So what do you if you’re a film star on a weekend off, with a penchant for Aston Martins and a licence to kill? You don your sunglasses and head for the Nordschleife on a special undercover mission to infiltrate Aston Martin’s Nürburgring centenary celebrations. Aston Martin’s participation in the 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours stretched [...]
For well over a decade I have been quite content with Project GT-R’s performance. Even better, I’ve never had one single issue with the car ever since it underwent its first series of modifications at Mine’s many years ago. But with my goal to modernize and upgrade the BNR34 in an effort to keep it fresh [...]
I survived the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and I have come to the conclusion that it was like eating very spicy curry. It is such a painful event, but for some reason you still enjoy it. Every last moment of it. For me this was a big ticket bucket list item, so I’m really glad [...]
It was once said that as a general rule of thumb when building a car, it’s best to stick with aftermarket parts that match its country of origin. A Japanese car is usually best when equipped parts from that country’s tuning shops, a European car is made best by parts form Europe and an American [...]
It’s easy to think of Aston Martin as a big factory team. Expensive, bespoke sportscars, seen competing on the global stage against Audi, Toyota and Peugeot at Le Mans or Ferrari and Porsche in international GT series. Corporate might against corporate might. But think again. Consider just how many cars these other firms produce in [...]
I can hear Robbie Longley’s Mazda wagon, as I’m sure anyone else in a couple of miles radius can too, but I can’t see it. A few seconds ago he had flicked the switch marked LINE LOCK and stepped on the gas. Now all I see is white, and all I can taste is the [...]
Next week we’re going to be running a theme celebrating all things VW, Audi, Porsche and the other marques which fall under the VAG scene. Arguably, the platform most commonly identified with this scene is Volkswagen’s Golf. Launched in 1974, the Golf has now evolved into its seventh iteration and continues to be one of [...]
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During my five years of working as a Speedhunter I’ve had the opportunity to visit lots of auto museums, both in the United States and in Japan. From large factory-owned facilities to smaller privately-owned collections, I’ve been able to see it all. I have to say that so far nothing has been quite like what [...]
When we announced the Nürburgring theme last week, I knew we would get a response. So many of you submit every week, that the odds of getting some ‘Ring images were always going to be quite good. What I didn’t expect though was as this week rolled on, for you to start sending us images [...]
Amazing cars, an illustrious location, a chilled out vibe and the beautiful British Summer. Ok, so the last is a bit dubious, but otherwise, these are some of the key ingredients that go towards making up the Players Classic show at Goodwood. The Speedhunters crew will be there in force and you’ll be glad to [...]
Following on from the introduction to our Speedhunters Photography Guide last month, we’re now going to talk you through the basics of using a modern digital SLR type camera. Although they may look intimidating, most modern digital cameras are actually quite easy and intuitive to use. For the purpose of this guide, we’re going to [...]
Now that the big gravel parking lot next to the space used to hold the Street Car Nationals has been fully resurfaced, we might as well think of it as the show’s annex, such is the selection of cars that you can run across. About an hour before the show was due to end I [...]
Although it’s something that I’d love to be able to do, there is literally no way you could shoot every single car at the Mooneyes Street Car Nationals before the event closes at 3pm. So this year – like every year – it was all about being selective and concentrating on the cars that exhibited [...]
We’ve already shown you that Randy Winkle and crew can build a mean Front Engine Dragster, a gangster ’57 Chevy Gasser and even an oddball Opel Kadett. When some of the Speedhunters crew arrived at Famoso Speed Shop last month they stumbled upon a treasure trove of feature material; so they did what they do best and [...]
Rumors of a new Toyota Supra have been circulating for some time now, and new reports are suggesting that the reborn Supra might be a result of Toyota’s collaboration with BMW. According to a story from Motor Trend, a new mid-size sports car is being developed as part of Toyota and BMW’s tech-sharing collaboration, and [...]
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