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Salon Privé 2012. London, UK. An Afternoon In The Park
“Just so you know, this is a sizeable gallery’” crankandpiston’s own Luke Gilbertson casually mentioned to me just before clicking Send. He…
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Ducati Abu Dhabi. The Red Carpet Treatment
I could get used to this! It’s 10am on a Saturday morning, and a very smiley lady wearing a Ducati t-shirt has…
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Défi 300kph. 3…2…1…
As drag race line-ups go, this is a pretty good one: a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1; a Nissan GTR; an Audi R8; a…
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Mitsubishi Evo X. Michael Heywood. Part 2. Humble Beginnings
We’ll admit there was a certain cloak and dagger motif to our last conversation with Michael Heywood, although judging by the feedback…
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GT Academy Middle East. Calling all Playstation gamers
For the past four years, the world’s best driving gamers have been coming to Dubai to race in the city’s annual 24-hour…
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Gillette ProGlide Concept. Mach 3 Turbo-Charged
There’s such a thing as ‘close racing’. There’s also such a thing as a ‘close shave’. It’s very rare though that you…
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Law Enforcement 2025. “Is There A Problem Officer…?”
Chances are if you saw blue and twos going hell-for-leather on this thing, you’d pull over. And quickly! And that’s pretty much…
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BMW M3 Art Car. “Couldn’t We Just Photoshop It?”
These guys really know how to scope a location. Not content with a quick drive around the city limits in a 1…
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Porsche 911. Reborn
Picture the scene. A Porsche 911, a sunny weekend afternoon, and green pastures surrounding twisting, meandering tarmac. Is there any better feeling?…
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The Bentley Suite. Vrooom Service
More often than not, model renderings that are released by car manufacturers are ‘innovative’, ‘one of a kind’, or ‘unlike anything we…
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McLaren Showroom. Dubai, UAE. Seeing The Light
“Lights! Lights! We need more lights!” is an oft-used plea by any photographer. So you can imagine the bemusement at McLaren Middle…
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Rust Beetle. Piece-By-Piece
How long would it take you to draw a detailed picture of a classic Volkswagen Beetle complete with artistic rust patches, roof-rack…