02/06/12 - Crank and Piston
Porsche 911 // Forever The Dream
Crankandpiston recently spent some time with Porsche's new 911. Even though we spent many hours eating up the clicks on the road and pushing the 991 to its limits on-track, we just had to get some [...]
02/06/12 - Crank and Piston
McLaren Dubai // Part One, Setting Sail
McLaren - a Formula One giant for well over four decades – now has a road car. A serious road car. The MP4-12C is a supercar, McLaren's first since the F1 of the 1990s. But this new machine is [...]
02/04/12 - Crank and Piston
Jonathan Ward // Icon Derelicts // egarage
egarage.com caught up with Jonathon Ward (Icon 4×4) to talk about his other passion in life; Icon Derelicts. It’s fair to say that not only do his Icon products properly float our boats, [...]
02/04/12 - Crank and Piston
UAE Touring Cars // Renault Clio // Intense moment
We had the displeasure of witnessing this crash at Yas Marina late last season and had that immediate sinking feeling. The amazing thing though, is that sinking feeling was all but instantly [...]
02/02/12 - Crank and Piston
BMW Z8 and Aston Martin DBS // Yes, But Is It Art?
A recent art exhibit in the UAE got us thinking at crankandpiston. When a manufacturer whips the covers off a brand new model, "we started with a blank canvas" often gets the press conference ball [...]
02/02/12 - Crank and Piston
Rolls-Royce Ghost // Impressing the Parents // UAE
So, I’m on the phone to the PR man for Rolls-Royce in the Middle East, chatting about life generally, when I casually mention that my folks are visiting Dubai from the UK.”Oh, you should [...]
02/02/12 - Crank and Piston
Toyota Yaris // Track Action // The Management Fleet
Last time I wrote how refreshing it is to drive a car you can max out on the roads without watching your license evaporate on the way to the police station. Now we’ve had a chance to really see [...]
02/01/12 - Crank and Piston
Solberg Extreme Motorshow // Outrun The Gun
The Solberg brothers have faced a lot together. Both are former-Norwegian Rally Champions (Henning a five-time consecutive winner) and both have proved their mettle in the World Rally Championship [...]
02/01/12 - Crank and Piston
Jaguar XJ220 // Happy 20th Birthday
'The Saturday Club' was unaware in the late 1980s just how much impact their sketches would have. Though it may sound like a cartoon marathon aimed at the under 8-year-olds, this small team of [...]
