Carmaker. The clue’s within the title. However simply as your most well-liked style manufacturers have lengthy since branched out into different niches (Versace crockery, anybody?), automotive producers aren’t content material with simply serving to you get round. So now, residing the petrolhead way of life needn’t finish the minute you park up.
Porsche Design Kitchen
There’s a Porsche for nearly each motoring eventuality: the Macan SUV, Panamera limo and 911 sports activities automotive all fulfil very completely different driving wants. However except you misjudge the size of your driveway, you possibly can’t carry yours indoors. You may get the following smartest thing, nonetheless, now that the German model has teamed up with compatriots Poggenpohl for a variety of Porsche Design kitchens – the perfect place to retailer the carmaker’s accompanying knife and tea units. Like a Porsche, it’s glossy, practical and eye-wateringly costly. And whereas it lacks the automotive’s horsepower, it ought to nonetheless show you how to get dinner on the desk quicker.
Mercedes-Benz Condominium
If a kitchen doesn’t fairly lower the mustard (even with a Porsche Design knife), then maybe you’d desire a complete condominium? Mercedes has collaborated with the house owners of Malmaison to create six flats in Kensington, every of which has been impressed by one of many model’s fashions. You may’t really purchase these residences, however you possibly can hire them for as much as two months at a time for £300-400 an evening. Which beats sleeping in your automotive.
MINI x Tumi Baggage
The relaunched MINI doesn’t fairly dwell as much as its title, with a wheelbase just a few centimetres shy of the unique Vary Rover’s. Which makes parking more durable, however packing a cinch. Particularly in case you’re stuffing it with the model’s baggage collaboration with TUMI. The ballistic nylon baggage are emblazoned both with MINI’s signature Union Jack, or black and orange racing stripes. And so they’re compact sufficient that will help you profit from even the outdated MINI’s moderately extra restricted boot house. From £55, tumi.com
Peugeot Bicycle
Peugeot, creator of the indestructible 505, legendary 205 GTi, and the actually dire 307CC has, for a few years, additionally made bicycles. The vary is large, from highway bikes to the retro-looking City vary, every of which might look good in Hipsterville, east London. If you happen to nonetheless count on a Peugeot to do the be just right for you, the corporate additionally make a variety of hybrid bikes that include an electrical motor charged by your pedalling. The AE21 is probably essentially the most putting two-wheeler we’ve come throughout, but it surely’s a nod to the quirky Gallic design Peugeot’s entire vary used to embody. From £2,300
Alfa Romeo Sleigh
Mix an Alfa Romeo with snow and also you’ll normally spend a day with numb palms because the engine refuses to begin. Which is probably why Alfa’s entry to the winter sports activities canon comes sans motor. This aluminium sleigh was impressed by – and designed for – its staggeringly stunning 4C sports activities automotive, and makes the right accent in case you’re planning a run to the Italian Alps this winter. It’s additionally your escape route ought to the automotive break down between resorts. £629.16, alfaaccessories.com
Volkswagen GTi Watch
VW is the daddy of GTis. The rocket-powered Golf made the new hatch an object of lust and it’s by no means misplaced that cache. The GTi chronograph watch is a nod to this heritage. It’s filled with with retro references to the inside of the sooner vehicles, just like the crimson stitching that featured closely within the authentic Golfs and has been resurrected in latest GTis. Simply don’t let it tempt you into quarter miles towards the clock. £290, volkswagenstore.co.uk
Maserati Sneakers
The Maserati MC12 is likely one of the best supercars produced within the final decade, and a tremendous option to spend a spare £1.2m. In case your finances doesn’t stretch that far, you possibly can nonetheless purchase into the dream. Completed in the identical colors as the usual MC12 (though that could be a free deployment of the phrase ‘standard’), these trainers have the Maserati trident blazoned throughout the facet. Ought to that be a contact vulgar, the model does a extra delicate vary of boat footwear, with the brand relegated to a metallic pin and a stamp on the only. From €145, maseratistore.com
Ferrari Leather-based Bomber Jacket
There are two issues each man ought to need: a superb leather-based jacket and a Ferrari to drive it in. One might be extra achievable than the opposite (except you’re taking our recommendation and purchase a traditional 456GT). Fortuitously, Ferrari, in its generosity, has produced a hand-crafted bomber, serving to tick off each desires with a single buy. The stitching is impressed by the inside of the Maranello, which is a chunk of data to distract individuals with once they query why you’re carrying it on the bus. £1,200, ferrari.com
