In surf lingo, a wipeout is the moment you’re thrown by the wave – when you’re tossed from your board, the water crashes over you. But actually: great! Because, as usual, we’re choosing to interpret the whole thing as a positive experience. No big deal. No ride without risk. Wiping out doesn’t mean you’ve failed; it’s an entirely natural part of the process. We even learn something – and things come into sharper focus. Applied to creativity, entrepreneurship, design culture, the wipeout is the equally natural and necessary risk of daring.

Maybe it all starts with a misunderstanding. The mistaken belief that humans are rational beings. That we make decisions with cool heads and functional thinking, weighing and optimizing as we go. And yes, maybe sometimes we do. But only sometimes. And so this issue of ramp is a cheerful plea. For beauty that needs no justification.

Two men, a Porsche Carrera GT, and one rather crazy idea.

That’s all we’re saying for now.

Between tour bus, tennis match and showtime: we met Gavin Rossdale backstage in Stuttgart just a few minutes before he went on stage with his band Bush - for which he was surprisingly relaxed.

The head of Zeithaus, Franco Utzeri, watches over some of the most valuable one-offs in automotive history in the Autostadt. These include around 20 unique pieces from Bugatti's development history. Priceless, unsaleable. In this interview, he explains why the Bugatti legend lives on to this day.