Top Gear is the most watched factual television show in history and I’m not aware of the existence of a man anywhere in the world who doesn’t like the show. Or love it deeply. The 3 presenters are, reassuringly, not young or suspiciously handsome, they’re all accomplished writers and they seem like exactly the kind of guys you’d want to spend a rainy day at the pub with.
This is an older Top Gear segment that features a hill climb race between a modern “ricer” sports car and a classic Austin Healey Frog-Eye Sprite. I won’t tell you who wins but I will recommend you hit play, it’ll probably be the best 5 minutes of your day.
Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
No article about the Lotus 7 can be written without mentioning the clever way in which Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus got around British tax law. You see, there was a not inconsiderable…
The marriage of the Land Rover Defender and the ubiquitous 3.5 litre Rover V8 first occurred in the 1980s when it was first offered as an engine option from the factory. It would be the…
This series of British Leyland t-shirts was created by graphic designer and illustrator Roy McCarthy celebrate the memorable advertising from one of the United Kingdom’s most famous (or perhaps infamous) automakers. There are four t-shirts…
This is a 1:1 scale Bizzarrini 5300 Strada body buck, it was made by the team at Carrozzeria Auto Sport, it’s finished in painted dark blue with an Italian tricolore, and it’s price estimate…
Johannes Huwe is a world renowned photographer who focusses much of his attention on the world of automobiles, motorcycles, and the adventures people have with them. Unusually he insists on shooting every photograph on film…
This is the Irvin Flying Jacket, it’s the direct descendant of the original Irvin Sheepskin Flying Jacket that was used by RAF pilots and aircrews throughout World War II. Interestingly these modern Irving jackets were…
