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Studio Chicane

Studio Chicane

An independent journal of motoring, design & culture

Illustrated cover: a dark classic sports car on a winding coastal road, mountains to the left and the Pacific to the right.

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28 articles

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Cars worth understanding, roads worth taking, and the things we choose to keep.

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  • 2 October 2026

    Ford Is Going Rallying. Give Us Something Worth Homologating.

    Ford returns as a factory-backed WRC entrant in 2028, with a new rally car due in 2029. The more revealing promise is that rallying should shape the road cars people actually drive.

  • 2 October 2026

    I Bought the Car. I Didn’t Hire a Witness.

    A new study follows the data leaving connected cars and their apps. The ownership question is simpler: why should an ordinary drive need so many other participants?

  • 26 September 2026

    Bentley Already Had the Answer

    The Torcal’s curved screen makes the old rotating display look better than ever. Bentley had already worked out how to let technology recede.

  • 26 September 2026

    The Car Outlasts the Service Plan

    My first BMW’s automatic lasted. We changed its fluid. A new xDrive lawsuit asks a narrower question about what another generation of owners was told to maintain.

  • 26 September 2026

    Let the Calendar Move Again

    Leno’s Law offers limited relief. California still needs a rolling age exemption—and regulators who answer for the automotive trade-offs they make.