Tag: cars
News May 2019
Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este 2019
This weekend, The Rake will be in Como for the world’s most prestigious classic car meeting. Here’s what you need to know…
Speed May 2019
Taking Out The Jaguars With The Mechanists
The Rake’s friend and contributor Hedi Sersoub of The Mechanists takes two very special Jaguars for a spin with garments to match their respective periods…
Speed February 2019
Look what just got the Overfinch treatment
The genetic modifiers at Overfinch have been tinkering again, this time on Range Rover’s latest pin-up, the Velar…
Speed June 2018
Concours D'Elégance Suisse: The Best Dressed Driver Award
What’s in The Rake’s Best Dressed Driver Award at the Concours D’Elégance Suisse 2018?
Speed October 2017
Fast Forward: 40 Years of the BMW 7 Series
The 7 Series has beaten a path of automotive progress over the last four decades. With its latest iteration, BMW has entered new motoring frontiers yet again – the most exciting, in fact, to date.
Speed September 2017
Invest: 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
Mercedes’ most iconic model may be the Gullwing, yet the roofless 300SL may well trump it as the prettiest automobile to ever hail from Stuttgart.
Speed August 2017
Bentley Bentayga: The Performance-Focused SUV
The Bentley Bentayga covers new terrain in more ways than one, with powerful performance wrapped up in a deceptively lavish package.
Speed March 2017
New Terrain: Range Rover Velar
Land Rover’s transition from rural grunt vehicle to elegant urban cruiser is complete, with the release of the new Range Rover Velar.
Speed March 2017
First Place: Porsche 356 Convertible D
How does Porsche’s first production model fare aesthetically, financially and spiritually compared to the more famous 911? The Rake‘s Associate Editor finds out.
Icons February 2017
The Autumn/Winter of The Patriarch: Gianni Agnelli
All hail Gianni Agnelli, ‘The Rake of the Rivieria’. We revisit his life, influence and lasting impact on the culture that underpins our magazine.
Icons December 2016
Advance Australian Flair: Joel Edgerton
So Joel Edgerton is just another Antipodean actor in Hollywood, right? Not now. Not with his new movie, Loving, the epic true story of how one interracial couple fought America’s…
Icons November 2016
Full Marquis: Alfonso de Portago
To say he lived his life to the fullest would be a gross understatement; the life of Alfonso de Portago was bursting at the seams right ’til the very end.
