Where automotive icons live. We dive deep into the cars that shaped history, the posters on our childhood walls, and the machines that redefined performance and design.
LAGONDA: THE BRAND THAT ALMOST MADE IT Lagonda has been on the verge of greatness for 120 years. It has never arrived. They won Le Mans. The finest engine W.O. Bentley ever designed carried their name. David Brown bought them the same year he bought Aston Martin. And yet, if you stopped someone in the … Read more
LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH: WHY THE MOST FAMOUS SUPERCAR IN HISTORY WAS ALSO THE WORST Let’s start with what the Countach actually was. Not what it looked like — what it was. It was a car with no rear visibility. Literally none. The V12 and its intake scoops occupied the space where a rear window should have … Read more
Bentley: the Man Who Built the World’s Fastest Lorries It all started with a paperweight. An aluminum paperweight sitting on a desk in a French office. That single object changed British military aviation, Le Mans history, and the luxury car industry forever. Because Walter Owen Bentley wasn’t a businessman playing at making cars. He was … Read more
THE INVISIBLE SYMPHONY The engineers who decide how your car sounds (and how it makes you feel) Close your eyes for a second. Think about the last time you shut a car door at a dealership. That firm, deep thud followed by a precise click that told you “this is well built.” That sound that … Read more
Pegaso: The Winged Horse That Motorized a Nation and Couldn’t Survive Itself A brand born from the ashes of another. A state-owned company created to build trucks in a country shattered by war that, by the vision of a genius with zero business sense, ended up producing the fastest production car on the planet. A … Read more
NO CURVES, NO DOORS, NO MERCY. THE FERRARI ANTI-FERRARI, THE 512S MODULO The sketch in the corner of a Rolls-Royce blueprint Spring of 1968. Paolo Martin is 25 years old. He has just been made chief of the styling department at Pininfarina. On his drafting table, a technical drawing of the Rolls-Royce Camargue. A large … Read more
Rezvani Motors: when California decides that war is a lifestyle Picture this. You park your SUV at a Beverly Hills shopping mall. Someone walks up to the passenger door handle. They touch it. They receive an electric shock that drops them to the pavement. From underneath the vehicle, a thick smoke cloud billows out to … Read more
MAYBACH EXELERO: THE $8 MILLION CAR NOBODY KNOWS WHO OWNS There are expensive cars. There are exclusive cars. There are one-of-a-kind cars. And then there’s the Maybach Exelero. A car of which only one exists on the entire planet, built to test tyres, appeared in a Jay-Z music video, was supposedly purchased for $8 million … Read more
Automobili Estrema Fulminea — 2,040 HP Born in a WhatsApp Group During a Pandemic There’s one sure way to know if someone has what it takes. It’s not looking at how many times they’ve won. It’s looking at how many times they’ve got back up after losing everything. Gianfranco Pizzuto put $2 million into Fisker … Read more
Fisker Karma — The Car That Arrived Too Early to a World That Wasn’t Ready Some cars are born to change the rules. And some cars are born to prove the rules aren’t ready for change. The Fisker Karma was both. And it paid for it with its own existence. Think about it for a … Read more
ALPINA: 60 Years of the Strangest Partnership in Motoring There’s a question that has followed ALPINA for 60 years. A question that seems simple but hides one of the most fascinating stories in European motoring. Tuner or manufacturer? The short answer is: manufacturer. Officially recognized by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport since 1983 and certified … Read more
LANCIA STRATOS: THE CAR THAT ONLY KNEW HOW TO WIN Here is the shortest version of the Lancia Stratos story: a small Italian company begged Ferrari for an engine, built the minimum number of cars required by the regulations, and won three consecutive World Rally Championships. Then its parent company killed it — not because … Read more
