The Road Rat #23
230 x 290 mm, 228 pages
Leicester, UK
Triannual
Editor: Peter Grunert
Creative directors: Guy Berryman, Sam Walton & Jasper van den Bosch
‘A thing for cars’
A timeless, collectable compendium of the greatest stories from the past, the present and future of motor cars—whether on road or track.
This 23rd issue, titled ‘The Bugatti Ascendancy’, chronicles the remarkable legacy of the French car maker whose modern motoring masterpieces command entry prices of more than £4m. It opens with an in-depth examination of this new era of ‘hype cars’, accompanied by lavish photography and annotated tracing paper inserts that make this the most tactile edition of The Road Rat to date.
Inside, you’ll discover the extraordinary story of the Bugatti family—a dynasty of artists, engineers and visionaries whose talents extended far beyond the automotive industry; an 18-page profile of polymath and 1957 Mille Miglia winner Piero Taruffi, whose lifelong fascination with motorsport encompasses everything from design to racing itself; and a selection of beautiful advertising concept sketches from the historical archive of Fondazione Pirelli.
On the Journal
At Work With editor, Peter Grunert: ‘Cars still symbolise so many different things to different people: charisma, beauty, craft, nostalgia, technological advancement, competition, exhilaration, community, and the endless possibilities of the open road.
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