The Landie lives on… as a £10,000 pedal car

While adult Land Rover enthusiasts will soon have to let go of the Defender after a record 67 years in production, adventurous children have a reason to rejoice: the all-terrain legend will return to production in Spring 2016 as a pedal car…

Preserve of the privileged

Despite rumours of a production run extension, Land Rover recently confirmed to us that production of its iconic off-roader will cease in January. However, the legend will live on for some time yet: the first examples of the new fun-sized Defender will be delivered to their gleeful new owners in Spring 2016. However, they’ll have to raid their piggy banks first, as the pedal car will cost around £10,000, owing to its hand-crafted aluminium body and genuine leather seats. In miniature form, it appears the Defender has finally completed its transition from the workhorse of the working class, to the preserve of the privileged.

You can find many (full-sized) modern and classic Land Rover Defenders for sale in the Classic Driver Market.

This Outlaw Porsche 356 is a Family Tradition

About an hour northeast of Los Angeles, nestled among the joshua trees and the hush-hush R&D operations of the aerospace industry, sits the home of Emory Motorsports. The company’s founder and nonstop ball of energy is Rod Emory who, along with his father Gary, effectively kickstarted the “outlaw” Porsche movement with their eye-catching 356 builds. Rod's history as a visionary outsider is even deeper than we knew, as we discovered when we recently visited him and his team at their shop.

In 1948, Rod’s grandfather Neil cemented the Emory name in automotive history when he started Valley Custom Shop in Burbank, Calif. While other hot rod builders were chopping rooflines, shaving trim, and pulling fenders, Neil Emory developed a reputation for his streamlined builds that employed techniques such as channeling and sectioning. The goal then, as now, was to create a customized car that did not draw attention to any single modification but which rather presented itself as a coherent whole.


Neil Emory eventually found his way into the world of European cars when he joined the Chick Iverson Porsche/Volkswagen team in Orange County, Calif. in 1962. Neil’s son, Gary, came aboard a few years later, working his way up to Parts Department Manager and later, in partnership with Iverson, as the founder of Porsche Parts Obsolete in 1974–the same year his son, Rod, was born.

By the time he was ten years old, Rod had spent countless hours in the shop with his father and grandfather as they pulled bumpers, louvered decklids, and painted numbers on the sides of Porsche 356s. Eventually, family friends dubbed the Emorys “outlaws,” referring both to the cars themselves as well as to the their relegation to the parking lot during big Porsche events.

  


Much has changed, however. Over time, the artistry of Emory Porsche builds became not only accepted but celebrated for their attention to detail in addition to their faithfulness to the Porsche tradition of design and performance. Perhaps most importantly, as you’ll see in this video, these cars are just a whole lot of fun to drive.



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Kajetanowicz s’impose à Chypre / ERC leader Kajetanowicz wins in Cyprus

Kajetan Kajetanowicz a remporté le Rallye de Chypre CNP ASFALISTIKI.

Copiloté par Jarek Baran, la star polonaise a rallié sans encombre l’arrivée au volant de sa Ford Fiesta R5 LOTOS Rally Team. Kajetanowicz qui s’impose avec une avance de 4’25’’1, accroît également son avance en tête du Championnat d’Europe FIA des Rallyes.

« Ce fut un rallye fantastique, a déclaré Kajetanowicz. Nous avons beaucoup attaqué jusqu’à atteindre la ligne d’arrivée. Plein de pilotes ont eu des soucis, ce qui montre à quel point ce Rallye de Chypre est difficile. Notre team a fait du très bon travail une fois de plus. C’est une belle victoire et ces points que nous avons inscrit aujourd’hui sont très précieux. »

Bruno Magalhaes se classe 2^e sur sa Peugeot 208 T16 tandis qu’une crevaison n’aura pas eu raison de Robert Consani. Sa Citroën DS3 R5 grimpe sur la 3^e marche du podium

Bruno Magalhaes n’est pas un grand fan de la poussière qui, outre le fait de recouvrir sa voiture, l’empêche de respirer et de bien voir.

Son copilote Hugo Magalhaes et lui pointent en 2^e position du Rallye de Chypre CNP ASFALISTIKI mais la journée fut très compliquée pour le duo/

Il y a plus de poussière à l’intérieur de la Peugeot qu’à l’extérieur. Le Portugais roulait avec le radiateur enclenché pour refroidir un maximum la température du moteur mais quand il l’a arrêté, plein de poussière est entrée à travers les bouches d’aération.

Autant dire que Magalhaes n’attend qu’une chose : prendre une douche après la cérémonie d’arrivée.

Kajetan Kajetanowicz a décroché le titre en ERC Gravel Master au terme d’une année fantastique, un trophée qui vient s’ajouter à celui conquis en ERC Ice Master.

Le pilote de la Ford Fiesta R5 LOTOS Rally Team est assuré de recevoir ce prix avant même l’arrivée du Rallye de Chypre CNP ASFALISTIKI.

« C’est vraiment très dur de reprendre votre souffle surtout après ces spéciales, a déclaré Kajto. Ce n’est pas évident d’exprimer ce que je ressens mais le fait d’être désormais assuré de décrocher ce titre d’ERC Gravel Master me procure beaucoup de plaisir. Je pense à toutes ces spéciales que nous avons parcouru pour en arriver là : des routes à couper le souffle en Estonie, à celles extrêmement rapides de l’Estonie et pour finir celles de Chypre. »

« Durant ce rallye, nous avons essayé de ne pas y penser. Notre objectif était avant toutde rester concentrer et de ne pas commettre la moindre erreur. Même maintenant qu’il est acquis je ne veux pas y penser. Le temps des célébrations viendra après cette longue et épuisante saison. Nous avons encore beaucoup de spéciales à disputer sur ce rallye ; ce pourquoi nous préférons mettre ce titre dans un coin de notre tête. »

Kajetan Kajetanowicz has won the CNP ASFALISTIKI Cyprus Rally 2015.

Co-driven by Jarek Baran, the Polish star completed the 16 mixed-surface stages in his LOTOS Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 almost without drama, to win by a massive 4m25.1s. In doing so, Kajetanowicz has increased his lead in the FIA European Rally Championship.

“It’s been an amazing rally for us,” said Kajetanowicz. “We pushed very hard right up until the finish. Many drivers had problems, which shows how difficult the Cyprus Rally is. Our team has worked so well again this weekend. It was a big rally and a big win for us, and the points we have scored here are very important for the championship.”

Bruno Magalhães finished second in his Peugeot 208 T16, while a last stage rear puncture couldn’t deny Robert Consani a well-earned podium finish in his Citroën DS3 R5.

Bruno Magalhães is no fan of dust. He can’t breath, he can’t see and it’s a huge distraction. It’s therefore a bit of a shame that his Peugeot 208 T16 is full of it!

He and co-driver Hugo Magalhães are second with just two CNP ASFALISTIKI Cyprus Rally stages to go, but it’s been a dirty day for the Portuguese pair.

With more dust inside the Peugeot than outside, Magalhães was at a loss to where it was all coming from.

However, he’d been running with the heater on, to help keep the engine temperature as low as possible – but when he turned the heater off, a lot of the dust stopped coming into the car through the air vents!

So Magalhães is a lot happier now – but nonetheless looking forward to a good scrub in the shower after the Cyprus Rally finish ceremony!

Kajetan Kajetanowicz has added the 2015 ERC Gravel Master title to the ERC Ice Master title he won earlier in the year, after a fantastic year long performance on the loose.

The LOTOS Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 driver secured the award today, before the finish of the CNP ASFALISTIKI Cyprus Rally.

“It is really hard to catch your breath after completing these stages so frankly speaking this news has not soaked in yet,” said Kajto. “I find it really difficult to express my feelings but I know for sure that clinching FIA ERC Gravel Master title gives a lot of pleasure! I think of extremely diverse gravel stages which we won in order to achieve this success. Breathtaking roads of Rallye Açores, extremely fast stages in Estonia and punishing gravel tests here in Cyprus come to my mind.

“During this rally we tried not to think about claiming the FIA Gravel Master award here. The closer you are to your goal, the easier it is to lose your focus and make an error. We managed to stay focused and this is our success in this event. Now, after achieving it, I still do not want to think about it. The time for elation, joy and celebration will come after the end of this long and exhausting season. We have still a lot of steps to make in this rally, including the most important one: which brings us closer to completing the great, ambitious task. This is why we forget about this award and focus on the next corners of the twisty road leading us towards the most important goal.”