We’ve been fans of the husband and wife team behind this sequential series since they’re inaugural effort (though “effort” on its own sort of implies that it was not followed by success, of which their work categorically is successful in any metric you want to apply to it), and we are pleased to get our hands on the newest, Waft 5, let alone share the incredible storytelling with our like-minded readers and anyone else who appreciates quality and care. To say nothing of the car content inside.
Like the preceding titles, Waft 5 is again a product of high-level photography, storytelling, and of course automobiles harmonizing on the printed page. Of course, we publish our own things on the medium that is the vastness of the Internet, but that’s not to suggest that print isn’t something all of us love to indulge in, and importantly, support. And that support isn’t hard to muster when it’s something like this. Featuring in-depth and insightful tales of car owners, designers, journalists, and everyone in between, Waft 5 brings a new cast between the covers, including the cusp of modern metal like the McLaren P1 (and the P1 GTR, because no because needed); a portrait of the futurist design legend Syd Mead; the salt of the earth participants in Bonneville Speed Week; the piece of the electric future of supercars that goes by the name of Renault Trezor; a Rolls Royce Wraith and what it means to drive luxuriously and why that’s important and not merely whimsy; and as every list ends: a whole lot more.
Waft Publishing is on a hot streak and the latest will singe your eyes with more gorgeous locations being interrupted by our favorite four-wheeled interlopers. The writing is fun, doesn’t take itself too seriously, and yet always manages to leave a lingering sense that you’ve just read something important once you’ve finished.
I can continue throwing (earned) hyperboles at the thing, or you can pick up a copy, read it, and come up with your own.You can find Waft 5 and other titles in the series in the Petrolicious Shop.
