A standard Lotus Elise S1 from the late 1990s already sits near the bottom of the weight chart for road cars. Analogue Automotive took one of those chassis, removed nearly everything that could be removed, and rebuilt it around a single carbon-fiber seat placed dead in the middle of the tub. The result is the VHPK, a limited-run restomod that tips the scales at under 600 kilograms and costs £350,000 before tax.
For anyone who spent the mid-90s sideways in SEGA Rally Championship, the sight of a white Celica in Castrol colors still lands with force. Real GT-Fours from that era are scarce and expensive. Yet one of the factory WRC Edition cars, finished in the exact livery that defined the game and the World Rally Championship, is sitting on eBay in the UK for under £24,000.
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Mitchell Button of Button Built took a 1996 Ferrari F355 and refused to leave any part of it alone. The result appeared at the 2019 SEMA Show and has spent the years since turning up at shops, retail spaces, and museums. Now the car crosses the block at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction in mid-September with no reserve.
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Chinese digital artist Ajax, known online as jaxwang3, has put forward a hypothetical Bugatti concept that reworks the brand’s visual language in ways few have tried. Shared through Car Design World, the Bugatti Alien keeps enough signature elements to read as a Bugatti while introducing shapes and surfaces that feel new.
Mars, also known as Maria, lives full-time in Betty, a 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 170-inch 4×4 she built herself after leaving Crete. She wanted the interior to recall the stone-and-plaster houses of her home island, so she coated the walls and ceiling in Roman clay. The finish stays slightly uneven and tactile on purpose. Black laminate cabinets, wood-look vinyl plank floors, and a painted faux-stone backsplash complete the look. She mixed drywall putty into the plastic panels’ joints so the “stone” would feel built rather than stuck on.