718: Sixty Years of Porsche’s Targa Florio and F1 Flier
When it comes to all things Porsche, modern-day Zuffenhausen aficionados know the 718 as the latest incarnation of the crowd-pleasing Boxster and Cayman. In actual fact, the legacy of those three little numbers stretches back over six decades and has its origins on the racetrack. Yep, that’s right, the 1960s pioneering four-pot open top was […]
Mercedes AMG 63 S
Were James Bond to be in the market for a new car today, he’d struggle to look past the Mercedes AMG 63 S Coupe. This is a car that certainly leaves you stirred, and its mix of rugged good looks, muscular bodywork, incredible but real-world tech and violent brute force are the perfect match for […]
Porsche 911 History: has the sports car hit its peak?
This year, the Porsche 911 celebrates its 60th birthday. To commemorate this iconic legend, we take a look back at the sports car’s history, tracing its creation and the many iterations that made the 911 so successful. Which year was the Porsche 911 created? The Porsche 911 story began with the 901 back in 1963. […]
Car Chase – Budget Getaway: The Eleventh Hour
“We’re keen to make a film on the subject of car chases”
We’ll do it, we said.
Which motoring filmmaker doesn’t want to make a film on car chases? We thought about all those famous scenes in Hollywood blockbusters and cult classics from years gone by that can be explored; Bullet, Ronin, Bond, Bourne, Taken. We thought about all the wonderful actors and stunt professionals we could speak to about their careers and how they got to become world-renowned drivers and action heroes. How on earth do you get into a profession like that?!
This is what actually happened.
Audi R8 RWS
I’ve got to be a bit careful here because my usual unbiased, fair judgement is on the line. I absolutely adore this car and I’ve spent a fair bit of time in R8s this year now. Yeah, you could say it’s been a good year. You know what? As Audi has thrown its rulebook out […]
BMW Alpina B5
Imagine the most graceful creature on earth. Watch it in your mind as it sways and dances through the summer’s sunshine and the winter’s rains. Every twist and turn is a piece of choreographed wonder. Every glimmer and sparkle is an effortless movement capturing your gaze.
Now imagine the most powerful creature on earth. It’s strength and brutal execution of speed inspires the stuff of nightmares, leaving everything in its wake as it chases down its prey with devastating precision and prowess.
Okay, so perhaps that is a little over the top as far as opening gambits go. After all we are talking about a car and not a lion, or an eagle, or a shark… the list goes on.
We are however talking about a very special car. A car where beautiful elegance meets savage power. The 2018 Alpina B5 .
Power to the people’s car: Volkswagen Up and Polo GTI
It’s 1976. Volkswagen launches a car with no precedent. The Golf GTI creates a new sector, the hot hatchback. Credited as partly responsible for the demise of the traditional two-seater sports car in the 1970s, it was immediately a hit, and 42 years later it’s an icon which is still with us. Knowing it was […]
BMW M1
“Look!”, they shouted, as a thunderous roar rasped above the forest, cutting through the mist and skimming the treetops like a stone across water. A little girl desperately warning her father, “It’s going to crash, it’s going to crash!”. The noise now deafening, the branches slamming against the craft as it descended ever closer to […]
Karmann Chameleons: The Ghia-Styled Volkswagen
The original Volkswagen Beetle’s silhouette is as distinctive as it is ubiquitous. Curvy yes, sporty, no. But then that wasn’t part of the Beetle’s brief. Designed in 1938 to get the German masses moving, it took until 1945 for the bug-shaped car to fulfill its objective. Production was interrupted by World War II, brought on […]
VW T7 Camper – what’s coming next?
Talk about a ‘campervan’ and you’re almost certainly thrusting a picture of a VW into the listener’s mind. It’s the benchmark. The yardstick. The trendsetter. And that makes each generation of VW Camper very important. The iconic splitties and bays of the mid 20th century went on to bear new generations of cult-creators and it […]