By Keith Pereña
I wish it was yellow or pink, my colleague said as we drove around in her black VW. I found the initial colour choices confusing. I was thinking more along the lines of ‘Cherry Red’ or ‘Midnight Blue’. But this wasn’t a Ford Mustang, this was a Volkswagen Beetle — a car that for three generations has been known as a symbol of peace and love wrapped in a four-wheel cutesy package.
Continue reading How a dictator’s dream car became a symbol for love
By Keith Pereña
It all started when my parents gave me a Corvette for my birthday.
The metal surface of the car smelled just as a new car should — unadulterated by the smell of the roads it has not been driven on yet. The five-spoke wheels shimmered in their chrome glory; and when you fire up the engine? Oh boy, it goes… it really goes.
Continue reading The kids who grew up racing tiny ’59 Cadillacs in their living rooms
By Keith Pereña
You can tell who a person is by his or her interests. Interests are insight, unspoken introductions. And for the socially awkward, we’ve come up with ways to make this more efficient. Case in point, I’d like to introduce myself using a film — Back to the Future. Continue reading Can’t help my thing for cars, guitars and time machines
By Keith Pereña
If you’ve seen cars with the ‘Made in the UAE’ tag, it’s likely that Anthony Janarelly breathed life in to them on the drawing board.
Continue reading When UAE-made supercars call out to you, you get in
