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The Art of Racing

Culture

" Stumbled across this really attractive line work over the weekend. Reminds us of what is often overlooked about the popularity of classic race bikes: their simplicity. Illustrator Gianmarco Magnini evokes the raw, purposefulness of a racing classic in the lines "

High on the Chaparral

Cars

"As a European there are certain things about North American motor racing that get us excited. And its nothing to do with NASCAR. But mention the words Laguna Seca, Can Am and Chapparal, and we get a little sweaty palmed "

Ferrari GTO and the Meaning of Envy

Cars

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md_jcC6OnIU&ab_channel=GTO3987 ... and imagine hand-painting your 250 California Spider to look like a jeep! What may seem madness from the perspective of 2010 was all part of the gilded youth of "

It’s Better in the Wind

Bikes

" Screen grabs. Social networking. Iphone apps. A world without walls was dreamt up by software marketing people to make you think that working everywhere, any time would be a benefit to your own sense of freedom and transcendence of the "

Triumph TR7

Cars

" Now, call us old fashioned, but could it be that the Triumph TR7 was the ugliest automotive creation of these islands? It's not a particularly rare point of view – legend has it that when the Harris Mann penned design was "

Icons on Two Wheels

Bikes

"[gallery link="file" orderby="title"] Stars have always sought out or been assigned new ways of creating an image. We noticed, in our extensive daily scour of the web, that time and time again, to stick a celebrity on a "

Pimp Your Garage

Culture

"[gallery link="file" orderby="title"] Fresh out of Germany comes this novel way to keep up with the next-door neighbors. A firm called "Style Your Garage" have began marketing these high-res, photorealistic poster wraps for your garage door that have "

Fresh Air

Culture

"[gallery link="file" orderby="title"] There's something special about getting air on a motorised vehicle. You hang out at the edge of control. You flirt with the forces of physics. You indulge the primitive human impulse to fly. That's why "

Ferrari 458 in Black

Cars

"[gallery link="file" orderby="title"] These are the first pictures we've seen of Ferrari's new glamour-puss in stealth mode. The monochrome brings out the chiselled angles of the stunning Pininfarina design. From the rear the purposeful stance of the car "

The Girl on the Motorcycle

Bikes

" 'Serious film buffs' often dismiss the admittedly ponderous and indulgent 1968 film from Jack Cardiff that was based on Mandiargues's quasi surrealistic novel as a slightly ridiculous joke. But if you dig the aesthetic of the last couple of years of "

Ferrari Fuel

Cars

" Not sure why we haven't seen this before, but this is undoubtedly some of the nicest pieces of automotive action we've come across for a very long time. One possible reason for this exquisite (and doubtlessly extremely expensive)  commercial's lack "

James Lovelock: Petrolhead Icon?

People

"James Lovelock, the ninety one year old maverick environmental scientist is doing the media rounds this week with a series of lectures and media appearances. It may be overstating the fact to say that the creator of the Gaia Hypothesis "