LIFE ON MARS
My opinion has changed. The four wheelers that rattle through the inner cities look out of place; cafe posers from another planet. But these days I discover the true qualities of quads. And yes, it [...]
2.4 S
A colleague of mine at Kiska found this car a few years ago and after a small photoshoot we got into talking about it's history.Despite looking like a wreck, this is one of the most desirable [...]
Sub-culture: AutoSalon Tilburg (reprise)
About a month ago I posted a last-minute event alert on our CFX|NL sister site, to try and tempt some of my Dutch buddies into visiting a one-off local 'car meets art' happening downtown [...]
THE DAUPHIN COLLECTION
Our Audi Design team in Munich thought it was about time we had a "workshop" Now, for me workshop is somewhere you do woodwork or repair cars. But no, apparently für zee Germans a [...]
JUGAAD
What do the Tata Nano, Ronald Mc Donald, the Gillette LubraStrip and orange Tokyo Drift tyres have in common?They are, all four, successful examples of the 'jugaad' method of [...]
GULF WARS
Getting close to the end of the year, spare time at last! Before the new year starts I have to finish some unfinished business. My apple has been my companion the last months. Sitting comfortably on [...]
MEILENWERK D-DORF
Too close to ignore the opportunity. 2000 km through Europe within five days. A couple of hundred more won't hurt so Michiel and I decide to pay a spontaneous visit to Duesseldorf. After Berlin [...]
DERRICK MEETS EAMES
Aquick hit and run to Berlin. This time for business reasons. After our arrival my colleague Torsten and I drop of our bags at the hotel. It is located near the Kurfuerstendamm, the famous shopping [...]
PORSCHE 904
A few months ago I got into a conversation about cars with a work colleague. Nothing unusual about that you may think for a car designer, but we were arguing over what was the greatest Porsche ever. [...]
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Spa Francorhcamps Six Hours Classic. A CFX blast from the past, but not without a reason. Back in 2004 a bunch of Dutch Carfreax decided to top of an exciting season and put some icing on the cake in [...]
PIMA AIR MUSEUM
After living for almost two years in California there were still unticked boxes on my to-do list. Unseen places and events. Just a couple of months after my return to Germany I decided to go back to [...]
Dutch Design Week 'part 2'
Afterthe 'part 1'posting on the DDW, Icannot do anything else than complete the picture.It wasn't justabout the 'artier'kind of design. Therewere also quite someB2B incentives [...]
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK
It is the end of october and I decide to take a couple of days of. The studio is filled with clay and modelers, tools everywhere. With a final information feed and a clear conscience I hit the train [...]
Goodwood
Finally, My first Blog for Carfreax.Let me briefly introduce myself.My name is Steve Lewis, a Car designer working within the VW group since 1990.I've been around a bit, England, Germany, Spain, [...]