"Of all the manifestations of VW audacity, the Buggy represents something particularly deep-lying and playful in the minds of VW enthusiasts. They originate from the simple workability of the Beetle platform and a creative impulse that is common to folk "
"NILS, is a single-seat electric concept vehicle that offered a glimpse of a new form of minimalist mobility which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. The concept features an aluminium space frame, wing doors and free-standing wheels – "
" Images © Michael Furman / courtesy Assouline We've just caught wind of a limited edition volume which due to launch very soon in the states that looks like it's going to be the ultimate gift or purchase for the petrolhead who can "
"[gallery link="file"] All images © John Rawlings/Condé Naste Photographer John Rawlings was one of a pod of key creative photographers employed by publishing house Condé Naste in the fifties. Along with luminaries like Irving Penn, to create in the "
" We were going to tag this post as one of regular 'car crush' offerings. But, on reflection we think it deserves the tage Lust over 'Crush'. Without getting into a dodgy pseudo-philosphical rant about the nature of love, desire and "
" We really like Ray Gordon's pictures. There's something fundamentally upbeat about them. They're real. They're cool. They're unselfconscious. Living tucked up in the offbeat Pacific Northwest of America, Ray has been documenting the lives of his local petrolheaded friends for "
" For some reason this incredible BMW one-off from 1969, (our favourite year), completely managed to pass us by these forty odd years. You can see the car's bloodline at first glance. Yes, those are the Montreal-esque hooded headlamps from the pen "
" There's something about the great American road. It's always been an arena of mythic adventures, tortured mishaps and, if you're lucky, hilarious comedy. And the comedy doesn't get much more hilarious than that dreamt up by Chevy Chase. His National "
" Looking like a cross between a mobility scooter, a Sinclair C5 and a JD Bug, the Honda Zook (otherwise known as the MS50L) looked like a deathtrap, and must have ridden like one. Released in 1990, it came with a "
" images Italdesign German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann is of course most widely known for having created the Karmann Ghia and various other cult classics for Volkswagen. One of his lesser known projects was the Cheetah - a small sports concept for "
" We're loving this onboard from Joey Dunlop around the Isle of Man in 1983. But as well as the always amazing images of Joey 'keeping it lit and between the hedges', here is the brilliantly cool, calm and understated Ulster tones "
" images Chris Sutton Coming from a place where bare wheeled cars can still be driven on the road without fear of prosecution, we're currently in love with the Del Porto Roadster. This slick, black beauty was originally designed in 1951 as "
" Now, we were just going to tweet this but after having looked at this clip a few times, we've decided it's worth at least a daily. In fact, we think we could devote an entire magazine the boldness and vision "
"[gallery link="file"] There's a bit of an accidental filmic mini theme emerging this week. So for Friday's offering meet the The Probe, star of Stanley Kubrick's epoch making film "A Clockwork Orange" . This special low slung piece of period "
" This Friday Nicolas Winding Refn's new movie Drive is due for UK release. Refn won best director at this year's Cannes film festival for the slick existential thriller, which is a riff on Jean Pierre Melville's 1967 classic le Samourai- the "
" Now, call us old fashioned, but we had never, ever lusted after a Lada. We like boxy everymen like the Fiat 131 and the Alfasud Giardinetta. There's something beautifully utilitarian about the classically workaday three box format that has all but "
