CARS AS ART – MUSEO STORICO ALFA ROMEO

by Jack Shepherdson - 1st September 20187th September 2018

Four months ago, when I sat down to write about the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale and the concepts it spawned, did I think I would ever get the chance to clap eyes on the cars, let alone four months down the track? Absolutely not. Despite so, in mid-May I

Another 10 Maddest Classic Concept Cars

by Jack Shepherdson - 4th April 20186th April 2018

Last year I brought you an article about the 10 maddest classic concept cars, and it was by far one of the hardest lists to make; not because I struggled to list ten, but quite the opposite, getting the list down to just ten concepts was exceedingly tough. With such

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale – A Design Revolution

by Jack Shepherdson - 28th February 20182nd March 2018

If ever a car company were looked to as responsible for bringing the automobile to life, it would be Alfa Romeo. There’s something you just can’t quite put your finger on with an Alfa, but their passion, romance, soul and flair is simply unquestionable. The 60’s are undeniably Alfa’s golden

The VW Beetle Fallacy – How Hitler’s People’s Car Became a 60’s Darling

by Jack Shepherdson - 26th January 201828th January 2018

It’s the most recognisable car of all time. The 2nd best-selling ever produced. The first to sell 20 million units. A car which spanned a 65-year production and was even the star of a series of Hollywood films. It’s reckoned more than 1 billion people at one point or another

Tucker Torpedo – Yesterdays Car of Tomorrow

The Great Carchive

by Jack Shepherdson - 27th December 2017

Somewhere sits an automotive graveyard, filled with glorious failures. The motors of men like John DeLorean and Rust Heinz whose passion projects never managed to make it off the ground. Within this graveyard sits the car of Preston Tucker, though it’s likely the only car in this graveyard that got

The Life of the Alfa Romeo B.A.T. Cars

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by Jack Shepherdson - 13th November 201713th November 2017

Few cars manage to preserve the sensory slap they deliver when first clapped eyes on, but I guarantee you these are three cars you couldn’t possibly take your eyes off. The Alfa Romeo B.A.T’s remain today as quite possibly the most important designs of the Italian automotive renaissance. Penned by

The First Supercars

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by Jack Shepherdson - 19th October 20173rd November 2017

A supercar is a super car. You all know what they are, they’re the cars we sketched in the back of our maths textbooks, radical wedges covered in guns built for picking up women and blasting through the streets of Saint Tropez; They appeal to our natural attraction to ‘cool’.

70 Years of Ferrari – The Magnificent Seven

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by Jack Shepherdson - 19th September 201720th September 2017

1947 saw the First Ferrari rumble through the streets of Maranello. Today the 70-year-old company has become one of the most prolific automakers around, a company with a rich back catalogue of stunning cars. To celebrate the 70th birthday of the Man from Modena’s motors, here’s our pick of Ferrari’s

Citroën DS – The Greatest Car in the World

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by Jack Shepherdson - 14th July 201714th July 2017

On the 5th of October 1955 at the Paris Motor Show, a car saw the light of day which would forever change the face of motoring, the first truly modern automobile. A car which struck such a chord with the public 12,000 were sold on the first day; 84,000 by

Jaguar XJ13 – A Series of Unfortunate Events

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by Jack Shepherdson - 7th June 201712th June 2017

It’s the 21st of January 1971. On that overcast, rainy Thursday Jaguar’s chief test driver, Norman Dewis took an experimental Jaguar up the banking of MIRA’s high speed bowl; it would be the last drive of the prototype Jaguar XJ13. "Considered by many as not only one of the prettiest cars