Lifestyle Nov 7, 2014 Phill Tromans Why South Carolina is BMW’s secret weapon By 2016, BMW’s Spartanburg plant will be the company’s largest anywhere in the world, churning out almost half a million cars a…
Race May 16, 2013 James Gent Longest Continuous Drift. New Guinness World Record Holder Abdo Feghali’s Guinness World Record is broken, with Johan Schwartz and BMW drifting continuously for almost 83km in Greenville, USA. Well that…
Road Jun 12, 2012 James Gent New VW Passat. Travel Blog. Red White And Blue, Take Two Deja vu, right? After all, it seems like only yesterday that crankandpiston was jetting off to the USA for an international car…
Road Jun 3, 2012 James Gent Infiniti JX35. Travel Blog. Kippers For Breakfast, Part Two With a leisurely stroll around Charleston and a howdy-do to my genial hosts already under my belt, I’m ready to take Infiniti’s…
Road May 28, 2012 James Gent Infiniti JX35. Travel Blog. Kippers For Breakfast, Part One I’ve just arrived in the USA for Infiniti’s launch of the new JX35, and so far things haven’t exactly gone to plan.…
Lifestyle May 16, 2012 James Gent Pasttimesigns. Automotive Metal Signs. Choices To Make There’s still space on the wall at crankandpiston – yes we thought those Automotive Retro Prints would do the job too –…