Casio G-Shock 5000 series – A Toyota Hilux for your wrist Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag MotorPunk doesn’t do stuff about fancy expensive watches. But thankfully, the Japanese G-Shock is neither of those things. Starting at around fifty quid, that rufty-tufty aesthetic isn’t just for show...
Porsche’s Pasha – An Automotive Design Icon Darryl Sleath Kitbag 1 Comment Some people say that if you stare long enough into Porsche’s iconic seat fabric you’ll see a 3D image of the Graf Zeppelin, just like a those Magic Eye pictures that sent your eyes loopy in the noughties....
Winter Kitbag – Top Five Automotive Sledges Darryl Sleath Kitbag 1 Comment As you probably know by now we blokes at MotorPunk HQ love a big boy’s toy; and as we approach the icy depths of a typical British winter our thoughts for this month’s kitbag turn to sledging, but with an...
Born in Britain – Barbour International Wax Cotton Jacket Darryl Sleath Kitbag, Uncategorized From submariners to scramblers to spies in Skyfall, these are the jackets that made Barbour’s waxed cotton clobber Internationally famous Traditionally, among the hardy young folk of Tyneside's clubland,...
The Best Manufacturer-Specific Racing Video Games MotorPunk Kitbag When Gran Turismo 7 was released earlier this year, with over 400 cars all beautifully rendered to be almost exacting replicas of their physical counterparts, it signalled the latest release in what has been...
Road Trip Prepping With Help From T-lab Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag Planning a post-pandemic road trip? Well, you're not alone. Most motoring researchers reckon that in a post-COVID world, more and more folks will be shunning the budget airlines and rental cars in favour...
The Bends – A sartorial celebration by t-lab Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag Don’t fret MotorPunks, this isn’t some piece on seminal 90s albums or anything about giddy frogmen. No, today we are going to have a natter about some of the world’s most testing turns, iconic curves and...
Forgotten filling stations – a gallery from Scotland Rich Duisberg Kitbag, Roadtripping On the west coast of Scotland sits this solitary pump, in an area once described by a local 16th century clergyman as “guid for thieves and rebellis”. Its remote location might not have caught much...
OutRun: The Granddaddy of Driving Sims Darryl Sleath Kitbag 2 Comments In the late 1980s there was no bigger thrill for the fledgling petrolhead than a trip to the local amusement arcade with your Tacchini tracksuit pockets bulging with old-fashioned 10p pieces. However, unless...