McLaren F1 GTR. Woking Meets Knightsbridge
LifestyleTuesday, November 27th, 2012The world of supercar is often synonymous with eye-watering price tags, and McLaren are no exception to the rule. As you may expect then, this F1 GTR is going to sting....
Gillette ProGlide Concept. Mach 3 Turbo-Charged
LifestyleWednesday, September 12th, 2012There’s such a thing as ‘close racing’. There’s also such a thing as a ‘close shave’. It’s very rare though that you find the two intermixed so literally: frankly the combination...
RC Drift Battle. More Than A Hobby
LifestyleThursday, August 9th, 2012And we thought there was no motorsport in the Middle East at the moment! Although I suppose technically this would be motorise-port. crankandpiston was recently invited to attend an RC Drift...
Lego Land Rover Defender. Want want want
LifestyleSunday, May 20th, 2012Growing up, my childhood was an endless vista of long summers, carefree times and joyful discovery. But mostly Lego. The Danish bricks of endless possibilities filled drawers and drawers in my...
Homemade Transformer. Awesomely Awesome
LifestyleSunday, May 13th, 2012There are plenty of reasons to spend money. Charity, food, raising one’s family. But surely there’s no better reason to spend money than to develop a real-life Transformer – a car...
Red Bull Soapbox Race. Motorsport Without The M...
VisionWednesday, April 4th, 2012Those crazy cats at Red Bull are never short of a wacky idea or three to help promote their syrupy brand of energy drink. Many of them – such as last...
Jaguar XJ. Speed Form. Like None Other
LifestyleTuesday, March 27th, 2012Many of the world’s most desirable and – on occasion – just plain epic cars are celebrated in diecast form: my nine-year-old self won’t forget the 1:18 scale Batmobile in a...
SRT Viper 2013. Hot Wheels. Toying With Us
LifestyleTuesday, March 6th, 2012Two days before doors open, Geneva may be stealing a lot of Motor Show headlines, but leaked images (sort of) of the new SRT Viper means next month’s New York Auto...
Traxxas X0-1. The Fastest Car You’ve Neve...
LifestyleThursday, January 5th, 2012A devastating 0-100 time is the Holy Grail for petrol heads. The Nissan GT-R – which crankandpiston.com spent some time with recently – goes from stationary to “what the hell…?!” in...
Down Memory Lane. At Speed. Tamiya Sand Buggy
LifestyleSunday, December 4th, 2011Anyone of a certain age is likely to remember this: the 1981 Tamiya Sand Rover buggy. Many a childhood hour was spent scrabbling around in the dirt with this classic 1:10...
