Product of the month

Remember that stunning bronze-cast life-size sculpture of Ayrton Senna flat-out up Eau Rouge from artist Paul Oz? Well, if you loved that piece, but couldn’t quite accommodate a full-size Senna in your office/living room/study/foyer, Oz has a solution for you in the form of a slightly smaller version.

Labelled as ‘wind tunnel size’ this version is approximately 60 per cent scale to the main work of art and is still cast from solid bronze, so weighs a hefty 60kg. It comes with a display plinth and is strictly limited to just 41 examples. Plus, 10 per cent of each sale goes to the Ayrton Senna Foundation charity. The bad news is it’s still pricey at £49,000, but at least that nicely reflects its scale, with the one-off original priced at £200,000. mementoexclusives.com

Tamiya Rally 2CV RC model

The classic Paris-Dakar Rally was home to many sporting oddities, and Citroën’s wacky twin-engined 2CV is definitely up there. Tamiya’s iteration is based on that rally raid theme. The chassis has been beefed up with skid blocks and off-road tyres, enabling it to tackle the toughest of gravel pathways or most treacherous of sand pits – it even comes with roof-mounted sand ladders. £129, jadlamracingmodels.com

Robin Bark sculptures

Aston Martin and Jaguar aren’t the only operations producing 1960s continuation cars. Focusing on the fluid forms of some beautiful vehicle designs, Robin Bark creates solid aluminium sculptures in small batches, each signed and numbered by the artist and presented in a wooden box. Subjects include the Bentley Continental, Mercedes Benz W196 streamliner, several Jaguars and this Aston DB5. Though only around 7in long, it weighs over 2lb. £450, robinbark-motorart.com

Handpresso mobile coffee machine

Hectic lifestyle prohibiting you enjoying a morning caffeine hit, or stuck in traffic nowhere near a Costa Drive-Thru? Try this portable espresso maker from Handpresso. The unit fits inside a car’s cup holder, and plugs directly into the 12V socket. It uses the Nescafé Nespresso capsules and can prepare you a steaming 50ml cup in 2m30sec, perfect for your dash from the Linton Travel Tavern (other fictional business-focused budget hotels are available) to the office. €195, handpresso.com

The Mechanists Le Mans Bracelet

Automobile Lifestyle group The Mechanists produces a range of unisex bracelets. This 24 Hours of Le Mans-themed one is made from 925 sterling silver with a cord strap and is available in a wide range of colours. £69, themechanists.com/shop

SCUF Forza Elite Xbox controller

There’s a trend in custom-designed games controllers, and this collaboration between Porsche and hardware firm SCUF is one of the most extreme. The model is based on Xbox’s Elite controller, which can be used on console or Windows 10 PCs, but it’s been bathed in Alcantara (a world-first for a controller) and the design is inspired by the 911 GT2 RS. The controller bundle comes with a copy of Forza Motorsport 7, a year’s membership to the Xbox Live online service, a 1:43-scale model of the 2018 911 GT2 RS and a cap bearing the model name. And it should do, considering it costs about the same as the actual Xbox you’ll use it with. £300, scufgaming.com

Memorabilia

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