The Motor Muse
It doesn’t matter if your love for cars is in posters, motorsports, or Hot Wheels. Sooner or later, you’d want the real thing – a real car to wrench and tweak to your heart’s content. Sadly, that goal seems to be moving further away thanks to today’s high used car prices. Long-time visitors to this site […]
It’s another blow for fans of Japanese rally legends as Subaru confirms it isn’t making a new Subaru WRX STI. According to the Japanese carmaker, it is redirecting its attention to “fast track its investment in future performance technologies” instead. Just what are those “future performance technologies”, you ask? Well, Subaru suggests fans look to its […]
One of the best-known manufacturer-tuner collaborations in business is set to grow closer as BMW acquires Alpina. In a BMW Group statement, the Alpina name will join its portfolio once its current cooperation agreement expires after 2025. BMW-Alpina, a bromance unlike any other Being the big brother, BMW rationalises the acquisition as securing the “long-term […]
The Mazda CX-60 isn’t just another SUV to plug another gap in the market. It is more than that. What you are witnessing is the launch of Mazda’s future. Just as Mazda’s Skyactiv revolution began with an SUV, so too will its premium market campaign start with another. Loaded with intent As its double-digit designation implies, the […]
Pardon the “trending” first half of the title and its weird juxtaposition with its second half. I’ll get to that in a minute. To clarify, the Russian invasion of Ukraine won’t result in cheap hydrogen raining down. A chance of H-bombs may be more likely. Or Tesla imploding… well, that might happen for entirely unrelated […]
The old indeed tend to fear the future. Not because they are old. But because they have lived long enough to understand that the wide-eyed optimism of youth is impossible. We grew up dreaming of a Blade Runner universe but ended up in a Demolition Man reality. That is why many are welcoming the charmingly retro Morgan Super 3 with open […]
Like it or not, the tiny Alfa Romeo Tonale crossover was going to happen. Like it or not, it will be appealing to hip urbanites instead of the traditional Alfisti. And, whether you like it or not, it will sport some “disruptive” non-driver related tech to get it trending. In the Tonale’s case, that fad it is […]
After more than two decades and two successive generations, Mercedes-Benz has put the “Leicht” back into the SL-class’s “Sport Leicht”. Gone is the cumbersome folding hard top that made the German carmaker’s flagship roadster more land yacht than a roadster. In its place, the good old traditional soft top makes its comeback. An arrangement not seen on […]
As much as the automotive industry loves to harp on about “disruption” or “innovation”, not much happens. Most of the time, it is the same old story of building similar products that sell. Or, if someone else gets lucky, copy them. Occasionally, when the stars align, a manufacturer gets bored and splash some cash to […]
It is a rare luxury that we ever get to do the things we want to do. So, Gordon Murray can count himself lucky, as he has got to create a car that isn’t another “McLaren F1”. His latest creation, the GMA T.33, isn’t another “ultimate racecar engineering showcase” halo car. It only seats two abreast, […]