"We've been known to fetishise a shooting brake. It's a loose, archaic definition that's received a bit of renewed currency of late. A sporty car for an outdooresy, sporty type - usually adorned with a station wagon's utility with a "
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Formula One Heros
"This started out as a simple, celebratory post to do with the start of the F1 season. I had intended to upload a bunch of retro F1 images, images from a time when I was truly intoxicated by the style, "
Formula 1: Technology Trickledown
"The new Formula 1 season is here. And this time the organisers really hope that you won’t scratch your head and wonder what all this has to do with you and your car. The new engines are dramatically smaller – V6 "
McLaren: F1 to M1
"20 Years ago McLaren boss Ron Dennis said of the F1, that it was “....the finest supercar the world was ever going to see”. [caption id="attachment_35118" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The F1 represented a step-change in itself...[/caption] In Geneva recently "
Porsche return to Motorsport
"The changes to this year's F1 regulations will be echoed throughout FIA accredited motorsport. And in endurance racing, the changes will perhaps be most influential on the cars YOU drive. Porsche have timed their return to endurance racing to coincide "
Datsun Sunny Excellent Coupe
"And to think these used to be the butt of our Essex boy jokes. Back then, in the 1970s, when the Dagenham dustbin in its simple-lined ubiquity was king, it was only the oil crisis and the accompanying rise in "
The Green Hornet – 1966 Chrysler LeBaron Imperial
"If you like schlocky, 1960s Americana, you'll probably be all over the Green Hornet. If not, you have to check out this absolute corker of a cheesy kids show, starring Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee as the faithful oriental sidekick. "
Chaparral 2F
"We take our racing cars scary. And that's exactly what the Chaparral 2F is. The brainchild of Jim Hall – a Texan oilman and technical savant – the Chaparral motor racing company toward the end of the 1960s and 1970s produced a "
BMW 507 – the delicate beemer
"We spend a good proportion of every day thinking about, looking at and messing about with cars and motorcycles. So when a car appears that makes us go all girly and silly. It's got to be something special. This 1958 BMW 507 "
Ferrari 308 GT Rainbow Concept
"If you're thing is late period futurism: then there's little that can beat the Rainbow Concept by Bertone. With a jangle of angular lines and a manually retractable folding roof, this format not only predates Ferrari's 458 Italia by a good "
Mini Moke
"Anyone out there sick of this sodden winter? Well, we are. And nothing cheers us up and makes us dream of better light and balmier days than a car like this amazing little mini moke. It's for auction at RM, "
Jaguar XJR-15
"The Jaguar XJR-15 was the world's first fully carbon-fibre road car. Conceived by Jaguar's sporting division in collaboration with Tom Walkinshaw Racing, the production of the car was seen as a way to get a fully specced endurance racer into "
Group 5 Hero: BMW 320 Turbo
" Of all the racing formulas that produced stunning race cars, Group 5 is one of our favourites. And this BMW 320 Turbo is a fave among faves. The formula, which was in its deregulated niceness, was almost the precursor of Group B "