Lifestyle SRT Grand Cherokee. CEO Ralph Gilles. Circuit of the Americas Mar 11, 2013 James Gent SRT CEO Ralph Gilles explains the virtues of the brand whilst lapping the Circuit of the Americas at speed in an SRT… Read More
Lifestyle RAUH-Welt Porsche. Thailand. Making Of Mar 2, 2013 James Gent A look at the RAUH-Welt projects that have spawned from the first finished car from Nakei-san in Thailand. Making of RWB Thailand… Read More
Shot of the Day Audi R8 GT Spyder. Things To Come Jan 22, 2013 James Gent Hard to believe it’s been six years since the Audi R8 made its debut at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show. We wonder… Read More
Road New Corvette Stingray. “Haven’t We Seen This Before?” Jan 14, 2013 James Gent Those of you on the prowl on Facebook this morning will no doubt have stumbled across pictures of the all-new 2014 Corvette… Read More
24hDubai 2013 Dubai 24hrs. Chasing The Night Jan 11, 2013 James Gent Attempto Racing’s lightning start to the Dubai 24hrs – which also sealed them the lead into the first corner – proved that… Read More
Lifestyle Beauty is a long nose. Reader poll Jan 8, 2013 Phill Tromans We're preparing a poll, based around a discussion in the crankandpiston office: what's the sexiest long-nose car ever? That combination of lengthy… Read More
Race Camden Thrasher. A Year In American Sportscar Racing Jan 1, 2013 crankandpiston Guest Author - Camden Thrasher While not panning out exactly as I had initially planned, 2012 saw me cover partial seasons of… Read More
Lifestyle 2012 LA Auto Show. An Introduction Dec 1, 2012 crankandpiston Guest Author - Leo Mayorquin Lights…Camera…Action! The Los Angeles Auto Show is underway. This is North America’s second biggest car show behind… Read More
Shot of the Day Shot of the Day. Not Over Yet Sep 2, 2012 James Gent Turns out a wing and prayer doesn’t always get the job done. Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur (phew!) is known for making some distinctively styled… Read More
Race Blancpain Endurance. Round 3, Paul Ricard. A Fresh Look Jul 2, 2012 crankandpiston The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS No.1 of Christopher Haase, Christopher Mies and Stephane Ortelli (MCO) secured overall victory… Read More
Road Puritalia. “Imagine…?” Jun 3, 2012 James Gent “Imagine the legendary American muscle meeting the Italian design…” I’m sure you’ll agree that, as teasers go, that’s a pretty good one.… Read More
Race Barrel Sprint. AutoX. Dubai Summer Time Fun May 30, 2012 James Davison Wilfred Thesiger may have crossed the Empty Quarter and taken some nice photographs but he had the good sense to do it… Read More