Concepts
Darth Juke-R: Nissan take the piss and we love them for it
Nissan displayed a profoundly dark and impish sense of humour when they decided to create the Juke-R, previously the most ridiculed modern car on the road. With a GT-R engine in it, no-one would dare laugh in its face now. Would they…?!
By Straight-Six, published on 24 January 2012
Whine and whir: The electric car shiver
Straight-Six gets his Spiderman Y-fronts in a twist over RUF’s electric 911s. At least two of the eRUF models to be tested can hit 100 kph in five seconds, and power on to a top speed of 220 kph.
By Straight-Six, published on 25 February 2011
Finally! New Lancia Stratos trumps the old
We really don’t have time to do this post and its subject justice. Honestly. On the run between meetings and lunch at a devastatingly good Italian restaurant (vongole and Tuscan white wine await…), we have mere minutes to share with you the storming success that is the New Stratos. Clearly, the cognescenti will know immediately [...]
By Straight-Six, published on 20 January 2011
The Jaguar C-X75 and Bremont
With this post, we’re delighted to welcome our latest guest contributor to The Prodigal Guide: Noodlefish. The man is fanatical not just about watches but about the sort of horological detail that would escape most timepiece fans. In the coming months, he’ll be taking us deep down the watch rabbit hole. In the meantime, enjoy this first report on Bremont’s involvement with the amazing new Jaguar concept: the C-X75.
By Noodlefish, published on 4 January 2011
The trinket and the Titan: Citroen DS3 and Metropolis
As children of the 70s, we were marked by many things automotive. One was the time some Danish friends took us for a ride in their Citroen CX by their country home in southern France. We all marveled at the surreal calm of its hydro-pneumatic suspension. And how it rode over a cratered, stone-littered French [...]
By Straight-Six, published on 23 April 2010
Just because: The gorgeous Peugeot SR1
Gorgeous. Now there’s a word you don’t often hear in the same sentence as Peugeot. Oh sure, the plucky French carmaker has had its moments – 1997′s Pininfarina-styled 406 coupe springs to mind – but on the whole we tend to associate Peugeot with accomplished hot hatches not inspired design. Well, just because we stumbled [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 24 January 2010
Recession be damned
Yes, we’re in the middle of the worst global recession for half a century. But it seems that no one remembered to tell the German carmakers. Thank God. If you haven’t yet done so, you need to head on over to Evo to check out their coverage from the Frankfurt motor show. For our money [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 21 September 2009
Just because: the Lamborghini Insecta Concept
Just because we wanted to push that dreadful Toyota Prius down our homepage, here are some gratuitous shots of the rather stunning new Lamborghini Insecta Concept. Designed by a Romanian design student called Iulian Bumbu, the Insecta is an impressive beast.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 14 March 2009
Wow
We’ve long admired Aston Martin’s designs. The DB7 rejuvenated the brand. The DB9, stylistically but also from an engineering point of view, completed the journey back to form. And we’ve since been blown away by the V8 Vantage and, more recently, the four door Rapide.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 3 September 2008
BMW’s CS concept: is there light at the end of the tunnel?
BMW’s CS concept gives us some clues as to where the company will take the design of its next generation of cars.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 18 May 2007
