Ferrari Opus // 'Light' Reading
What is the most exclusive Ferrari in the world? The FF? The F40? Its forgotten younger sister the F50? Okay, I'll give you a clue: it weighs just 37kg, costs $246,760 (906,226 AED), and - get this - [...]
Mitsubishi EVO IX // Part Two, New Life // Guest Blog
'Project Evo' was well on its way. My new business venture - TAM Auto Engineering - was taking up a lot of time, but of an evening I'd often find myself planning the next phase of my Mitsubishi Evo [...]
08.02.12
Honda S2000 // Wheels Up // Drag Racing
What’s the last thing you expected a Honda S2000 to be caught doing? How about picking the front wheels off the deck and running a 9.5sec quarter mile at 235kmh? Yeah… same as us then [...]
07.02.12
The Management Fleet // VW Scirocco // Braving The Traffic
Somehow, a month has slipped by since crankandpiston's newboy fell off the long haul flight from Manchester. Explorative wanderings around Dubai - complete with 'wow's, 'woah's and 'huh's - have [...]
07.02.12
Chevrolet Sonic // OK Go, A Desert, And Upended Pianos
Most of you will probably have seen OK Go's video 'Here It Goes Again'. Spoiler alert for those of you who haven't, the band performs their song whilst dancing on treadmills. Bizarre, yes, but [...]
07.02.12
Pirelli // Renault Clio Sport RS // Nippy Madness
Many of you probably read about Pirelli's recent launch of the 2012 Formula One tyre compounds in Abu Dhabi. Since our neighbouring emirate is only 40 minutes away, we thought we'd head over to scope [...]
McLaren Dubai // Part Two, Pastures New
A lot of paperwork and a seven-hour cargo flight later, the MP4-22 touches down at Dubai airport, where Keith Holland's McLaren logistics colleagues are on hand to meet it and cut through the [...]
06.02.12
Dubai 24Hrs // Twenty-Four Hours In Four Minutes
For those of you who thought crankandpiston was through with the Dubai 24Hrs, we have one last surprise for you. To accompany our race coverage and awesome selection of high res images, we have great [...]
06.02.12
Porsche 911 // Forever The Dream
Crankandpiston recently spent some time with Porsche's new 911. Even though we spent many hours eating up the clicks on the road and pushing the 991 to its limits on-track, we just had to get some [...]
06.02.12
McLaren Dubai // Part One, Setting Sail
McLaren - a Formula One giant for well over four decades – now has a road car. A serious road car. The MP4-12C is a supercar, McLaren's first since the F1 of the 1990s. But this new machine is [...]