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Keeping the Passion going. Liberty Vintage Motorcycles   There’s something utterly charming about vintage vehicles, whether on two wheels or four. And there’s usually something charming about the guys and gals that dedicate their lives to [...]

Lego Land Rover Defender. Want want want   Growing up, my childhood was an endless vista of long summers, carefree times and joyful discovery. But mostly Lego. The Danish bricks of endless possibilities filled drawers and drawers in my [...]

BMW, Infiniti, Mercedes. Pink Dolphin Clothing. Driving Sales   We've given you many examples of automotive themed clothing at crankandpiston over the years - Import Bible T-Shirts and Donwan Harrell's PRPS range to name a couple - but it's rare we stumble across [...]

Artega GT. How Awesome...?   How awesome has a car got to be for a circuit to be built especifically for it? We'll say 'quite'. The Artega GT is certainly an option: not only does the German beast look the part, but a 3.6l V6 [...]

Qatar National Road Racing. Guest Blog. My Year With A Porsche 911S   Recently crankandpiston asked me to write a few words about my year competing in the Qatar National Road Racing Championship Open Class in a 1973 911S. This year there's been a lot of excitement, but [...]

Graham Silverstone Stowe Racing Watch. More Than A Name   Stumbling across phrases like 'oozes speed and adrenaline' in a press release are usually enough to prick our ears up. Throw 'true racing machine' into the mix and that's another game changer. Add [...]

Shot Of The Day. P4/5 Competizione   Epic, isn't it? From the mighty Ferrari-laden private collection of James Glickenhaus rolled this tyre-melting behemoth, the P4/5 Competizione. The road-going model, which made its debut in 2006, is [...]

King Of The Hammers. Mike Klesin. Shake, Rattle And Roll...And Roll, And Roll   Motorsport is littered with examples of unique ways to cross the finish line.Carl Edwards, after an enormous accident destroys his Rousch Fenway Ford on the run to the flag, took the chequered flag [...]

Toyota 86. Nurburgring 24hrs. Leading The Charge   Interest ahead of the Nurburgring 24hrs is really starting to hot up. Fresh off the news that Aston Martin will once again compete in the endurance event with a race-spec V12 Zagato, Toyota has now [...]

Shot Of The Day. Maserati Granturismo S   The red light. The temptation to weld your right foot to the go-faster pedal and smash the 'opposition' to dust is all too tempting. Perhaps in this case it would be a bit one-sided: a Toyota Prius [...]

Keep Drifting Fun. Will Roegge   American Will Roegge has been following the drifting scene for many years now, and being a bit handy with a camera, he’s decided to make a documentary about the grass roots of the sport. Roegge [...]

Ferrari FF. Dubai, UAE. A New Direction   We very recently had the pleasure of a couple of days with the Ferrari FF, the much-anticipated successor to the 612 Scaglietti. Armed with a full family, luggage and anything else the team could put [...]

Pasttimesigns. Automotive Metal Signs. Choices To Make   There's still space on the wall at crankandpiston - yes we thought those Automotive Retro Prints would do the job too - and after much 'erm'ing and 'ah'ing, we came up with two choices. The first was [...]