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Lotus Cortina Love

Cars

" We can't be alone in thinking it would be amazing if our favourite Norfolk brand that specialises in lightweight sports cars would collaborate with Ford and come up with a racing edition of today's equivalent Dagenham-bred workhorse. We suppose that "

Xmas List: TAG Silverstone and Jarama S

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] We were thinking recently about how period design in vastly different media can have massive natural empathy. The twin male obsessions with technical brilliance and desirability are demonstrated by the timepiece industry's natural affiliation with cars and "

King of the Mountain

Culture

" It's a pretty obscure movie, but King of the Mountain remains one of our favourite car flicks out there. The film, directed by Noel Nosseck, focusses on a real life scene of the late seventies in which street racers would "

Japanese Van Mentalism

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] The Japanese don't do things half-heartedly. But one of the most visually arresting of far eastern cult forms is the that of extreme van modding. You can probably find out what motors this zenith of auto wackiness "

Five Easy Pieces

Culture

" We think we have stumbled on a contender for Road Movie no1. Jack Nicholson's brilliant perfromance in Five Easy Pieces has to rate as one of the best portrayals of the road-dwelling drifter we have ever seen. It's easy to "

Deus Ex Machina

Bikes

" We have shared the love of Deus before. But the Sydneyside temple of bike and surf culture (taking in two of our passions in a fell swoop of cool), continues to impress with the quality of their vision and output. "

Utility Fetish

Cars

" It's the time of year. As soon as the first dusting of hoar frost starts crisping up the puddles and the hills begin sparkling with snow, our minds turns to real mens' cars - burly, boxy, business like automotive creatures "

Le Corbusier’s Car

Cars

" It shouldn't be surprising that the man who created the idea of houses 'machines for living in' should have penned a distinctively beetle like creation as long ago as 1929. With its bug-like fastback and modular construction, modernist architect Le Corbusier "

Japanarama

Cars

" We're a little bit obsessed with concept cars from the latter end of the sixties, as close readers will realise. There was something beautifully outlandish in the imagineering of car designers between 1965 and 1975 - and when you throw the Japanese "

Jensen: Beauty or Beast?

Cars

" Having had a lot of feedback from our dear readers as to wether or not the Jensen Interceptor is one of the ultimate cars of the sixties, we delved into our memories (as well as the image files) to reassess "

New Lamborghini V12

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] Lambo is in the process of including a new V12 in its next generation of raging bull. The engine it replaces, originally designed by Bizzarini, has been in it's basic form the V12 motor that has been "

It’s Better in the Wind: 2011 Film Teaser

Bikes

" Had word from stateside photographer Scott Toepfer this week. Scott tells us that he is working on a 2011 release for a short film related to http://www.itsbetterinthewind.com/, his inspirational photo project. As Scott says: getting out there, away "

What next for WRC?

Cars

" Hold the front page! This weekend French savant Sebastien Loeb won the final stage of this year's WRC in the Forests of Wales. It may not be exactly a surprise, but it is fitting that the man who has dominated "