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Author: Mario Christou
‘Modifying’ is a unclean word to many OEMs nowadays. Once upon a time, tuners like Alpina and AC Schnitzer were embraced with open arms by automotive manufacturers, but cruising and tuning culture within the ’90s and 2000s modified the general public’s perception of the modified scene. Add to that the mixing of the best-regarded tuning houses into the OEMs themselves, stricter laws and emissions regulations, and the divide between the brand new automotive market and the aftermarket industry was certain to extend. BMW Park Lane stands out within the UK by being the one non-franchised dealership, and it has been doing…
Lowrider: A motorcar having customised hydraulics that lower the chassis near the bottom; any vehicle whose riding position is low. That’s the Oxford English Dictionary’s description of a lowrider. Simply, lowriders put style above every little thing else. Yet amongst all elements of automobile culture, few bring me as much joy as seeing an enormous American automobile three-wheeling on a set of small wire wheels. Objectively speaking, that doesn’t make any sense. I used to be born and raised in London, England, and I can assure you lowriders have never been a component of my local automobile culture. Lowriders just don’t work…
In my university days, I had a magazine pull-out poster of this automobile’s predecessor on my bedroom wall. As a die-hard VW/Audi enthusiast, Hamish White’s Audi ‘Sport Quattro’ construct was simply the most effective thing I’d ever examine. I still have that edition of Performance VW magazine in a cabinet somewhere, together with the poster. The automobile even graced Speedhunters’ pages back in 2013, courtesy of Ben and Paddy. The automobile you see before you is Hamish’s second effort at constructing his vision of the proper short-wheelbase Audi, and it’s a completely different animal from his first construct. “This automobile was given to…
It’s been some time since I even have used the phrase, but I am keen on a ‘second-glance automobile.’ What do I mean by that? For me, the phrase describes a automobile that doesn’t shout about what makes it special. A second-glance automobile draws you in after which reveals its details when you spend time it. Joe Stanford’s Ocean Blue 1983 Volkswagen Golf C did exactly this at Ultimate Dubs 2024. From across the hall, it caught my attention with nothing greater than its 3-piece-converted Pirelli ‘P-Slot’ wheels. On the front of the automobile, these up-scaled heritage wheels hide a brilliant red set of Porsche…
The annual Ultimate Dubs weekend can only mean one thing: a brand new show season is upon us. Spring has sprung in the UK, bringing with it torrential rain, more motorway traffic, and a spike within the sales of quick detailer spray and microfibre towels. Last 12 months’s Ultimate Dubs was a mixed bag, which brought concerns over the state of one-make automobile shows. There have been some highlights, however the recipe began to feel somewhat stale, and I hoped it was only a dip in form for the Dubbing dynasty. 2024 could have been quieter than previous years – thanks in…
If I needed to associate the Toyota Supra with only one motorsport genre, it wouldn’t be touring cars. I’m going to disregard your cries of ‘JGTC’ and the enduring GT500 TOM’s Castrol JZA80 Supra. I’ve even had first-hand experience with GT4 A90 Supras on the Nürburgring 24 Hour race prior to now. Because despite its legendary touring automotive racing credentials, the Supra in my eyes has at all times been a drag racing hero firstly. And for quarter mile motion, nobody has built them higher than Titan Motorsports within the USA. This isn’t the primary time the subject has been broached on Speedhunters, but I’d prefer to throw my hat in…
Regardless of the model, BMW enthusiasts are a die-hard bunch. There’s definitely loads of pride attached to having a blue and white roundel in your steering wheel (or handlebars), and it’s led to modified BMWs having a complete automotive sub-culture of their very own. In truth, BMW is one in all the few brands I can consider where ‘one make’ automotive shows are thriving now as much as they were back in the times of forums and VHS tapes. Bimmer Invasion, held annually in Orlando, Florida is an an event that’s showing no signs of slowing down. Arguably, it’s now more popular…
Where do you stand on the subject of automotive purity? Is a automotive only ‘correct’ if it’s a numbers-matching, unfettled example because it left the showroom floor? Does a tubular chassis with some fibreglass bodywork still count because the automotive it’s imagined to resemble? That is Speedhunters in spite of everything, so I presume that I’m writing to an open-minded crowd who enjoy a modified automotive. But, where do you stand on a reproduction, or tribute? Harjun Singh‘s 1992 BMW isn’t an M3, having began life as a 318i, then covering only one,500 miles before being taken off the road and utilized by a…