julkinen
Antti Kautonen
julkinen
Automotive writer based in Finland. Never paid more than two grand for a car. Currently drives a manual turbodiesel wagon.

I'm currently in the process of driving my car to Nürburgring, so let's see if it'll ruin it. Read more

I'd like to think of it this way: the fastest car I've driven is the one I've taken closest to the limit. I drove a 375hp Challenger the other week, but didn't drive it as fast as it could go. My Peugeot 205 with its short-ratio gearbox tops out at 160km/h or so, and I've been there. Read more

Translation: A moose appears from nowhere and the crash cannot be avoided. Jimmy, who wishes to remain anonymous, captured the accident with his mobile phone. Jimmy says his co-worker who drove their car managed to avoid hitting the moose, but the driver of the black BMW couldn't do the same. The driver was taken to Read more

The 288/308/328 trifecta is the golden hour of Ferrari design in my opinion. The F40 and Testarossa merely supplement them. Read more

Other than that, the clutch pressure was vintage but satisfying, and the action of the shift lever felt really satisfying and mechanical. Oh, and reverse is down by second, and is labeled with a "Z" for zpět, which I'm told is Czech for "backwards." Read more

Living in a country where everyone uses winter tires means the roads only need to be salted a metric shitton, instead of a fuckton. This has a notable effect on underbody longevity. Read more

"Hey, please come and salt my ass. You see where I'm driving, right?" Read more

Probably 1989, not 1979 on that Saab. It's a 9000 dashboard. Read more

Yeah, this confusion could be avoided with using the word FRUNK like we're probably supposed to. :) Read more

"That's right! Not one, not two, but three two-seat sports cars in one! A deal you'll only find from Mazda, and only if you call in the next 45 minutes! But wait — there's MORE! If you look under the hood of the MX-04 concept... you'll find a rotary engine, folks! It SPINS!"

Wow, I didn't expect to walk straight into some Rush trash talk here. Awesome band. Read more