" We were going to tag this post as one of regular 'car crush' offerings. But, on reflection we think it deserves the tage Lust over 'Crush'. Without getting into a dodgy pseudo-philosphical rant about the nature of love, desire and "
Ray Gordon – Throttled
" We really like Ray Gordon's pictures. There's something fundamentally upbeat about them. They're real. They're cool. They're unselfconscious. Living tucked up in the offbeat Pacific Northwest of America, Ray has been documenting the lives of his local petrolheaded friends for "
BMW Spiccup Concept Car
" For some reason this incredible BMW one-off from 1969, (our favourite year), completely managed to pass us by these forty odd years. You can see the car's bloodline at first glance. Yes, those are the Montreal-esque hooded headlamps from the pen "
National Lampoon’s Roadtrip
" There's something about the great American road. It's always been an arena of mythic adventures, tortured mishaps and, if you're lucky, hilarious comedy. And the comedy doesn't get much more hilarious than that dreamt up by Chevy Chase. His National "
Honda ‘Zook’ MS50L – Auto-hell #101
" Looking like a cross between a mobility scooter, a Sinclair C5 and a JD Bug, the Honda Zook (otherwise known as the MS50L) looked like a deathtrap, and must have ridden like one. Released in 1990, it came with a "
Karmann Cheetah by Italdesign
" images Italdesign German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann is of course most widely known for having created the Karmann Ghia and various other cult classics for Volkswagen. One of his lesser known projects was the Cheetah - a small sports concept for "
Joey Dunlop, Isle of Man , 1983
" We're loving this onboard from Joey Dunlop around the Isle of Man in 1983. But as well as the always amazing images of Joey 'keeping it lit and between the hedges', here is the brilliantly cool, calm and understated Ulster tones "
Hot Rod Photography – Bare Wheeled Beauty
" images Chris Sutton Coming from a place where bare wheeled cars can still be driven on the road without fear of prosecution, we're currently in love with the Del Porto Roadster. This slick, black beauty was originally designed in 1951 as "
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Peugeot 205 GTi
" Now, we were just going to tweet this but after having looked at this clip a few times, we've decided it's worth at least a daily. In fact, we think we could devote an entire magazine the boldness and vision "
Durango 95… Proper Horrorshow
"[gallery link="file"] There's a bit of an accidental filmic mini theme emerging this week. So for Friday's offering meet the The Probe, star of Stanley Kubrick's epoch making film "A Clockwork Orange" . This special low slung piece of period "
Drive: the movie
" This Friday Nicolas Winding Refn's new movie Drive is due for UK release. Refn won best director at this year's Cannes film festival for the slick existential thriller, which is a riff on Jean Pierre Melville's 1967 classic le Samourai- the "
Three Box Rocks
" Now, call us old fashioned, but we had never, ever lusted after a Lada. We like boxy everymen like the Fiat 131 and the Alfasud Giardinetta. There's something beautifully utilitarian about the classically workaday three box format that has all but "
Paul Newman – racing driver…
" There's been an acreage of McQueen love from these pages over the last couple of years. Of course, the king of cool was indeed the petrol headed totem of all Hollywood time. But the beautiful Paul Newman was, of course, "
Citroen DS Wagon
" There's a subtly and sophistication in the great, grand design of the DS that makes so many contemporary attempts at stylish automotive pennery look sophmoreish in the extreme. When thinking about the goddess, though, we can't help musing about what "
Honda Trail 90
" Honda's gazillion-selling small bike the C90, loved by the families of Ho Chi Minh city as much as London cabbies 'doing the knowledge' is of course, one the most popular motorised vehicles ever marketed. We've got a soft spot for "
Driven: Alfa 8C Spider
"This car is possibly the most Italian thing on the planet; even more Italian than smiling indulgently as your suspiciously black-haired elderly Prime Minister appoints former topless models to the cabinet or attempts to bed an eighteen-year old. So it "
