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10 August

Unpopular opinion: Joaquin Phoenix did a better Johnny Cash than Johnny Cash himself. But this isn’t about country music idols and their film portrayals. This is all about that 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow that once belonged to the man who fell into a ring of burning fire, and lived to tell the tale. Metaphorically speaking, […]

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10 August

Pop Quiz: what do you call the employees of Elon Musk? The Musketeers. Elon Musk and his Musketeers have gained quite a reputation for themselves. They’re not afraid to dream big, and they back their words up with results. They set impossible deadlines and crush them. They’ve got their head in the clouds, but their […]

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09 August

In the ancient times, three brave brothers discovered the path to immortality. They hid away in a mystical Himalayan cave, vowing to return in the age of mechanical progress. Driven towards a common goal of serving families in the tiny blue dot, Kodiaq the iconic, Karoq the mid-weight and Kamiq the compact, have returned once […]

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08 August

If you’re a petrol head and are visiting the UK between September 18th and 20th, you definitely don’t want to miss out on this. Get your filthy fender over to the picturesque Bicester Heritage, in Oxfordshire, and bring your best pair of ride-spotting eyes. Because 500 fabulous classic cars brought to life on the cinematic […]

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07 August

In case you’re wondering, no. Miss Sofie is not a person. Not in this case anyway. Although, by the end of the piece, you might feel otherwise. Exactly 70 years ago, a gorgeous dove blue panel van, chassis number 20-1880 rolled out of Wolfsburg’s production line and into our lives. I’m of course talking about […]

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06 August

Twenty one years in Formula One. Thirty years as a car designer. Fifty years of excellence. That’s Gordon Murray in a nutshell. But what makes him so special and why is he revered in the automotive world? For fifty years, Gordon Murray’s consistently pushed out remarkable car designs. From his first ever T.1 racing car […]

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05 August

There’s a guy, he’s thirty-five. Let’s call him Marcus. When Marcus was ten, he caught his first glimpse of a Gordon Murray creation. It was the McLaren F1, and it became the subject of his obsession. He got the posters, the cutouts, the whathaveyous, anything and everything to fuel his desire. Whatever it took, he […]

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04 August

The Champions League is back this week, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. Sure it’s going to be a little different this year, what with COVID and all. I mean, we should already have a winner by now, but it’s August and we’re still playing the round of 16. Just a reminder that […]

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03 August

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Sony and cars? Sound systems, stereo head units, that kind of thing, right? Alas, the electronic titans have entered the automotive fray, with a rather mysterious debutante: The Vision-S. What happens in Vegas… It started back in January 2020, before COVID-19 came in […]

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01 August

The road to a greener, cleaner future is paved with many challenges. But it seems as though we’re moving in the right direction. From an EV emoji petition to a Wireless Charging Rank, it’s all taking off, and taking off fast. Something that the EV agenda seems to be lacking is consistency, and a coherent […]

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