The Disruptors
This week, the Petersen Automotive Museum will open a new exhibit featuring minimalist vehicles and complementary works by shoe designer Rem D Koolhaas and industrial designer Joey Ruiter…
Niki Lauda's 1975 Ferrari 312T
This 312T, chassis 022, is one of just five of the evolutionary ‘transversale’ Grand Prix cars built by Ferrari for the 1975 Formula One season. The 312T model, designed by Mauro Forghieri, features a number of design…
Luftgekühlt returns to LA
A few weeks ago, Luftgekühlt returned to the States for Luft 6. After a swift stopover in the UK and Germany last year, Luftgekühlt went back to its LA roots, this time choosing Hollywood as the venue for its latest…
The 'Million Dollar Scirocco'
Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S is an instant head turner. Splashed in a rainbow motif, blurred lettering and wild graphics, there’s no surprise why the hand-painted hatchback has people buzzing in…
'The future ain’t the same as it used to be' by Chris Labrooy
Chris Labrooy returns with his latest piece highly original car based animation, titled ‘The future ain’t the same as it used to be.’ The animated short features an array of classic cars including BMW, Chevrolet…
One of the most important GTs of its time
This stunning Ferrari 250 GT SWB, is one of only 40 steel body SWB Berlinettas built in the final production run during 1962, exhibiting the desirable aesthetic distinctions of the late-production cars…
Etienne Salomé's adrenaline art
Frenchman Etienne Salomé is the head of interior design at Bugatti, and an artist. His artwork is about speed, and how to control it. Born in Paris, speed has always given Salomé a thrill, ever since his father first…
50 years of Nissan's GT-R and the Z cars
This year sees Nissan celebrate the 50th anniversary of not one, but two of it’s most famous sporting models, the GT-R and the Z…
The first car to wear the Porsche badge
A strive for technological advancement in motor car performance drove the motorsport industry in the 1920s and 1930s, resulting in some of the most iconic race cars of the period, which served as great…
Ford sign off in style
Ford has revealed a special series of “Celebration Liveries” for the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs ahead of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. Each of the four factory Ford GTs will bear a livery that celebrates the…
Porsche celebrates its past with the 935
Last year Porsche reinvented their famous 935 racing car. After unveiling it in the legendary Martini colours, as a tribute their ‘Moby Dick’ racer, they’ve now decided to release another seven livery designs based…
BMW pays homage to Marcello Gandini
The BMW Group took the occasion of this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este to unveil the recreation of the BMW Garmisch, a classic concept car that was designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone and then…
Petrolicious Drivers Meeting at Bicester Heritage
Four-thousand avid motoring enthusiasts journeyed to Bicester Heritage a couple of weeks ago to enjoy some spectacular wonders of the automotive world, right here in the UK. Renowned, Los Angeles-based…
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera is set to become the newest James Bond inspired car, thanks to the most recent collaboration between Aston Martin and EON Productions, the company that produces the…
BMW i8: An artistic experiment by Thomas Scheibitz
Internationally renowned painter and sculptor Thomas Scheibitz redesigned the BMW i8 of his long-time close friend Bernd Heusinger based on their continuous exchange. His work was not commissioned by…
From Denmark to East Africa
The 550A Spyder was Porsche’s first purpose-built competition model, introducing a new lightweight spaceframe chassis, fully independent suspension, a five-speed gearbox, and revised coachwork…
The 28th Tour Auto
The spirit of the Tour Auto Optic 2000 again drew big crowds from the start at the Grand Palais, to the finish of all five legs. This was also the case on the Dijon-Prenois, Nevers Magny-Cours, Charade and Le Mans…
The slowest piece of high speed art
To celebrate Audi’s 10 year anniversary of the V10 engine in the R8, they commissioned artist Fabian Oefner to build their slowest piece of art…