Blood Harmony: Cruise Night
A new book paints a beautiful portrait of a community bonded by custom steel and hydraulics. Photographer Kristin Bedford’s beautiful new book Cruise Nights, which is published by Damiani Press, lifts the lid on a scene whose representation is often shot through with cliché and stereotype. For outsiders Southern California’s cholo culture, replete with high […]
The Mustang & Music
Since April 17th 1964 the Ford Mustang has been influencing people by its iconic design, prestige and luxury. With projected sales of less than 100,000 units in the first year, Ford was quickly inundated, surpassing a million units within 18 months of launch. The Mustang was owned by a wide demographic, from celebrities to your […]
P71 to Monaco
The grand tourer is a bit of an odd thing. Fast, yes. Luxurious, even more so. Front-engined, rear-wheel-drive configuration allowing for maximum sidewaysness around roundabouts to shred insanely expensive tyres, yes.
But practical? Useful for a spot of real touring? Not so much.
Sure, there’s usually space for a toothbrush – or two, if you buy the pricey, optional luggage rack. You might even be able to squeeze in a spare box of Just for Men. And you can effortlessly cover half the continent in one go, so long as you’re going in convoy with a refuelling tanker.
March Calendar Car – Mustang
Our 2019 Calendar car for March was Mark’s incredible and beautiful brute – the Ford Mustang Mach 1. “I was fortunate enough to have a mid-career break back in 2010 and always wanted to restore a classic.” He says. “This 1972 Ford Mustang Mach 1 came up on eBay requiring a lot of work and […]
Mustang – a hybrid future?
The Ford Mustang is an iconic piece of American muscle that is loved the world over for its good looks, raw-sounding engine note and RWD lairiness. When the new Mustang launched in the UK, it came with a noisy 5.0l V8 engine, exactly what you’d expect to be under the bonnet. But there was also […]
Ford Mustang Bullitt
Steve McQueen didn’t have many friends in Hollywood. According to the actor’s biographer, Marc Eliot, he’d burned just about every bridge with every director and co-star with whom he’d ever worked. McQueen seems to have been a huge mobile bag of insecurities, reportedly worrying about the number of lines spoken by other actors on a […]
Up close and personal with the ultimate car chase hero – the Bullitt Mustang
There is the standard run of the mill car chase, and there is the 1968 thriller Bullitt – the film that set a very high bar for on-screen car chase action some five decades ago. The star of the show was, of course, the Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT, as driven by Steve McQueen’s […]
Great Cars from Six Great Car Chase Movies
From Gumball to GT – here are six car/film combos that stick in our minds. What would you add? Bullitt Steve McQueen established a Hollywood standard for high-action car chase scenes when he raced a 1968 Mustang GT390 Fastback in the classic film ‘Bullitt’. Ford is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic film by […]
Fancy a Modified Mustang? Check out the Steeda Q500 Enforcer
1965 was an awesome year. The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appeared in London, The Beatles released the movie and album, Help!, J.K. Rowling was born, and the Ford Mustang was launched. Over a million Mustangs were produced in the first 18 months, and the ‘pony car’ rapidly became part of the USA’s popular culture. […]
Ford Mustang V8: Excess for the Masses
I’ve a confession to make. It’s a slightly unpopular opinion in the motoring profession, so, deep breath, here it comes – I actually like the Mustang EcoBoost. The ‘little’ 2.3-litre 4-cylinder EcoBoost engine produces an impressive level of power, makes a good noise, and certainly has more than enough about it for most tastes. It’s […]