Edition 24

PRE-ORDER. Shipping w/c 21st September.

What is the theme to Edition 24 of The Road Rat?

The theme is ‘The Art of Engineering’ – an ode to the sublime creativity and technical mastery of the greatest automotive engineers. Characters such as Mauro Forghieri, Bruce McLaren, Norbert Singer, Phil Remington, Soichiro Honda and Adrian Newey. 

What is on the cover?

This highly collectible edition’s cover is a three-part spectacle:

1. A standalone technical illustration of a 1963 precursor to the Ford GT40, hand-folded and wrapped around the main cover.

2. On the reverse of that, a giant photograph of a 1969 GT40 Mk III.

3. On the main cover, a seductive detail of that same car.

Which cars are featured inside?

• The Ford GT40
• Lamborghini Miura
• Honda NSX-R
• Boreham Motorworks Ford Escort Mk1 RS
• 1970s Ferrari F1 cars
• McLaren Can-Am cars
• Volvo 240 and 850 T5-R estates
• Plus a selection of Mercedes curated by actor and enthusiast Steve Coogan.

The edition features 34 pages of exquisitely detailed engineering drawings, including cutaways of the Chevrolet C5-R Corvette, Saab 96, Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing and Porsche 956.