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What is Engine Punk again?

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Mad Max and the last of the V8 Interceptors Somebody asked me about this the other day. A sound bite response would've been good but I couldn't think of one.  So... Engine Punk is the joy of making, expressed in metal, composites and tyre smoke - a tribute to accessible technology - an indulgence of finely engineered excitement - high-octane works of imagination, fantasy and mech-anarchy. What a beauty! Marcel Sylvand's Zoomster. Photo : Nitro Engine Punk is nostalgia for the twentieth century and a celebrations of all the freedoms we had. Note past tense (unfortunately) Engine Punk is Steam Punk with a go-faster stripe.  Engine Punks talk the torque and race the race.  Form over function - a motorcycle conception by Zero Engineering (like there's a lot of engineering actually, actually) Photo : Zero Engineering Engine Punks are openly retro-sexual, speed celebrants with a chequered eroticism (but not that bloke who has sex with his car) The fast...