Or something completely different. I came away mightily impressed by the BMW 320i EDE after a three week test for Bright. Quick, stylish and frugal. But it is a bit… Bayerisch? German? Exact? Non-poetic? Roger Muskee shot this video. I drove the car and talked. Go see for yourself.
One of the most impressive press introductions I have witnessed so far is the Range Rover 2013 introduction in Marocco. An awe inspiring country, two full days of driving, fantastic diners and hotels and an impressive car. On this five star expedition I couldn’t bring the Schwung Visuell boys, so I had to handle the…
I have owned two Subaru Legacy’s. My dad is on his third and his fourth Subaru. Yes, we love the Japanese cars. They are quirky, rugged and reliable. Unfortunately they are not very fashionable or eco friendly. So I have rarely written about them for Bright magazine. But Subaru does have a big cult status…
This past summer I drove the Citroën DS5 for a month. To work, to Belgium and to Italy and back. It had its drawbacks and quirks, but I loved driving it. It felt special. It made me feel special. In a good way. One of the more risky and experimental videos we have ever done…
Rosalind Franklin’s story is a sad one. Apparantly she was a deciding factor in the discovery of the double helix in DNA, but never got the recognition for it. Her discovery led to a Nobel Prize. Sadly not for her, but for three men: Watson, Crick and Wilkins. She died of cancer aged 37, most…
I had never driven a true American muscle car. So I jumped at the chance to drive this year’s Camaro. It has 400 horsepower, an iconic retro look and an old school 6.2 liter V8 under the bonnet. In the States it costs under €20K, in the Netherlands it is nearly 5 times as expensive…
I will be honest; when I first got the invitation to drive part of the Mille Miglia course with the new VW Golf GTI cabrio I was both excited at the opportunity to go see one of the most historic races on earth and also a bit lost. Cause how could I fit the GTI…
I’ve been keeping an eye out for the Fisker Karma for well over a year. A new car, from a new brand, by a renowned designer that has penned some of the world’s most intriguing cars. We got to see her and her sister (the Surf) in Frankfurt and a couple of weeks ago the…
Today was the grand opening of de Kluiverboom. A new building that houses three schools in Groningen. Marita Schreur and Joyce Dekker asked me to create a video to give the opening some more panache than cutting a ribbon would do. So of course I called Schwung Visuell, who worked together with Tim Zweistra and…
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 rehash the presentations, the concept cars and the booth babes, but an impression of what…
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.
Thanks to Hein Braaksma and the Schwung Visuell boys I was fortunate enough to find myself at the table of Ingeborg Walinga, Marcel Mandos and Roelof Voorintholt, who are running the NNO (Noord Nederlands Orkest) – the classical orchestra that calls Groningen its home. The question on the table being: how do we get a…