09/15/11 - Carfreax
FRANKFURT PART THREE
The end of a short day in Frankfurt. Final show down at the heart of the compound. If the IAAF would be Wimbledon, we just entered the center court for the finals. The Audi pavilion, an impressive [...]
09/15/11 - Carfreax
FRANKFURT PART TWO
Visit France. One of my high lights is the Citroen Tubik, most for its overall appearance. A reinterpretation of the ancient HY bus. Look beyond some of its too retro elements and you will find clever [...]
09/15/11 - Carfreax
FRANKFURT PART ONE
Frankfurt once again. My third show this year. After Geneva and Shanghai the big home run in Germany. One wonders if you really have to travel all the way up to F-Furt for the real deal. We have been [...]
08/26/11 - Carfreax
AMERANG AUTOMOBIL MUSEUM
With a group of colleagues and a bunch of cars we are on our way to Salzburg. Traveling the b roads of Bavaria, swapping cars every half an hour. Know your product. Lunchtime in Amerang, a green and [...]
07/31/11 - Carfreax
PORSCHE MUSEUM
A saturday in may. Dashing the autobahns in a TT RS. Four automotive cities in one day: Ingolstadt, Muenchen, Stuttgart, Zuffenhausen. The short list for a museum trip through Germany. That concept is [...]
07/25/11 - Carfreax
PASS MASTERS
The scenery, the cars, it all looked great on the pictures. The first edition of an exhilarating event. A bunch of cars slicing the Alps in three days. That was last year.It is the beginning of June. [...]
07/21/11 - Carfreax
CARFREAX CHINA
Once again we stretch our perspectives. More than five years ago we launched the Carfreax blog. It started as a small local thing firmly rooted in the Netherlands. Soon after the idea of sharing [...]
07/17/11 - Carfreax
GOODWOOD FOS part 1
Weapon of Choice: 'VW Sharan'. Plan: To get there as quickly as we can. Quite opposite to our mates who travel by classic and boat, we've decided to 'fly' by Sharan and [...]
06/18/11 - Carfreax
STUTTGART 125
It's Friday evening, It's May and Summer has started early I've just discovered there's a major car event at the 'Neuen Schlosses' Stuttgart this weekend. 125 cars will line up to celebrate 125 years [...]
06/17/11 - Carfreax
SPA SUMMER CLASSIC - 2
Why is it that formula cars and Sports 2000 racers appeal less to the imagination than other track weapons? One theory -invented on the spot- is that they don't have a 'face'. This [...]
06/16/11 - Carfreax
SPA SUMMER CLASSIC - 1
Saturday 11th June, 10 AM. The citizens of Francorchamps have already had their involuntarily early start to the day over an hour ago, by the time we finally arrive at the track. The day's second [...]
06/11/11 - Carfreax
CURBED
We are strolling down Guloudong Dajie, a street full of little boutiques and tea houses. I can't help drawing parallels with Main Street Santa Monica, or better, Melrose Avenue. The atmosphere, [...]
