ISSUE 005

THE ROAD RAT

£12.50

PRE-ORDER NOW – SHIPPING STARTS 20TH AUGUST 2020. The fifth edition of The Road Rat, the first of four we plan to publish in 2020, is a unique collaboration with designer Marc Newson. Marc is as famous for his passion for cars as for designs like his Lockheed Lounge — the most valuable piece ever sold by a living designer. Marc has steered the editorial and contributed a ‘Numbers Commission’, which embraces his love of cars, craftsmanship and precision execution. Your very own nine-part Newson if you like.

Unboxed Set - One to Four

£50.00

One thousand pages of The Road Rat in one bundle. Issues One to Four of the world's most beautiful car quarterly - Issue 001 Lewis Hamilton, the Aston Martin Valkyrie, Ferrari BB, Mercedes SL and Californian Drag Racing - Issue 002 Porsche 917, Lancia Flaminia, Audi Avus, McLaren Speedtail, Domenicali, Yeager and Albert Hammond Jr - Issue 003 George Harrison, the Citroen SM, Lotus Evija and the Ferrari V8 berlinetti - Issue 004 Miura, NASCAR, Tom Wolfe, Porsche 928, Duke of Richmond, Marcello Gandini.

ISSUE 004

THE ROAD RAT

£12.50

From its stunning Warhol/Velvet Underground tribute cover — yes the Miura does peel — to its 240 interior pages with stories on the precipitous decline of NASCAR to Tom Wolfe; from the Porsche 928 to the Duke of Richmond; and from the Miura to the Cizeta Moroder via Marcello Gandini it’s the usual eclectic mix of old cars, new cars and personalities and all beautifully printed on our unique mix of heavyweight art papers.

ISSUE 003

THE ROAD RAT

£12.50

Edition Three of the world’s most beautiful car quarterly continues to raise the bar for writing, photography, illustration and design. 250 pages of mixed art papers with heavyweight covers, it tips the scale at over 1Kg/2.2lbs. As before the stories are timeless; The Road Rat is designed to be collected, building to become its own library of the very best stories from a century of cars and racing cars. Issue Three includes; George Harrison, the Citroen SM, Lotus Evija and the Ferrari V8 berlinetti.

ISSUE 002

THE ROAD RAT

£12.50

Weighing in at over 1kg/2.2lbs The Road Rat is more book than magazine; a timeless, collectable compendium of the greatest stories from the past, the present and future of motor cars whether on road or track. The follow up to the smash hit Issue One (“Pure artistry…” “Vanity Fair for cars…” “Legitimate, intelligent writing…”), Issue Two includes: Porsche 917, Lancia Flaminia, Audi Avus, McLaren Speedtail, Trump, Domenicali, Yeager and Albert Hammond Jr

ISSUE 001/Sanction Two

THE ROAD RAT

£12.50

Exquisitely printed on a mix of heavy gloss and matt art papers, Issue One/Sanction Two of The Road Rat is a beautiful thing. 244 pages (it weighs around 1 kilo) it is at once absolutely of the moment - Lewis Hamilton, the Aston Martin Valkyrie - yet simultaneously timeless as we dwell on the making of the modern Ferrari and the decline of the Mercedes SL. It’s not a place for hot takes but long-form, writing every bit as considered as our photography, illustration and design.

Boxed Set Collector’s Case

£99.00

One thousand pages of The Road Rat in a beautiful ‘Verde Miura’ fabric-covered slip case. Issues One — Four of the world’s most beautiful car quarterly in their own display case. The spine of the case is de-bossed with the numbers 1,2,3 4 and foiled in four jewel colours representing the spine colours of our first four issues. The same colours appear on the front side of the case (see picture of prototype) over our logo. The same logo is blind de-bossed larger on the reverse side.

Boxed Set Designer Case ‘Pale Carbon’

£94.00

One thousand pages of The Road Rat in a discreet ‘Pale Carbon’ fabric-covered slip case. Issues One — Four of the world’s most beautiful car quarterly in their own display case. The spine of the case is de-bossed with our ‘skull and cross tools’ logo then foiled in silver. The same silver de-bossed logos appear on the front side of the case (see picture of prototype). The logo is also blind de-bossed larger on the reverse side.

Boxed Set Designer Case ‘F1 Gold’

£94.00

One thousand pages of The Road Rat in an elegant ‘F1 Gold’ fabric-covered slip case. Issues One— Four of the world’s most beautiful car quarterly in their own display case. The spine of the case is de-bossed with our ‘skull and cross tools’ logo then foiled in silver. The same silver de-bossed logos appear on the front side of the case (see picture of prototype). The logo is also blind de-bossed larger on the reverse side.