" OK. We know Sebastien Vettel is going to win the championship. Again. And though we all know his bottle clearly goes when you're able to get up his tailpipe- he's undoubtedly a very quick lap-maker. But that doesn't mean we "
When two worlds collide…
" We're not sure if there is any concrete connection between bike and skate culture. Both share the fixation on rolling through the landscape, but, of course, with vastly different emphasis. But in California - that melting plot of all things "
Tomter on Cars
" We like the way Norwegian photographer Jorn Tomter shoots people and cars. There's something quirky, something uninflected about his approach. So often, it's easy to slip into the multiple clichés of the car marketing universe. Jorn avoids this nicely. "
Lancia Fulvia Zagato
" For my Fulvia Sport Zagato I think you'd use the term 'garage find' rather than 'barn find'. As a 1971 Series 2 my new acquisition is the oldest of her model in the country. Much too clean and pretty to ever have "
Vauxhall XVR – Early 1960s Concept Car
" Vauxhall's XVR from back in 1966 still manages to tweak the inspiration with its slick, 'vette-ish lines. We always were reminded of seemed to ape the imagined futurism of the Durango 95 from A Clockwork Orange (which was actually a Nova "
Silverstone Classic
" It's one of those events that you might not think is what you're all about. But if you save your pennies for Bernie Ecclestone's circus to come to the Northamptonshire countryside - you really should consider hitting the Silverstone Classic. "
Ferrari FF and Alfa Romeo C 2500
"[gallery link="file" orderby="ID"] This week we're contemplating sixty odd years of aesthetic and technology Innovation ebbs and flows. Technical solutions sweep all before them, until they too are made obsolete by the passage of time. Ferrari's FF, the "
Abarth/Bertone Collaborations
" With people like Marcello Gandini and Giugiaro manning the studios, Bertone was arguably the definitive coach builder in that incredibly creative period between 1965-75. While the great era of futurist Supercars like the Miura and the Countach owes everything to "
Influx Social
The Aero Alfa
" As most of you know, The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a huge celebration of many of the things we love. Every year it seems to get more and more of an essential date in the summer diary. If you "
Fully Mentalist Metro
" One of the unexpected consequences of the frightening flux within the British car industry of the 1980s was the emergence of serious motorsports divisions within the corporate structures of car makers. And the Metro 6R4 was perhaps the nuttiest, most "
Impish Delights
" It's always been a bit of a mystery to us about the enduring appeal of the Hillman Imp. Having grown up with our miserable next door neighbour polishing an immaculate version every Sunday for at least fifteen years - from "
Dark Horse
" In a bit of Friday full moon serendipity, we stumbled upon this rather interesting little Danish film that features a rather pretty little Fiat 600. While it was of course the car that caught the eye, the poster is a nice "
Fiat Abarth 2000 Coupe Concept
"[gallery link="file"] We wondered for a while what this thing actually was. But now, as you can see this exemplar of early seventies wedginess is clearly identified as an Abarth-Pinifarina collaboration from 1970 - which apparently resides in Japan (see "
Muscle Car Marketing
" Whether or not you like the classic American muscle car - all heavily burbling hemis, bold stripes, murderous visages and redneck steez- you have to admire the audacity of their creators. Heavy Detroit-wrought steel kept the blue collar masses of "
Jaguar: Where Did it all Go Right?
"A room-service waiter once wheeled a trolley laden with champagne into a hotel room occupied by George Best, in his pomp and his dressing gown. Arranged on the bed was a Miss World contestant and thousands of pounds of casino "
Our Modern Jaguar Classics
"XK 120 The beginning of the Jaguar Golden age. Took the world by storm when launched in 1948 and initiated the basis of the perennial XK engine. Made a legend (and a Knight) out of Jag chief and design boss William Lyons – "
