" Ok, so you’ve probably heard the deal. You buy an early 90's 911 but are not quite sure it’s giving you the required style you thought you were buying into. It hasn’t got that hollowed out, race-bred leftism "
Crowe Customs
" We came across Crowe Customs delightful documentation of all things lathe-ish and metalspun while admiring Benji Wagner's rather nice photoblog. Benji is a west coast photographer and purveyor of fine outdoorsy type gear in the shape of the Poler brand, "
Toyota Tercel
" Now, there’s something decidedly unglamourous about it, but we have developed a little bit of love for the North American derivative of the Corolla, especially the 4WD wagon version of it. In fact, we doubt we have or will "
Oil Advertising
" We were thinking recently how pathetically wimpish current oil ads have to be. Gone are the days when you could sell lubricant with hot cars and hot babes. Post BP oil slick,and taking environmental realities into consideration, it's not "
Alfa Romeo Montreal Auction
" It's easy to see why the Montreal enjoys such a dedicated cult following. There's very little out there like it. Styled by Marcello Gandini, the maestro of Bertone himself, this diffusion, accessible supercar from the Alfa stable still looks fresh "
The Schlorwagen, 1936
" This slippery love toy of an automobile, which represents the pinnacle of German experiments in aero, was designed in around 1936. Its designers, working out of the Northern German town of Gottingen were Karl Schlör and engineer Krauss Maffei. The "
Renault Dauphine
" The Dauphine was of course one of the pioneering small, economic continental cars that steered the world away from two ton gas guzzlers at the end of the fifties. It was a cute, compact issue designed inhouse by Renault with "
Solifuge Design
" Shout out to the guys over at Bike Exif for these brilliant renders from Russian designer Mikhail Smolyanov. Ranging from Phillip K Dick stype futurism to the Neo-Retro aviation-automotive crossover, there's something characteristically Russian about the designs. We reckon Smolyanov "
Influx Social
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
" When in the Autumn of 2010 Lambo released the first pictures of their outrageous design study the Sesto Elemento, there was a collective gasp from anyone vaguely interested in automotive aesthetics. And between thee and me, we are still gasping. Just "
Pepsi Transit
" There's something about Pepsi Transit vans that reminds me of Christmas. An uncle of mine, deceased these last fifteen years, used to drive a Pepsi van back in the seventies. One Christmas, for some promotional reason or another, he got "
Welbike Love?
" We were amazed this morning when we stumbled across this amazingly well conceived little piece of kit on the Aether blog. We had never heard of a collapsible motorbike that could be dropped into action behind enemy lines before. The "
Martini Racing
" We're always interested here in the definitive elements of what makes a car cool. Sometimes it's that elusive little something - the angle of a raked pillar, the hunkered down detail of a rear end; the air of gracefl poinse "
Bizzarrini concept – P538 Barchetta Prototype
" This might be in the realms of pure fantasy, but hell, its the Friday before Christmas. We stumbled upon this afternoon an amazing Barchetta concept from 2008 badged under the noble moniker of Bizzarini. It was called, apparently, The Bizzarrini p538 "
The Importance of Being Mitsu
"The Mitsubishi Evo, much as we love it, is the only 'halo car' the company has. The trouble is that the Evo has been a cult success: so mythologized that its parent has almost been forgotten. It’s an Evo "
The History of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
"Evolution is the right word. The look of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution has nothing whatsoever to do with latte-sipping men in black rollnecks and everything to do with dirty-handed blokes in overalls. This purposeful product started as a porridge, three-box "
Jackie Chan & Evo
"Every now and then a star becomes associated with a brand of car, usually by accident. Think the various incarnations of 007 and Aston Martin, of course, and perhaps Steve McQueen with the Ford Mustang. You could probably come up with "
