White Heat
As human beings, we are – like any other animal – the product of our environment. Kids raised in remote Welsh villages will have different perspectives on culture and humanity to those growing up in South London housing estates, Manchester new-builds or East Kent coastal towns. And it’s not just about the buildings or the people, but the behaviour, the interaction; principally, it’s down to how people interpret their hopes and dreams and paint them onto the canvas of their everyday lives. You probably wouldn’t park a rally-spec Mk2 Escort on the street in Brixton every night, in the same way that you wouldn’t tear through Cheddar Gorge in a slammed VIP-build Lexus. It’s what’s around us that ultimately shapes us.
Take the example of Alan Wei. The fact that he’s now General Manager of and ModAuto, as well as owner and creator of the stellar BMW M4 you see before you, is largely attributable to his upbringing in Southern California. “Some of
