Classic Cars
The Unusual Saab Sonett II – A Two-Stroke Swedish Sports Car
I sincerely doubt an article has ever been written about the Saab Sonett II without using the word “quirky,” as there are so few other words that fit the little Swedish car so well. Saab…
1930s Morris Educational Film: Constructing A Car Engine
This film dates from the 1930s, it was made by the Morris Motors Cine Dept. at Cowley to showcase their advanced (by the standards of the time) manufacturing facilities for engines and gearboxes. The film shows…
The Only One Ever Made: Rolls-Royce Phantom II Special Brougham By Brewster
The Rolls-Royce you see here is a one-off build that was tailor made for American architect C. Mathews Dick in the early 1930s by famed American coachbuilding company Brewster & Co. C. Mathews was the…
For Sale: An Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI – A 490 BHP 1990s Touring Car Icon
The Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI quickly became a legend in European touring car racing circles in the 1990s – various examples of the car won the 1992 Italian Touring Car Championship, the 1993 German…
Vintage Vanlife – A Restored Ford Thames 400E Dormobile Campervan
The Ford Thames 400E was released in 1957 to compete with similar vans built by the likes of Volkswagen, Bedford, Austin, and Morris. The “Thames” brand was used by Ford of Britain for their commercial…
A Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer – The Brooklyn Commission
Singer Vehicle Design have been creating what are arguably the world’s greatest modified Porsche 911s since 2009. Best known simply as “Singer” the company was named as a double barreled homage to legendary Porsche engineer…
The Extraordinary Automotive Art Of Avakov Ilya
This is the art of Avakov Ilya, a Red Dot award winning industrial designer who graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Art Industrial Academy in 2007. After establishing himself as an industrial designer of some…
A Tastefully Executed Chevrolet Corvette C1 “Fuelie” Restomod
The world of restomods (restorations that include modern performance upgrades) is often blighted by controversial decision making that isn’t to everyone’s taste. Things like big wheels and low profile tires on ’60s era muscle cars…
The Rolls-Royce That Belonged To Both Princess Margaret And Burt Reynolds
There can’t be many vehicles in the world that can boast of former owner provenance as varied as this 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. It was first owned by Princess Margaret, then 10 years later in…
A BMW 325iX Rally Car – The First All-Wheel Drive Production BMW
The BMW 325 iX was the first BMW road car to be offered with all-wheel drive, it was first released back in 1986 as an answer to the Audi Quattros which were dominating in the…
Alfa Romeo 2.5 V6 Engine Coffee Table By Custom Brothers
Each of these Alfa Romeo V6 engine coffee tables is made by the team at Custom Brothers from a damaged or non-running engine. This will help appease those who don’t believe that a running engine should…
Bugatti Type 46 #46491 “Superprofilée” – A Bugatti That Almost Didn’t Get Built
In the days before the widespread production of unibody cars the world was largely dominated by cars that utilized body-on-chassis construction. As a result of this there were countless coachbuilders around the world who would build an…