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The ghost of Heisenberg

Today, Porsche operates a dedicated crash testing facility in Weissach, filled to the brim with cutting-edge technology designed to pinpoint even the very slightest weakness in a new car’s body structure. Before this facility was in operation, however, a large crane and Newton’s law of universal gravitation were employed – as this Porsche 904 Carrera GTS sports-racer, captured at the moment of impact, rather alarmingly illustrates.

Sir Jackie, your sporting career has roots in clay pigeon shooting; quickly transferring to motor racing in the early 60s, how were you able to learn your race craft so quickly?

Strong women behind the wheel

The bespoke, bottle-carrying bicycle

In 1993, Diesel jeans engaged photographer Pierre Winther to develop a new visual language and to reposition the brand. In cooperation with advertising agency Paradiset from Stockholm, Winther developed the ‘Successful Living’ campaign, in which he placed young models in some grotesque and provocative scenarios. The colourful, ironic and controversial photo series captured attention everywhere – and helped Diesel to its huge worldwide success.

On screen, he moved through space at the speed of light – but in the real world, Nimoy used a Buick Riviera as his daily ‘particle accelerator’. As recently reported by Jalopnik, Nimoy also used a bike to shuttle around the set, which was repeatedly stolen by his eternal friend William Shatner, much to his annoyance. Eventually, Nimoy attempted to bring Shatner’s shenanigans to an end by locking the bike in the boot of his Buick. It failed. Shatner simply ‘borrowed’ the Buick, too.