http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com Welcome to our new weblog. On this site you will find an archive of articles and information, as well as news and feedback on a broad spectrum of topics. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1296 en hourly 1 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/motoring-for-individualists/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/motoring-for-individualists/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:47:46 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/?p=327 Built for individualists with a penchant for style and elegance, Wiesmann cars are as exclusive as they look – a modern sports car beneath classic retro charm. On the outskirts of the German town of Dülmen stands a modern building whose stunning architecture offers a hint at what is inside. No, this is not a state-of-the-art museum, a science faculty or a futuristic conference centre but actually a factory where cars are made.]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/motoring-for-individualists/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/triumph-an-old-name-with-modern-appeal/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/triumph-an-old-name-with-modern-appeal/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:31:14 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/?p=264 In the world of motorcycling Triumph is one of those names that reads like aristocracy. Like its car-manufacturing counterpart, the marque was very much at the forefront of the evolving history of motoring, building itself a legendary heritage in the process. The renaissance of this great old name is therefore every bit as important as the revival of the Bugatti brand was – all the more so because today Triumph once again makes some of the most beautiful bikes around.]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/triumph-an-old-name-with-modern-appeal/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/lancia-powerboat/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/lancia-powerboat/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:03:42 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/?p=252 Arriving at the unique setting of the Venice Film Festival is glamorous enough, but imagine how heads would turn if you made your way across the famous Venetian canals in this mysterious beast? The Lancia Powerboat is just that – a gorgeous beast of a vessel that contains all the raw beauty of Italian styling and the pedigree of the Lancia marque wrapped up in one hell of a package.]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/motoring/lancia-powerboat/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/tygan-speedster-porsche-356/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/tygan-speedster-porsche-356/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:30:39 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/tygan-speedster-porsche-356/ Until I got into the Tygan Speedster, however, I hadn’t driven a 'real' car. Now not all my cars have had power steering, power assisted breaks and traction control. In fact, I can still remember flooding the carburettor with the choke on a cold winter’s morning or having to push-start an unwilling car, but none of the vehicles I had driven before—no matter how fast or recklessly—prepared me for the real McCoy. In this case, a picture-perfect replica of a 1958 Porsche 356.]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/tygan-speedster-porsche-356/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/opel-gt/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/opel-gt/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:47:48 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/opel-gt/ Opel has created its share of memorable and classic cars, but one of the finest and best loved among them is without a doubt the pretty little GT sports car. Built in an age when small, compact roadsters were desired by young and old alike, the GT was an early German entry into what had been a market dominated by British Triumphs and MGs, or Italian Alfas and Lancias. Like the other Johnny-come-latelies in this category, the Japanese, Opel took to the making of a classic sporty road car like a duck to water. ]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/opel-gt/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/pininfarina-cars-design/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/pininfarina-cars-design/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:33:46 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/pininfarina-cars-design/ The name Pininfarina conjures up images of luxury, speed and taste. Over the past 50 years the famous Turin design house has penned some of the most desirable and iconic cars in the world, but besides giving shape to Ferraris, Maseratis and other exotic forms of transport Pininfarina has also been at the forefront of innovation – pioneers in search of the perfect alchemy of form, technology and function]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/pininfarina-cars-design/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/alfa-romeo/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/alfa-romeo/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:26:15 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/alfa-romeo/ For those who like cars there is nothing quite like the automotive mythology created by such legendary events as the Mille Miglia, the Targa Floria and the ‘Monte’. Visions of Bugattis, Ferraris, Maseratis and Aston Martins taking to Europe’s country roads and battling it out in the halcyon days of motoring lay at the basis of much of the attraction that sports cars and motor sports have on us today. Such was the stuff of legend, a romantic era that has been superseded by the necessities of modern traffic and the realities of modern motor sport, but even though today’s racing car drivers are limited to specially built circuits, there are still a few select occasions when the spirit of classic motoring is revived and beautiful sports cars from the past can take to the road in competition once more.]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/alfa-romeo/feed/ 1