We all like to dream about cars don't we? I'm sure every single person who reads this blog site has regular thoughts about what cars they want to own. I personally take time every day to think about my automotive plans! There is nothing wrong with dreaming, as it's the act of visualizing that's the first step to building your future
Ergh... it seems that each time I go to Wilkenson's I find an increasing amount of items to dump my hard earned cash into. I'm frothing at the mouth for the Autoart Super Silhouette Skyline, but this True Scale Miniatures 1/18 Kremer K3 die cast is also making me crazy with desire. The Porsche 935 is absolutely my favourite racing car of all
Remember how fantastic childhood birthdays were? I remember I used to have huge parties when I was a child, perhaps just so I could get more presents! These days though it's slim pickings for birthday presents, which is probably why I normally buy myself a little treat each year. This self-present is normally always a die cast model or a motorsports
I'm sure most of you guys are aware of the short but fruitful linkup between BMW and McLaren that produced the F1 Supercar, but this was not the first time these two companies worked together. Back in the 1970s McLaren had an American based racing team that was used for its Indianapolis campaigns. It was this team which BMW charged with running
Around the office at EA, the Speedhunters audience is always referred to as "the hardcore" ... That is, you guys are so much more than casual automotive fans; you eat, sleep and breath this stuff... But among automotive enthusiasts there are the hardcore and then there are the REAL hardcore . People whose automotive knowledge reaches encyclopedic
It's now BMW Month on Speedhunters so we thought it would be fitting to bring together the first 3 series GT racer with the current ALMS GT2 weapon for September's desktop calendar release. Look out for full features on both of these cars in the coming weeks. You can download standard or widescreen Calendars in our desktop section.
Ok enough drift articles for the moment... the big event this weekend is the Le Mans 24HRs which starts tomorrow morning. As I don't own a television, I'm going to be getting up at 05:30 to head over to a buddy's apartment to watch the first few hours of the race. I should then hopefully be able to stream video and/or audio from the rest
I find at most big racing events, the bits of car culture you see in the paddock and spectator areas are often just as interesting as the on-track action. It's here that you can get up close with the unique qualities of local automotive scenes. Sometimes when I'm wandering about these spectator areas I'll come across something that I will
I was doing a bit of research on Japanese Super Silhouette race cars yesterday, for an article I'm writing..... and came across these cool vintage videos... Feast your eyes on these hypertrophied monstrous racing machines! You just gotta love Youtube don't you? It's quite amazing what kind of footage has been uploaded..... :R
Wow this 935 feature is turning into quite the epic Speedhunters article…. I originally only planned for it to be a single entry but have had to break it out into two pieces; it keeps ballooning in size. You can tell I just love these cars huh? As I write this article, I’m sitting on a plane, flying from San Francisco back to Vancouver