" Driving for the Honda racing team, Surtees adjusts his goggles before the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. — Photograph © Schlegelmilch/Corbis John Surtees remains the only racer ever to have won a World championship on a bike and in car. "
Cars in Skirts – Volkswagen F1 Concept
" We don't really know why skirts ever went out of fashion. There's something obvious about the flow of air afforded by fared rear three-quarters. To quote Charlie Sheen (sooth-saying nutcase du jour) "Duh, win!" And the fact that overt slipperiness "
Moto Guzzi’s Modern Classic
" Somewhere back in the mists of time I spent a lot of time dreaming of riding a Moto Guzzi Le Mans 850. I was at the harrowing cusp of adolescence at the time, so this bike was about as unattainable as "
A Classic Indugence
" I can't imagine gaining the cojones to thread a Ferrari 250 SWB (which in this sort of race trim must be worth at least a couple of million Euros) through the French countryside on the limit. I can't even imagine being "
Lamborghini Aventador Arrives (almost)
" The runup to the Geneva Auto Salon always ups the ante in terms of launch buzz. If you're a card carrying concept geek it's your favourite time of year- but even the mildly petrolheaded amongst us can't fail to get "
Lancia Fulvia Barchetta
"[gallery link="file"] We know we're being a bit boring about our love for the Lancia Fulvia. But now, remembering the dictum that less is sometimes more, we think we've fallen in love all over again with the pert little "
Bolt On Utility
"[gallery link="file"] Now, we're not saying that roofracks are cool per se. Far from it. The world is awash with the kind of plasticky but super practical contraptions by Thule and a host of other worthy companies, that do "
Cool Volvo Ads
" We're not sure exactly what the copy means. Our knowledge of Swedish is far from accurate, and even google's translation service seems to be a little knocked out of whack by the copy line. But we think we get it. "
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Alfa Romeo Scighera – Concept Car
" It's been a while since we posted pics of an interesting concept from the past. But Alfa's Scighera is a fine example of a piece of imagineering from the 1990s that is up there with some of the most outrageous "
The Evolution of the Drifting Angle
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW4t_0Y84mY The title of the film might sound like that of some strange B&W Open University physics lecture off the telly in the 1970s, but it's actually a brilliant "
Porsche 924 Carrera GTS
" We've heard a lot about how the relatively humble 924/944 series were the cars that in the late seventies/early eighties saved Porsche from financial wrack and ruin. But for some reason we've never really understood their appeal. Until, that is, "
Steve McQueen’s Husky for Sale!
" Collectors worldwide are all a-quiver with news that later this this year Bonhams, the auctioneer, will offer Steve McQueen’s 1971 Husqvarna 400 for sale – along with a trunkful of racing trophies the actor and self-confessed racer-bum accumulated over the years. Hosted "
Lancia ECV – Concept Car
" Lancia's ECV (Experimental Composite Vehicle) was a prototype Group S rally car that was supposed to replace the Lancia Delta S4 in WRC's 1988 season. Sadly, and as we often lament, Group B as well as Group S cars were banned "
The Importance of Being Lancia
"The truck driver glances at his greasy wing mirror and drifts into the outside lane of the autostrada, making ground on the dawdling transporter in front. Elephant racing – as it is known in here in Italy. A blue flash to "
Lancia’s Lucky Seven
"Lambda (1927) The Lambda was groundbreaking and radical. There was unitary construction when most other cars were ladder-framed with a coach-built body. It had independent front suspension and all-round brakes – as well as a highly sophisticated V4 engine. A milestone in "
Lancia Stratos: Elusive Passion – Concept Car
"My uncle used to own a Lancia Stratos. Except he didn’t. For years I bragged in countless schoolyard corners that my uncle owned what was at the time undoubtedly one of a handful of coolest cars in the world. "
