" Concept cars have a way of summarising their eras perfectly. The 1988 Voyage concept from Cadillac was a veritable riot of technology, some of it digital - at a time when widespread consumer pixelage were just about visible on the horizon "
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Historic Car Racing – Angouleme Onboard
" full set of images from Ian Wilson here. Every September vintage and classic racers gather in the historic hillside town of Angouleme, which straddles the beautiful Charente River. At the hub of the town is an amazing 12th century cathedral, "
Moggy Love
" The Morris Minor holds a peculiar kind of affection in British hearts. There's something accessible, friendly and comforting about the design. As much as the Mini, the Minor is interwoven into British culture, welded to the image of ourselves like "
Mazda RX-500
" The Mazda RX500 was originally displayed at the Tokyo show in 1970. Styling wise it had shades of the Mercedes C-111 (the Wankel-engined freak from the same period), but also featured that back end bulbousness similar to the styling of the "
The Hunter
" As you may have gathered we're McQueen geeks. We like to regularly share a dose of cultural artefacts that feature the great man - and by now we've worked lots of angles on the king of cool. But for some "
Volkswagen W: Imagining the Future
"1XLR1 Squint a little bit and that front end looks like the Scirocco. But it's not. The apogee of VW's new generation of aspiration toward hyper-efficiency, the new Volkswagen XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV) was unveiled at the Qatar Motor "
The Contemporary Scirocco
"Hipstamatics by Paul O'Connor “Sick. It looks like a missile!” So emoted my youngest child when the Scirocco pulled up for the first time outside our house. I was, I admit, a little surprised. Because it seems to me that "
VW_ Big Up the Buggy Up!
"Of all the manifestations of VW audacity, the Buggy represents something particularly deep-lying and playful in the minds of VW enthusiasts. They originate from the simple workability of the Beetle platform and a creative impulse that is common to folk "
Nils Concept
"NILS, is a single-seat electric concept vehicle that offered a glimpse of a new form of minimalist mobility which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. The concept features an aluminium space frame, wing doors and free-standing wheels – "
Impossible Cars: the book
" Images © Michael Furman / courtesy Assouline We've just caught wind of a limited edition volume which due to launch very soon in the states that looks like it's going to be the ultimate gift or purchase for the petrolhead who can "
Ferrari F40 LM
" We were going to tag this post as one of regular 'car crush' offerings. But, on reflection we think it deserves the tage Lust over 'Crush'. Without getting into a dodgy pseudo-philosphical rant about the nature of love, desire and "
BMW Spiccup Concept Car
" For some reason this incredible BMW one-off from 1969, (our favourite year), completely managed to pass us by these forty odd years. You can see the car's bloodline at first glance. Yes, those are the Montreal-esque hooded headlamps from the pen "
National Lampoon’s Roadtrip
" There's something about the great American road. It's always been an arena of mythic adventures, tortured mishaps and, if you're lucky, hilarious comedy. And the comedy doesn't get much more hilarious than that dreamt up by Chevy Chase. His National "