Life, the universe and everything automotive: it’s what we all live for. Every weekend there are amazing events going on around the world, from the grassroots level to the big festivals. Even at a local level the enormous choice can be a difficult thing to deal with. But what if you widen out to include [...]
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 [...]
This all happened by accident really. What was meant to be a relaxing weekend away, abruptly turned into a fevered hunt for speed. I wouldn’t mind, but I specifically chose the French capital to purposely get away from any sort of car culture for a few days. One of the largest population centres in all of Europe surely couldn’t lend itself to being a hospitable host to an auto-enthusiast, could it?
Well guys, this is it, the very last hours of 2012. In fact, some of you will already be reading this in the new year. Very soon the site will return to our usual schedule of awesome feature cars and event coverage, but before we dive into 2013 I wanted to take one last look [...]
Well Speedhunters, two-thousand-twelve is very nearly over and the remaining days on the calendar are few. Fortunately the Armageddon never came and my mind is already looking ahead at how to make 2013 even better, but before I can clear off my plate to focus on the new year there are still two more posts [...]
As I sit here typing up this post I can’t help but look back at this year with a fair amount of shock at the way it passed by with blistering pace. Time is of course concrete in our human definition, yet entirely fluid in our brain’s ability to recollect it. It seems like only [...]
Looking through the #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER Tumblr feed, I can’t help but be amazed at the variety of images coming through. It’s the same on Twitter and even our e-mail inbox is getting a huge variety of love on a regular basis. What makes this even better is that all of these fantastic images from around the globe are coming from you, our readers. You’re helping to create an amazing record of car culture, the likes of which I’ve never seen before. The details of how you can contribute are at the bottom of this post.
Right it’s time to get cycling again now as I finish up my ride along Kanpachi-dori in Tokyo, checking out the cool shops, dealers and anything car related that I came across. I’m very happy to see how well the first part went down, it’s great that a lot of you guys out there want [...]
I have never really done this, but it has been on my mind for quite a while. You see Speedhunting doesn’t necessarily need to be done at the track or at an event; in a country like Japan “Speed” is all around, there waiting to be “hunted” in all its various forms. So that’s precisely [...]
And we’re back! Some truly great machinery uncovered by you all last week. Congratulations to all who took part and even more so to our five winners. If you’re new, #SpeedhuntingWKND is a weekly feature where we ask you to go out into the world, shoot pictures of cars and post them up to Instagram [...]
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What a week! Once again, you all put on a very impressive show for the last #SpeedhuntingWKND. So amongst all of the awesome posted up we managed to find five winners. A big shout goes out to Derek Kneblewski, Camilla Smistad Tofterå (the official Gatebil photographer no less!), Blakestacey83, Matteo Placucci & Sebastian Haglund. Nice work. Some choice goods [...]
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There’s something undeniably fun about being a tourist. When you’re just a temporary transplant you can examine foreign places without the prejudices a native may have unintentionally gathered along the way. For Speedhunting this an ideal setting, free of inhibitions and armed with a camera, we often find ourselves making our best work as tourists. [...]
Travel does something for the human psyche that is quite difficult to explain. It allows a cleansing of the subconscious and leaves you with a pleasant sense of well being. Visiting countries with culture and geography significantly different from your own allows you brain to grow in an uncomplicated way, much like it did when [...]
First of all, well done to everyone who entered our first Speedhunting Weekend. We had an overwhelming response and there was some quality hardware on show in the images that were posted up. Our heroic winners (@indigoindica, @rizalwebb, @uncle_toby, @blueyesss and @mrderek) from last week are now all the proud owners of some very exclusive Speedhunters swag. This week we [...]
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I would like to pose an important question to you, our most cherished Speedhunters reader. It’s perhaps a bit of a long-winded, multifaceted question, but I do want to know what your answer is. If you are taking the time out of your busy lives to frequent this website and open up this article, you [...]
