When you think of contemporary automakers that still produce cars with tuneable engines, a few spring to mind. The 1990s were undoubtedly run by cars from Japan. If I was to try and list just half of the iconic, tuneable Japanese engines, this article would be 10,000 words large and I wouldn’t even be halfway done. These engines […]
Is South Tyrol The New Wörthersee?
Have you ever seen archive footage from Wörthersee back in the 1980s and ’90s, wishing you could have experienced it when it was new? Well, I kind of got an opportunity to do just that. For 41 years, every May, VW and German car enthusiasts from all around the world would gather together in the Austrian […]
Here’s Your XS CarNight Italy Mega Gallery
Welcome to the party. It’s Saturday evening, and you join me at the end of my XS #BetterDaysAhead Tour of beautiful South Tyrol. Situated in the thick of Italy’s northernmost mountainous province, XS CarNight Italy is the main event of what can only be referred to as a four-day-long celebration of European modified car culture. There’s a […]
Wheels Day UK: A Melting Pot Of Car Culture
On the 4th of June 1976, the Sex Pistols played at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, UK. Within the audience were people that would go on to form Joy Division, The Smiths, The Fall, The Buzzcocks, Simply Red, Magazine, and found Factory Records. Those people turned up at the gig, saw what was possible, […]
Curating London’s Car Culture With A MICOL Morning
One of the best things about car culture is that sometimes you simply can’t predict where cars will take you. Be it with friendships, a new city and adventure, developing your own personal tastes and style, or in the case of me and my friends, organising an event that brings people together. Allow me to refresh […]