Paris 2016: BSCB interviews Stéphane Janin, Renault Trezor designer
Renault Trezor Two weeks ago I had the honour of interviewing Stéphane Janin, designer of the much-acclaimed Renault Trezor concept unveiled at the Paris Auto Show 2016. BSCB: What does the Trezor show that will inform Renault's future models? Stéphane Janin: The Trezor is a true concept car, meaning we won't…
Paris 2016 / Dacia: Our social communities are our best spokespeople
Dacia unveiled the facelifted Sandero and Logan in Paris. Today we kick-start with Dacia a series of interviews I had the pleasure of conducting at the Paris Auto Show last week. We already met with Dacia at both the Paris Auto Show 2014 and Frankfurt Auto Show 2015, each time…
BSCB Exclusive coverage of the Paris Auto Show coming shortly
Renault Trezor Concept - Paris Auto Show 2016 Today was the second Press Day at the Paris Auto Show and BSCB has been busy catching up with French manufacturers. Stay tuned for our coverage of the Show including the 10 things to remember from all the Press Conferences and exclusive…
U.S. North to South – California: Big Sur and the Mexican border
Big Sur CA This is it! After 5.437 miles/8.750 km of driving, we've finally come to the end of our U.S. North to South adventure we started in Barrow Alaska (planes and boats were also involved). Today we cross into California at Lake Tahoe, slide into San Francisco, discover Big Sur and…
U.S. North to South: The cars of Eureka, Nevada
Ford F-150 and the 1880 Eureka Opera House. In Nevada we've explored the Extraterrestrial Highway up to Area 51 - or the gate leading to it - as well as Highway 50, nicknamed the Loneliest Road in America. Today we zoom in on one of the tiny outposts along the…
U.S. North to South – Nevada: Area 51 and the Loneliest Road in America
Hanging out with the local aliens near Area 51. I've got two car keys instead of one for Bob after our Zion episode, so we are all set to cross Nevada to the west. First stop: the elusive Area 51, then the Loneliest Road in America: Route 50. Fasten your seat belts! If…
U.S. North to South: Stranded in Zion National Park, Utah
Zion National Park UT Now that I know Bob is a closeted rallyman in a tradesman suit, I decided to reward my Ram 2500 crew cab with a short trip to Zion National Park back north in Utah. Turns out this would be the theatre of the most challenging episode of this…
U.S. North to South: Rally driving in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Sunset on the Grand Canyon North Rim, AZ After crossing Utah from north to south, admiring a multitude of National Parks along the way, we now travel to the National Park that tops them all: Grand Canyon. Check out all previous iterations of this U.S. North to South photo series here as we…
U.S. North to South: Driving through Utah National Parks
1960 Chevrolet Viking 6.0 in Ferron UT After Grand Teton National Park, we continue our North to South exploration of the United States in a Ram 2500 tradesman diesel baptised Bob. Today, we cross the state of Utah entirely to arrive at Kanab at the border with Arizona. On the way,…
U.S. North to South: Grand Teton NP and Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Spectacular Grand Teton National Park, WY After Yellowstone National Park, we now drive a short 80 miles/130 km south to the adjoining Grand Teton National Park, a lot quieter and in my view more spectacular. You can check out the entire U.S. North to South series here (we started in Barrow,…
U.S. North to South: Eye to eye with a bison in Yellowstone, Wyoming
Bob chatting with a brother Ram 2500 in Yellowstone National Park, WY. After Glacier National Park and Bozeman in Montana, we continue south and cross into Wyoming to discover the United States' oldest National Park: Yellowstone. You can check out the entire U.S. North to South series here (we started in…
U.S. North to South: The cars of Bozeman, Montana
Main street in Bozeman MT After Glacier National Park, we continue south to a pit stop in Bozeman, still in the Montana state. This quiet little town offers good coffee shops with wifi, period buildings and leafy streets full of a certain Japanese brand of cars that people here can't…
U.S. North to South: Glacier National Park, Montana
Bob in Glacier NP, Montana It took a while, but we are finally back in the U.S. for the remaining posts of our North to South adventure that started in Barrow, Alaska. You can check out the entire series here. We now leave Portland to travel back up northeast towards…
Photo Report: Driving a Fiat Panda through Sardinia, Italy
Esmeralda, our "Panda blu" After exploring remote areas of the Chinese Sichuan Province, we now fly over to the European summer, more precisely in Sardinia, an Italian island located west of the mainland and south of the French Corsica island in the Mediterranean Sea. Our itinerary goes around the island anticlockwise,…