Okay, seriously, what the hell is this thing? Is it a Formula 1 car? Is it a fighter jet? A bit of both, with a sprig of the every-day luxury? To say that the Tramontana R is unique would be the understatement of the century. It’s weird, and not in a bad way. Put it […]
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It was June 11, 1955. Mike Hawthorn pulled his Jaguar D-type right, in front of Lance Macklin, and started braking for pit. Macklin tried to circumvent, only for Pierre Levegh to rear end him with his Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR at high speed. This was the 1955 Le Mans disaster, and things weren’t the same after […]
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The McLaren F1 is by and large the OG V12 Speed King. And it wasn’t just the speed, but also the award-winning aerodynamics, and technology so ahead of its time, you’d be forgiven for not realising this was a beast of the 90s. One auto brand that took notice was TVR, and in 1998 they […]
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The Rolls Royce Phantom is to cars what Patek Philippe is to watches: pure luxury. And you know what they say about the Rolls; you don’t drive it yourself, you get Alfred to chauffeur you around in it. With eight generations behind the modern second gen Phantom, it has a rich history of refinement, elegance […]
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Dubbed the V12 OG, the Twin Six Packard was one of the first road legal cars to have 12 cylinders beneath the hood. You’ll have to wind the years back all the way to 1916 to marvel at this ingenious assembly, which Packard’s Chief Engineer, Jesse Vincent, oversaw. It was a time when the V12 […]
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Last week we sang an ode to a dying breed, the last of its kind, an inspired mechanical feat that some would say revolutionised engines for the better. We will sorely miss the sound, the power and the ‘status’ of the almighty V12 engine. But it’s not gone yet, and we want to make sure […]
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