Small van chic – Minivan

Culture

" Being in one of those automotive quandaries is great for daydreaming. Old banger and surf wagon/default dadmobile having recently been crushed in the face of an intransigent MOT, there are so many boxes to be ticked in our search "

Cal-look. A Californian state of mind…

Cars Culture

" David Hockney saw it. From the perspective of a grim English town in the fifties, the grey wash flattening and unifying everything you saw into dreary monochrome, California looked special. He may have been only looking at Black and White "

Porsche 356

Cars

" It was stumbling across this beautifully detailed cutaway this week (below) that inspired our current romance for Porsche's first born. Nay-sayers who claim that the original apple of Ferry's eye is a Beetle with delusions of grandeur may have a "

Derringer Cycles

Bikes

" Images Adrian Van Anz/Derringer. We're moped fans. They're cheap, fun and quick, and if you live in a sunny environment like southern California they make more sense than a smart car. And while moped is usually a cypher for "

We love the English Pony…

Cars

"Sure, we can argue about it, but we’re probably going to end up agreeing that the Ford Capri was the definitive car of the 1970s, in the UK, at least. The dates match; first sold in ’69, the Capri’s "

The Evolution of the Capri

Cars

"If you count the finned and chromed Consul GT version of the Capri, our favourite Ford has had four evolutions across a life-span of some 25 years. That's if you don't count, of course, the various stateside Fords that have borne "

Modern Classic: Ford Capri

Cars

"Photography: Influx/Magneto “I couldn’t afford a Mustang”, says 26-year-old Capri owner Pete Wallwork from Truro, Cornwall. I had asked the bike mechanic, BMX rider, barber and photographer the obvious question. Why would a young gun be attracted to "

The Professionals

Cars Culture

"There are plenty of people who think that Laurie Johnson’s instantly recognisable, utterly seventies, wah-wah and brass theme tune for The Professionals was the best thing about it, and that every episode went rapidly downhill from there. But the "

Influx Social

Working Class Hero: RS 2600

Cars

"photography: James Lipman If you're died in the wool Capri perv you won't need to be told the following. For you the burly MK1 homologation special will occupy that special place in your psyche representative of all things Ford that "

Model Cars: Toys and Ride-ons…

Cars Culture

" Buying a new bulb for a headlamp yesterday in a well known chain of high street car part retailer we couldn't help but notice on the stack of Christmas-oriented kids stuff, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia in miniature, about big enough for "

[It really is] Better In the Wind

Bikes

" We've been following the progress of Scott Teopfer's pet project since the early times. We had a sense that it just might encapsulate something beautiful about motorcycling. And we were right. The finished version of the film is lovely. It "

Hot Rod Exploitation

Cars Culture

" The history of the hot rod scene is of course intertwined with that of rock'n'roll. And at the end of the fifties, when teen rebellion was being packaged as yet another consumer decision of the chrome clad American dream, hollywood "

Suzuki RE-5

Bikes

" If you thought a rotary engined bike was something out of seventies scifi, then think again. Suzuki produced the RE-5 for a couple of years in the mid seventies....We're not sure how successful the bike ended up being. We "

The art of Alfa Romeo

Cars

" image: Amelie Lengrand Of all the many and various creative car brands, Alfa Romeo is one of the most appealing to true automotive aesthetes. The in-house art departments of the company itself has commissioned many lovely bits of graphic art, "

Introducing…the Gaskettes

Bikes

" Straight out of one of the only cities on the planet where such a thing could exist, let alone get their image out there, come the Gaskettes - an all-female, gold jacket wearing, 50cc rocking crew of Puch lovers. Yes, "

Retro Audi Love

Cars

" Audi make great cars. Audi make some superb cars. We had a go in a particularly cool RS5 Coupé the other day and it was a winner in every way It looked great, drove spectacularly - but there was something "