The Road Rat #24
230 x 290 mm, 228 pages (plus wraparound sleeve)
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 24th issue, titled ‘The Art of Engineering’, is devoted to the industry’s top engineers—Mauro Forghieri, Phil Remington, Norbert Singer, and Bruce McLaren—featuring a plethora of commissioned photography and historic technical drawings. Opening with an exploration of the art of analogue engineering by writer Richard Meaden, with a particular celebration of the Lamborghini Miura, the issue also sees Paul Horrell recall the engineering breakthroughs that have shaped the automotive world; Angus Mackenzie celebrate the life and legacy of the late, esteemed engineer Bruce McLaren; and ‘Top Gear’ script editor Richard Porter delve into the universally acknowledged phenomenon of the ‘new car smell’.
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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