the most outrageously styled production car - and it was always the Top Trump superstar that had kids of the seventies "

The Geneva Salon

Cars

"Geneva doesn’t sound like the first place you’d go shopping for supercars. Motorsport was banned in Switzerland for half a century after Pierrre Levegh’s horrific accident at Le Mans in 1955, and its income-related speeding fines are easily "

Geneva: Bentley EXP 9 F

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"The Bentley SUV - wether we like it or not - is the future. At least, it’s the future of car exports from Europe to the new frontiers of capital. That’s right, a hundred plus years ago Bentley "

Geneva Salon 2012

Cars

"Of course there were supercars. This is the Geneva motor show, home of the breed, and it wouldn’t be complete with half a dozen new ones. Some you can buy, if you happen to have six or even seven "

Geneva: Lamborghini J-Shock!

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"If ever car show has a show-stopper, then we reckon there were a few at Geneva 2012. But in purely visceral terms, purely in the realms of aesthetic wow and envy-inducing dribble, Lamborghini has to take the biscuit with its roofless, "

Simon Davidson Photography

People

" Images copyright Simon Davidson We stumbled across the work of Antipodean photographer Simon Davidson today and were immediately struck by his sensitive eye and brilliant sense of colour and composition. This little selection of burnouts brings a certain something that "

Influx Social

Porsche 356 Outlaw Love

Cars

" images: Emory We've had a bit of a thing about Porsche 356 'Outlaws'these last few weeks. Some would say that the entire idea of rodding and modding a vintage Porsche 356, despite the undeniable badness of many a result, is some kind "

Ferrari Tipo 156 Sharknose

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" Image © Paul Chenard 2010 We've always had a soft spot for the little Ferrari 156 Sharknose from 1961. For us the small, simple and straightforward design - the first of the new lightweight, rear-engined F1 cars ushered in in 1960 with much controversy by "

Cars launched in 1969

Cars

" The year that brought us Moonshots, Charles Manson, the end of an epoch-defining decade and one of the most intriguing years of pop culture in general, also saw cars as diverse as the 240Z and the Austin Maxi make it "

Walter Kronkite on Motor Racing…

Cars

" Image: The Calder Archive Fascinating piece of footage here from the mid fifties of the iconic CBS anchorman Walter Kronkite taking viewers through a typically hokum, typically mock-portentous commentary on what exactly motivates racing drivers. Our favourite moments are the "

Lotus Exige R-GT

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" We like rally-spec berlinettas. Something classic, incongruous about them. They remind us of the full blooded Stratos - and we think we've even seen a Ferrari or two don the spotlights with aplomb, right? This year Lotus stepped into the "

Jaguar XF Sportbrake

Cars

" On Tuesday Jaguar will unveil globally it's new 'sportbrake' version of the XF. We've had personal experience of Jaguar estates; and while the idea is a cool one, a gentleman-friendly, British load carrier with suave sophistication, genuine performance and an "

Citroen Karin Concept

Cars

" This amazingly trapezoid concept for Citroen was, apparently, designed by the mysterious personage of Trevor Fiore. Now, we're not sure wether this fellow's real name was Trevor Frost, or wether the 'Fiore' was simply a nom de plume when designing "

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Unveiled

Cars

" We might have thought that the era of new V12 engines was way behind us - but the people at Maranello are having none if it. The new F12 Berlinetta, unveiled by Ferrari today, heralds an audacious new beginning - "