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GENEVA REVIEW - PART 3   Brute The Volkswagen Cross Coupe has gone into the paint shop somewhere between Tokyo and Geneva. A second glance, dressed in red this time. Raw, but refined with a lovely stance and ace proportions. [...]

GENEVA REVIEW - PART 2   Bold Bold, Cleaned, shaved, channeled and blown up. Partly hot rod, partly Muscle Beach, Venice, CA. In other words, the evolution of Soul was the funk with its heavily vibrating bass lines punching [...]

GENEVA REVIEW - PART 1   Bright Springtime, the start of the automotive season in la Suisse. How bright is the future, what is on show this year? This years Geneva is clearly dominated by production novelties. A temporary [...]

Brescia   Sometimes it just so happens that work and pleasure coincide (of course, being a designer, that happens all the time really). This is a little story about last weeks business trip to Italy, to be more [...]

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS   Midnight in Paris, the city sleeps as we take a late walk down town. Impressions of a metropole that is Smart, flexible, romantic and luxurious. Different means of transport in a warm glow. Enjoy. [...]

TOKYO EAT   Tokyo Eat, Paris, one of the hot spots on our tour. Food and art. A friendly and bright eatery near Trocadero with a minimal design. An inspiring end of a long day, salut!Keep it mind for your next [...]

GARAGE FOCH   Paris, Place Charles de Gaulle, the point of gravity of this metropole. History meets modern times. Look right and one can feel Versailles, look left to spot la Defense on the horizon. A collection of [...]

FRANKFURT AFTERBURN   Two weeks to Geneva. Eagerly anticipating the upcoming kickoff to the European motorshow circus, here's some uncategorized snapshots from my carfreax attic - to help kill your countdown time. [...]

TOKYO MOTOR SHOW PART III   Are you ready? Damn right we are! This is the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show and we are here to soak up the energy. Japan, a country with a positive and sympathetic attitude. The tsunami earlier this year had [...]

TOKYO MOTOR SHOW PART II   A stroll over the Tokyo Motor Show. What is served by the big three of Japan? I have a soft spot for Honda. This is the brand of the spaghetti exhausted '67 Formula One racer, the Monkey motor [...]

TOKYO MOTOR SHOW PART I   I have never been here before, and yet I feel at home. The Tokyo Motor Show, it has always been on top of my list since I was a kid. One of the grand slams of automotive car shows and probably the [...]

ONE GR8 SUMMER - PART ONE   My summer of speed kicked off at the beginning of July with Goodwood, followed just a week later by Pass Masters (previously reported by Mattijs) that was my first chance to have a proper blast with [...]

DAUPHIN COLLECTION   Have we been here before? Virtually yes, but let's hit it one more time. Another CFX visit to a place full of hidden pleasures. It is the beginning of december and to top off an exciting year [...]