As I mentioned in yesterday’s opening post from Toyotafest 2013, it seems almost like the debut of the Scion FR-S reignited a spark among Toyota enthusiasts in Southern California. It could just be a coincidence of course, but for whatever the reason, this year’s Toyotafest seemed bigger and better than ever. The feeling was evident [...]
This Wörthersee trip, on paper at least, is probably the most ridiculous trip I’ve ever undertaken as a Speedhunter. As I write this, the show itself still isn’t scheduled to start until tomorrow. Already I’ve travelled to Austria from the UK, spent five days there and I’ve now been back in the UK for four [...]
I’ve talked in the past about how some of my favorite events to cover are the ones that feature a wide variety of cars. I think you’ll agree with me that as much as you might like a certain model of car, seeing 50 identical ones in a row can get boring pretty quickly. It [...]
I’ve got a problem. A real issue. When I’m at car meet, event, show or race, I basically want to buy at least three different cars. Some days more than five. I live out these wild car buying and building fantasies as I walk around. Sometimes – ok maybe a lot of the time – [...]
I’m in love. I’ve seen this car on the internet many times. In my eyes it’s a thing of beauty. This is a car with a soul. The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia has the chassis and mechanicals of the Type 1 Beetle. This car is the coupe version from the early ’60s. Convertible versions were also [...]
Following on from Paddy’s post, The Road to Wörthersee, I bring you The Wörthersee Shell Eni Station (and some other stuff, too). On the face of it, things would seem like we, and many other people as well, sacrifice copious amounts of sleep and drive nearly 1,000 miles to go and hang out at a petrol [...]
It has been sixty hours since I left home and thirty three hours since I last slept. I’m now over a thousand miles away and a week early for a show that I won’t see because I’ll leave before it even starts. Why? Because Wörthersee of course. Like the journey itself, the planning for this [...]
As Speedhunters we are compelled to approach events from a variety of different perspectives. You won’t find a step-by-step summary of what occurred in a specific race for example, that would dull even the most interesting genres of motorsports or events. We prefer to concentrate on the beauty that surrounds this passion we all share, [...]
I found a home away from home at Suzuka over this past weekend as a little slice of Italy was served up for Japanese fans of the prancing horse. It never fails to amaze me just how much love actually exists for Ferrari over here, and seeing the collectors, the owners, the racers and of course, [...]
You may remember that I featured a very special and unique Ferrari F40 around this time last year. I titled that feature ‘An afternoon with a legend‘ – a rather fitting choice of words I thought, considering my particular infatuation with Ferrari’s rawest ever street car. Today, at Suzuka circuit, I counted a total of 12 [...]
I’ve always had an idea in my head of what a Slammed Society event would be like. I’m the first person to admit that I love the extreme styling that is based around the stance and hellaflush movement, and coming from New Zealand I’d never really experienced a large scale gathering purely based around this [...]
The Kaido Racer and zokusha are the epitome of Japanese car culture, or at least an obscure slice of it. It’s incredible that these sort of cars still exist and continue to be built, but even more so that younger generations are now getting into this sort of style. It’s not often that you come across these creations, [...]
By definition, a Speedhunter should pursue his “hunt” in a variety of different ways, which means that when we cover events we don’t simply just concentrate on what is served up for us on the show floor, or in the paddock at race tracks. Our curiosity pushes us to wonder around, to head out of [...]
In yesterday’s event overview, I spoke about how Dubshed rewarded your curiosity. There just always seemed to be something waiting to be uncovered, or something that you could easily miss on first viewing. I’ve tried to put together a selection of cars that really embodied this thesis for me, whilst all being different in their [...]
How do you approach a regular car show? Do you arrive, walk around for a bit, hope to stumble upon some good things and then head home again? Do you arrive early before the doors open, or do you casually stroll in shortly before things start to wind up? Do you follow the proceedings of [...]
