Amédée Gordini — The Sorcerer Who Took On Ferrari With Nothing A Workshop Against the World There is a man standing in a workshop on Boulevard Victor in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, sometime in the early 1950s. The floor is concrete. The tools are worn. The parts bin is half empty because there is … Read more
Renault Sport Spider: The Car That Dared to Take Your Windscreen Away Picture a product meeting at Renault in the mid-1990s. Someone stands up and says: “Let’s build a two-seater. No roof. No windscreen. We’ll fit an air deflector instead, and we’ll tell customers to wear a crash helmet on the road.” In any sane … Read more
Horse Powertrain: the quiet empire of the engine There’s an industrial empire that controls how half the planet moves around, and you’ve probably never heard its name. It doesn’t put a badge on any car. It runs no television ads. It doesn’t have a LinkedIn fanclub. But the engine in your Renault, your Dacia, your … Read more
The Renault Espace F1: The Minivan That Was Faster Than a Ferrari F40 Americans have a complicated relationship with minivans. We need them but we don’t want to admit it. The Chrysler Voyager saved road trips. The Honda Odyssey saved soccer practice. But nobody — absolutely nobody — has ever called a minivan exciting. Except … Read more
