Car Culture

Renault plans a big party at the Paris Motor Show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the rally veteran Alpine A 110. More recently, the French manufacturer announced to to revive its vintage sportscar-brand in collaboration with Caterham. ...

Last weekend, BMW staged a series of races during the Nürburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix celebrating 40 years of M cars. The cars were featured in two half-hour all BMW races on Saturday and Sunday. The event brought 60,000 spectators to the tra...

Daimler, the parent of Mercedes-Benz, put the Dernburg-Wagen, the first four-wheel drive on sale 105 years ago in 1907. Not only did the Dernburg-Wagen have the first consumer four-wheel drive system, it also featured four-wheel steering.  ...

There are certain names linked to the automotive industry that even people who do not care about cars know. These names include Henry Ford, the three generations of Ferdinand Porsche and Enzo Ferrari. On August 14 1988 Enzo Ferrari died at the age...

Porsche's massive new museum has not been open for long, but it has been a massive success in terms of visitors and aesthetics. However, even the new building does not have enough room to hold all of Porsche's cars. Porsche has a second, s...

*Updated to reflect misinterpreted image.  Mercedes introduced its first optional airbag on the W126 S-Class in 1981. It was the first drivers-only airbag in the world to be offered in a production car. In 1987, Mercedes introduced the pa...

With a country like Germany there are many, many options when it comes to picking the car that epitomizes the nation, so why did I choose the Porsche 911 Turbo? You will also be wondering why I chose the Turbo version, which is not even close ...

The German Autobahn celebrates the 80th anniversary of the opening of the first 18km section between Cologne and Bonn on August 6 1932. Before you begin reading this piece, I recommend that you scroll to the bottom and click play on the song Autob...

Already since the 1930s had General Motors promoted its products by transporting the latest innovations in a Parade Of Progress across the entire country. GM's chief designer Harley Earl wanted to spread his futuristic vision of transportation...

With its ART CAR project, BMW pays tribute to the flouroscent spectre of global art for almost four decades now. Looking at the collection of meanwhile seventeen ART CARS, it is fair to say they have come close to Robert Rauschenberg's dream o...