"When consummate Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti worked for Triumph - it was a strange kind of fusion. It was as if Federico Fellini directed a Carry On movie. But in the fleeting period in which these two worlds collided, some "
Everyman Classics: Mid-Century Visionary 1 : Alec Issigonis
"The original Knight of the road knew how fuel shortages impacted on the common folks. His creations perfectly reflected democracy in driving. Images Courtesy Morris Press/Triumph Press [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="426"] Rakish in heart and intellect: Alec Issigonis.[/"
Everyman Classics: She Drives a Classic!: treading lightly with everyman Brits from the mid century
"Is there anything more sustainable and planet saving than a car that is still being used half a century or more from the moment of its manufacture? We spent some time with classic driving YouTuber Steph Holloway - whose love "
Alternative Fuel: Hydrogen Fuel Cells Pros v Cons
"It sounds simple, right? Hydrogen emits only water. The most pressing issue on the planet today is dirty emissions, which en masse are responsible for a huge proportion of the heating of the planet. Doesn’t it make sense, then, "
Alternative Fuel: Quick Chemistry
"Hydrogen fuel cells aren’t only able to power suburban sedans and buses. With the right focus they can be made to take on motorsport’s toughest challenges. And to demonstrate the fact and with impeccable timing as the ink "
Alternative Fuel: Fuelling The Future Through Hydrogen
"Toyota are leading the global charge on exploring Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology as it applies to daily drives. We spend time with the latest iteration of the Mirai - the sexiest looking post fossil fuel vehicle on the roads at "
Imported Classics: Porsche Carrera, The Little Yellow Job
"Charles Evans sadly passed away in 2022 and lost his Porsche Carrera a year before to a fire. Charles built a vibrant community around interesting cars and their human histories, delving deep into their backstories and imagining the lives the vehicles "
Imported Classics: IDA the Norwegian Rover
"Not all Landies are what they first appear. Charles’ Series 1 Norwegian returnee has a Mazda drivetrain, power steering - and has more charisma than Sputnik, as he explains. This is Ida, she is a Norwegian Land Rover, supplied new in 1957 "
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Imported Classics: The Rat
"The Rat typifies the wacky racer aesthetic: non-standard, full of texture and patina - and is the most spirited of specialist drives, as Charles Wright writes. This is The Rat. It’s a 1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300 TI Saloon, which was "
Bikes in the City Part Two: Rat Bikes
"They say that in London you’re never more than six feet away from a rat. Gary Inman - Sideburn Magazine publisher/editor and aficionado of biking subcultures remembers a lost coterie of dark clad urban rebels. Where once motorcycles "
Bikes in the City Part Two: Kampala Scooter Club
"The capital of Uganda, central Africa’s landlocked nation, is a city like any other. Its citizens need affordable transport - that’s fun and stylish too. Kampala city is well-known for its Boda Boda - the colourful taxi bikes "
Bikes in the City Part Two: Bolt London – Biker History in the Making
"Bolt London is a colourful, textured Aladdin's cave of all things bike and all things good. We spent some time with a paragon of London’s creative bike scene. Bolt London is nestled in an atmospheric stable yard just off "
Bikes in the City – Teenage Dreams: Oil or Electric?
" The first motorised vehicle I ever owned was a 1986 Vespa T5 ‘Pole Position’. It was red and black. It had a little fairing on the bars. The one with the rectangular headlight and the ‘moon disc’ style wheels. A little "
Bikes in The City: Stirling Eco: a new gold standard in urban electric?
" Legislation is going to change everything about the nature and aesthetic of urban transport. Stirling Eco have one solution. Tee and Robert Grace getting high on their own supply On October 25, 2021 the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding "
Bikes in The City: Clean Living in Difficult Circumstances, Martin ‘Sticky’ Round
" To be truly modern is undoubtedly to be electric. But will scooterists in rapture over their mid-century masterpieces ever embrace a new millennium’s modernism? Sticky in the Sahara: not the scooter’s natural habitat: but fun all the same "
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 "
