Driving stories, from Le Mans to the Stelvio Pass.

Volume 25 brings together cars, people and places connected by a shared idea: the most interesting automotive stories are rarely defined by specifications alone.

At its centre is Érik Comas and the Nissan R390 GT1, a former Le Mans racer transformed into the road-going car he had dreamed of owning for more than two decades. Around it, Volume 25 moves from Milan’s Sunday car culture to contemporary coachbuilding, lightweight Porsche projects, privately owned classics and one of Europe’s great mountain roads.

Inside Volume 25

The Nissan R390 GT1
Érik Comas returns to one of the defining cars of his career. We trace the R390 from Nissan’s Le Mans programme to its remarkable second life as a road-registered GT1 with a new Pennzoil-inspired identity.

Sundays in Piazza Affari
How an informal Sunday gathering in central Milan became a new expression of Italian car culture, bringing everything from an F40 to an Innocenti Mini into the same square.

Testarossa Targa
Niels van Roij Design reinterprets one of Ferrari’s most recognisable shapes, exploring how a Testarossa can become a Targa without losing the logic of the original.

The Better Underdog: Porsche 912
KAMM Manufaktur gives the Porsche 912 its own identity through the lightweight 912C, built around low mass, response and analogue involvement.

Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
Mark Lawrence’s Savannah Brown 300SEL 6.3 reveals the engineering and ownership story behind one of Mercedes-Benz’s most important performance saloons.

Everyday Porsche
Jake’s Forest Green 2001 Boxster S is driven year-round across Britain. A story about using a Porsche rather than preserving one.

ETEREA IPERLEGGERA
Andrea Di Buduo reimagines the Porsche 964 through lightness, hand-built craftsmanship and mechanical simplicity.

Legende Automobiles’ SixTen
Inspired by the sports-racing cars of the 1960s, the SixTen combines compact proportions, low weight and contemporary engineering.

Datsun 280Z
Nathanael Flechaire’s 1978 280Z has evolved through years of hands-on work into a car built for Alpine roads, road trips and track days.

Porsche 964
Mizuki Hatano has owned his 1990 Carrera 2 for more than twenty years, driving it across Japan as part of everyday life.

Stelvio Pass
Beyond the famous hairpins, we explore nearly two centuries of engineering, motorsport and travel history behind one of Europe’s most recognisable roads.

From a Nissan GT1 returning to public roads to a Boxster driven through winter, Volume 25 looks at why remarkable cars continue to be built, modified, preserved and, above all, driven.

Retromotive Volume 25. Driving Stories.