Never enough. I found this little inspriring movie on petrolicious. Personal, passion, pure. This one goes out to the Alfisti. -Matt. Continue reading

Somewhere in a parallel universe.... Continue reading

Een gestoepte Alfa tijdens de Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. Een super inkoopwagentje. De urban feestlamp een sterk idee. -Matt. Continue reading

Part VI The final chapter dedicated to the top cars and winners. Some might think it was boring that Audi won again but i think different. Toyota was a good opponent and i also really liked their cars that looked pretty cool but also not pretty. The Audis made a... Continue reading

Part V Back to the presence- even if it felt really future-like seeing the Deltawing driving around the track. I always had the feeling it was drifting, clearly not looking nice but having character soon everyone likes the special car with Racing Number "0". I really enjoyed walking around through... Continue reading

Part IV One of the Highlights was the Classic Race- even in the heavy rain. It was very sad that several cars were destroyed but that shows how hard times have been in the past driving such racecars without electronic help. - Fab. Continue reading

Part III 24h is a long time for watching cars racing each other. When you need a break you can go sightseeing at the campsides where you find every car you can imagine parked next to the owners tent. I love the contrast between the expensive metal and the cheap... Continue reading

Part II The 458 is loved by all of us because it wears just as much as it needs to cover the most important -just like the little black dress from your girlfriend. As race version it looks heavy equipped and trained- but "xiaoxin" (=be careful): what pictures can't tell:... Continue reading

Part I Le Mans is not round the corner of Beijing - and NO the Chinese haven't copied the racetrack and built it up here. But even so i had the chance to experience the once in a lifetime event of visiting a Le Mans race this year. After some... Continue reading

Lang geleden, in een melkwegstelsel hier ver vandaan (...) werd ik aangetrokken door het stilistenvak. Komende van een technische achtergrond, was dat geen eenvoudige transitie. Temeer daar de eerste ervaring in het nieuwe speelveld, een zelf geregelde stage in de Nederlandse Volvo Car designstudio, gepaard ging met een combinatie van een volledig ontbrekende ontwerpachtergrond en een boek wat me als een bijbel was aanbevolen - en me danig in verwarring bracht. Een gewaardeerd ontwerper uit de studio bezwoer dat iedere auto-stilist het gelezen moest hebben. Het bleek voornamelijk een oratio die het gratuite gebruik van modefratsen in de auto-industrie hevig... Continue reading

PART 9 The final pictures with another BIG star- this time from Citroen. It so cool that is was presented in an unusual way: dark purple paint only brightened with little arty lighting. You couldn't see a lot of the car, anyway it is big and its looking mean. Good... Continue reading

PART 8 A collection of Euro Showcars. Nothing brand new but still nice to look at. Another example for you do it wrong is the Chinese Edition showed by a Chinese Brand. Have a close look at the details, it is pretty crazy. - Fab. Continue reading

Part 7 But not all is black and white, there are a lot of colours in between. And some i like. For Example the brown Chery SUV looked really hot on the show. - Fab. Continue reading

PART 6 Time for some "copycat-action". Yes the Chinese Car Industry is young and of course learning Design means a lot of looking at famous examples. Here are two a little bit to close in my eyes, the Huatai Baolige (Cayenne) and the Zotye T600 (Q5). After smiling take them... Continue reading

PART 5 These following cars by Toyota & Lexus were not new for Beijing but still on top of my personal favorites this year list. Both cars have plenty of new themes, they are pretty wild & angry also creative and let me finally think of artwork again. - Fab. Continue reading

PART 4 Toyota is giving a great show with a big amount of cars on the stage. I am surprised about the different levels of design from pretty cool to quite rude. The retros will say now -look at the classic AE86!- and i agree, still better than many of... Continue reading

PART 3 Audi showed several Showcars on their big stage. The RSQ3 looked really cool in a stunning matt blue paint. The dark blue colored carbon parts fitted beautifully. It was a demonstration for the love of detail that Audi makes special. Every Q3 should look like this, don't you... Continue reading

PART 2 The second big Star on the Beijing Show was the Mercedes Style Concept. An amazing Proportion and the typical high emotional surface entertainment made it a real "looker". The 3/4-quarter back view is working. The question will be how much is carried over into the production version. The... Continue reading

PART 1 Finally i managed to have a look at my very few photos from the Beijing Show. The Show was pretty fine and not too big. The international Star of the show surely was the Lamborghini Urus. It was a pretty good idea to show it here in the... Continue reading

Another sunny day with spring in the air is the right time for the show off with your brand new ride. This car for sure is a fairy tail for its female owner but Ferry would not be amused to see his Porsche cars reduced to a fashion product. The... Continue reading

Today was a warm and sunny day. On my cycling tour i kept my eyes open to see what's the newest car fashion trend. I have the feeling matt colored cars are somehow very 2011. So what's hot in 2012? My guess a fixed gear inspired look and a lot... Continue reading

Nu de Amerikaanse big three (of in elk geval two daarvan) hun boekhouding weer enigszins op orde hebben en het depressiespook op zijn beurt Europa angst inboezemt, is het hoog tijd ons te beseffen wat voor moois wij allemaal te verliezen hebben. Of zijn wij slimmer dan dat? Als je ziet wat er van de parel van Michigan is geworden, realiseer je je opgelucht dat enig cultureel besef de Europeaan gelukkig niet vreemd is. Daarom wordt bij ons in elk geval het automobiele culturele erfgoed nog niet achteloos achtergelaten, maar op z'n minst op gehaaide wijze in klinkende munt omgezet.... Continue reading

Niks is zo veranderlijk als mijn plannen voor 'my next wheels' en bij afwijking van het voor de hand liggende, wordt de twijfel het grootst (immers: the look of the cake isn't always the taste). Echter, de voor mij niet zo waarschijnlijke keuze -hierboven- staat toch alweer geruime tijd vast in mijn wish list - naast logischer apparaten als de oogverblindende A5 (coupe of sportback, beide nu nog te duur), de klassiek mooie en solide belegging A6 Avant (wel erg voorspelbaar en het nieuwtje is er tegen 2014 -dat is namelijk de planning- wel heeeeel erg van af), een dito... Continue reading

Close to the shining sides of Beijing are the normal streets that you perhaps expect from China. Here really used vehicles proof that still daily live is not a pink toyworld for everyone. - Fab. Continue reading

Honestly, did you play with Barbies? Do you like the new Mini? Everbody agrees that the new Mini is a classical girls toy. Decide on your own if you like it in pink. I learned it is cool, not funny! If you don't like to drive a pink Mini you... Continue reading