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The Jensen Interceptor SP has the unusual distinction of being the quickest Interceptor ever built by Jensen in their factory near Birmingham. The Interceptor is a car that needs no introduction, it’s famous for being…
Growing Old Disgracefully is an Australian documentary film about motorcycles and families, and how relationships change over time. Most people outside of Australia will never have seen this film, in fact many in Australia have…
Editor’s Note: For the first time in Silodrome’s 10 year history we’re publishing the Top Cars list for a year in January of the following year. The reason for this is that last year we…
This is the monocoque of a Ferrari 412 T2 Formula 1 car driven by Gerhard Berger in 1995. Modern Formula 1 cars all use a similar structure that centers around a carbon fibre monocoque,…
The Mustang you’re looking at here has South American DNA running through its veins, it was built at the Ford Motor Company’s factory in Lima, Peru and it became one of the most successful South…
This is the new Unimatic U1-FDN, it’s an Italian-made automatic mechanical dive watch designed to match or surpass the specification of many far more expensive watches, while costing a far more affordable $775 USD. The…
This is the 1974 Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti Bimotore 4×4 Wainer, it was developed at Alfa Romeo as a potential desert racer for the Italian company, to take part in brutal off-road events like the African…
These are the Louis Charles motorcycle gloves by Christophe Fenwick, they were designed for winter use and developed in the style of the gloves and jackets worn by pilots and airmen of the Second…
This is a rare 1985 BMW R80 G/S Paris-Dakar, just 200 were built to this specification in celebration of BMW’s continued success at the world’s toughest race – the Paris-Dakar Rally. BMW released the…
This is one of the most discreet sleepers we’ve seen in recent memory, it was built by Hamburg-based coachbuilding outfit Caro International GmBH in the 1990s using a Mercedes-Benz W126 560 SEL as its…
This is the new Halley R-Lamp, each is made by hand from a classic BMW R series motorcycle headlight, and each still carries the years of patina from its former life illuminating the streets,…
The Land Rover Defender is likely not the first vehicle you think of when you hear the term “rally car” but that’s exactly what this 2013 Defender 90 is. Not only is it a…
