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, [...]
06/05/11 - Carfreax
CURBED
Somewhere in a parallel universe someone had the same idea I guess. I am on my way back home after a fantastic weekend in the Ardennes. As I weave through the one way streets of Thuex it starts to [...]
05/31/11 - Carfreax
SHANGHAI REVIEW PART TWO
So you think you are a carfreak hu? A stroll over the Shanghai Auto compound will teach you something different. I, at least, never felt so overwhelmed and confused visiting a car show. An eclectic [...]
05/29/11 - Carfreax
SHANGHAI REVIEW PART ONE
Once upon a time a trip to Amsterdam was an adventure, Essen was pure walhalla and Brussels an experience. Frankfurt was miles away from home, but eventually we got there over the years. Our horizon [...]
05/29/11 - Carfreax
On The Road (vrij naar Jack Kerouac)
Hèhè, eindelijk rijden. Het stof eraf gepoetst en gelijk met Henk een stukje gaan sturen, 'Ronde van de Kempen', inclusief het vergaren van bewijslast in de vorm van locale [...]
05/20/11 - Carfreax
QUOTOMOTIVE
"Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win." "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines." "What's behind you [...]
05/11/11 - Carfreax
RUSH, RISK, RIDE
Achtung exclamation marks! Weapon of choice: Nissan GT-R. Location: Nurburgring. So there I was, at the gates of "the green hell"; "the toughest, most dangerous, and most demanding [...]
04/13/11 - Carfreax
NOW OR NEVER
Car designers of the world, unite! Surely there must be a way... to keep the 'numero uno' dreamcar of all time out of the stone cold hands of the next billionaire automotive [...]
04/03/11 - Carfreax
GENEVA REVIEW PART 15
Enough of the Good, how about some Bad & Ugly? Starting of with the Giugiaro proposals for new generations of Golf & Polo. From the company that invented the Golf, their latestattempt is under [...]
04/03/11 - Carfreax
GENEVA REVIEW PART 14
Ideas, ideas, ideas....lots of ideas, but what a pity the designersforgot to find a new theme for the interior; I'm really done with the ellipses. Absolutely the single most important thing they [...]
04/03/11 - Carfreax
GENEVA REVIEW PART 13
Not necessarily the most beautiful concept of the show, but certainly one of the best presentations! Interesting because of its graphics, light-treatment (TRON: Legacy), the story-telling. The design [...]
