Rinspeed: the man who’s spent fifty years building cars nobody buys Every January, while the tech world descends on Las Vegas for CES to gawk at foldable phones and robot vacuums, a Swiss man rolls in with a car that shouldn’t exist. One year it drives underwater. Another it has a garden growing inside it. … Read more
Lancia Sibilo: Gandini’s last wedge, a Stratos in alien clothing Picture this. Turin Motor Show, April 1978. The car industry is five years deep into a hangover that just won’t lift. The 1973 oil crisis has rewired everything. Big cars don’t sell anymore. Safety regulations are forcing designers to bolt rubber bumpers onto everything like … Read more
ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA: THE DISASTER THAT INVENTED THE FUTURE In the spring of 1978, during a press demonstration at Woburn Abbey, smoke began rising from the dashboard of a brand-new Aston Martin Lagonda. Executives had to push the car out of sight while journalists grinned and took notes. That single moment tells you everything about … Read more
