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Studio Chicane
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Cars worth understanding, roads worth taking, and the things we choose to keep.
The Price of Participation
The North American Carrera S manual returns as a complete technical brief: rear-axle steering, lowered PASM, centre-lock wheels and a six-speed shared with the Carrera T.
The Shape, the Specification
The US-market 2016 G550 paired a 4.0-litre biturbo V8 with rigid axles, a two-speed transfer case and three locking differentials. Its old silhouette hides a very specific mechanical brief.
Keep the Radio. Fix the Listening.
Modern listening and navigation belong in the conversation. So does the dashboard you liked before you decided to update it.
The Brochure Promised a Life
Two 2016 G-Class brochure spreads put the nameplate between a dark landscape and a city-lit cabin, then ask the reader to want both.
After ‘No Longer Available’
Making an obsolete part again is not a printing trick. The hard part is proving the new one deserves to go on the car.