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I have driven the all electric Nissan Leaf for just short of three months. And -other than the range- the topic of choice has been its near silence. So we decided to use it as a moving studio. We recorded … Continue reading
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Last summer I got my first taste of the Evoque when I got to drive it in Wales. And I was absolutely positively impressed by both the car and the company that makes it. It took a while before we … Continue reading
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As I have told you, this year I got to interview Peter Schreyer, Kia’s design director. And he turned out to be a charming, smart and gentle man. And he just got my unanimous, neverending respect for sending a hand … Continue reading
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Bright #43 is about to hit the shelves. For a preview you can visit Bright Night this evening. I wrote an update on the Nissan Leaf longterm test, an item on the electric DeLorean and an article on the Nissan … Continue reading
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Last week I had to be in Amsterdam for a couple of days with the entire family. Adidas introduced their new F50 miCoach soccer boots in the same week. So me and junior headed to the Ajax training ground to … Continue reading
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Last weekend I travelled to Abu Dhabi. Had some fun in a dragracer, a Radical and some competition karts. But best of all was talking to Wolfgang Warnecke, Shell’s chief scientist. The man must have been the inspiration for ‘the … Continue reading
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Bright #42 is out and has some great features on Eindhoven and Dutch Game Design. I had the biggest contribution of any Bright magazine yet with the interview of Peter Schreyer (Kia’s Design Chief) and Gerard Unger (one of the … Continue reading
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Last tuesday at 2 o’clock in the morning Roger Muskee, Ronnie Zeemering and me drove off to Frankfurt for the IAA, the biggest stage for the car industry in the world. We wanted to make a video that didn’t just … Continue reading
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I might have miscounted one or two and unfortunately I haven’t been too strict with registering details, but I have at least driven 100 different cars since getting my licence. Before I owned my own car I got to drive … Continue reading
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Here’s some of my pictures of the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. Click the links at the top to swap pictures.
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Bright 41 is out and it’s gorgeous. A big article about Bitcoin, explaining the phenomenon and why our National Bank is following it closely. And I am lucky to have written two articles for #41. BMW’s spectacular i8 is the … Continue reading
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With the boys from Schwung Visuell I headed to Beesd to try and kill Volvo’s PR lady with the car that she lent us. This is what happened.