The Road Rat Magazine is the world’s most beautiful car magazine. It is a new kind of car magazine. Not overly obsessed with the detail of old cars nor over-impressed with the performance of new; the magazine instead firmly believes there are good stories — real stories, stories to consume with relish — in both old and new and in racing too. But above all the magazine believes in the glory of magazines; lush, beautiful, valuable, collectable and exquisitely crafted magazines. Think of us as a carefully-curated bookshop or an horizon-widening record store. We are proudly analogue and believe some things – but mostly beautiful cars – just belong in print. Our name comes from a saying that climbers have. ’Feeding the Rat’ is the need to deal with an obesssive need to climb. For us an open road, a track, a messy old garage and not a snowy mountain summit, is our ‘rat’.
Details: Issue 14
The Road Rat Issue 14. To be published almost immediately after this year’s centenary Le Mans, the 14th edition of The Road Rat is entirely dedicated to celebrating the greatest race of them all. We’ve ripped up the format of the publication, replacing it with a photo-driven scrapbook of the event capturing its many moods, punctuated by The Road Rat’s traditional long-form features and commissioned visuals from the likes of Ashley Border and Paul Howse.
Details: Issue 10
The Road Rat Issue 10 is featuring VFX artist Josh George’s stunning ‘digitally sculpted portrait’ of Enzo Ferrari on the cover and a detailed examination of the Commendatore’s complex relationship with son Dino and the car that carried his name in place of Ferrari’s. Plus Porsche, IndyCars, Lotus, Giugiaro, Saab and Villeneuve.
Details: Issue 9
The Road Rat Issue 9 features former Motor Trend editor Angus MacKenzie’s deep dive into the extraordinary Honda NSX. Inside there’s also Richard Meaden on European Touring Cars, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Seinfeld, Bentley’s R-Type Continental and Prince Jefri of Brunei.
