Everybody knows that drifting is not all about going sideways, there is also a element of being different. Remember the Samurai drifter? Or Paul Vlasblom and his BMW touring. But when I got an email [more...]
Mercedes-Benz zieht ML-Werbung zurueck
Nach heftiger Kritik hat Mercedes-Benz eine Werbeanzeige für die neue M-Klasse zurückgezogen. Unter dem Slogan "Mehr als 200 Pferde und weniger Emissionen als eine Kuh" hatte Mercedes-Benz [...]
Autobatterie: Erste Hilfe fuer schlappe Akkus
GTÜ gibt Tipps für Batteriepflege und richtige Starthilfe Eisige Kälte und vorwiegend Fahrten über kurze Strecken belasten den Stromhaushalt im Auto extrem. Eine [...]
NAIAS2012: Chevrolet Miray Concept
Chevrolet hatte das Miray Concept schon auf der IAA 2011 (und davor auf einer Messe in Korea – daher der Name Miray, was auf Koreanisch 미ë soviel heisst wie [...]
Porsche Museum mit Sonderausstellung Identitaet 911
Seit über 40 Jahren gilt der Porsche 911 als Automobilikone und Sportwagen-Idol. So ist die Einführung des neuen Porsche Typ 991 selbst auch für das Porsche-Museum ein wichtiges [...]
CrankandPiston // Shot of the day // Patiently waiting
I love this shot for so many reasons...The sun had just risen on a new day in the Dubai 24hrs and I was lucky enough to be stood outside the pit garage of VDS Racing. VDS had the services of local [...]
1967 Chevrolet Camaro - Sacrilege
1967 Chevrolet Camaro - Sacrilege!Call it sacrilege, but Ted Nguyen stuffed an 800hp, 183ci Toyota straight-six into a bright-red '67 Camaro. This should irritate the import guys as much as the [...]
Rancho Deluxe '32 // Quick Look
Last night was incredibly frustrating, but yet hugely educational at the same time. I dropped in to see Ben at Rancho after sun down to set up a shoot of his newly finished roadster. They say black [...]
Feedback (and rain) by the bucketful
Reactions to Monday's column about Russell Long and yesterday's about Dick Wells came by the bucketful, kind of like the rain we're getting here this week in SoCal. We're getting [...]
CrankandPiston // Daily Driver // Mercedes 500e
This is a bit of weird post to be putting up here...I questioned it..then I thought why not!! I had been looking for a daily driver to fulfil the daily hack from home, via my boys school and on to [...]
Burj Khalifa // Classic Car Show
It's seems like an age ago that the 2009 Classic Car Show made an appearance at Emaar Boulevard in Downtown Burj Khalifa, Dubai. So it brings me great pleasure to say that the second Classic Car Show [...]