Mini Rocketman After the debut of a new Mini in late 2000, many complained (and still complain) that Mini is not so “mini” now: still Alec Issigonis’s creation was only three meters long, and […]
Let’s dot all the “i’s” right away: the 1998 Jeepster concept Jeepster was not a planned baby. And, accordingly, was not created with the expectation that it would become the prototype of the production […]
McLaren Elva Although speedster Elva was announced in November, the journalists began to let him in only recently and very selectively. No wonder – will build only 399 of these cars, and the price […]
In the 1970s Italian coachbuilders were on the rise: Bertone, Pininfarina, Vignale, Ghia, Touring – no one sat without work. And often studios were approached not only by individual customers with deep pockets, but also […]
The debut of the Nissan GT-R at the Tokyo show was the biggest car news of 2007: advanced all-wheel drive system, Porsche 911 Turbo-level dynamics – and all for the price of an ordinary […]
Aston Martin’s factory designers create such beauty that an encounter with a Vanquish or DB9 could be considered an unplanned trip to a museum of modern art. However, the talent of its own artists […]
BMW 700 Colani, 1963 In 1963, Colani created a sensation, having designed the world’s first road sports car with a load-bearing plastic monocoque body on the chassis of a small-capacity BMW 700. The spatial […]
Audi S4 Avant, 1991-1994 The first charged station wagon from Ingolstadt was the Audi S4 Avant 2.2 turbo quattro. Production of the debut two-volume “esca” began in 1991. For the basis of model took a […]
Eight Ferrari, three Mercedes and a Lamborghini in Japan 2011 If it is not the most expensive car crash in the world, it is certainly one of the most spectacular (and stupid!): twelve supercars worth […]
Over the past 20 years, we have lost several car brands with rich history: Saab, Rover, Mercury, Pontiac, Oldsmobile… Which, however, does not give reason to cross out their heritage from memory and hearts […]
