ISSUE ONE LAUNCHES

Intersection - the groundbreaking new quarterly car style

concept from the makers of Dazed & Confused – arrives on

newsstands on 21 March 2002.

Aimed at people not petrolheads, it treats cars as part of the

human race.

Fuelled by a recently resurgent cultural obsession with cars,

Intersection leaves behind the test drive and ‘babes + motors’

formats to delve deeper into the culture of cars.

Written like a novel, soundtracked like a road trip, and photographed like a fashion magazine, Intersection brings the approach of a style magazine to the subject of cars. It places motoring back where it belongs, inside the lifestyle mix of fashion, music, art, film, travel, design and technology.

“Intersection is about how cars affect our lives, and how they can enhance them,” comments editor-in-chief Dan Ross. “It’s at the centre of a growing dialogue between the car industry and the creative world about what we all want from cars.”

Driven by curiosity, says Ross, “at heart, it’s also a magazine about the street – the rawest of public spaces – where, whatever we drive, our paths inevitably cross.”

ISSUE ONE COVER, CONTENT & CONTRIBUTORS

Shot in LA, the cover features model Missy Rayder at the wheel of the world’s most recognisable car – the General Lee. Actor John Schneider lent fashion photographer Melodie McDaniel his own ‘Bo Duke’ car for the shoot.

Inside, the magazine’s diverse content and stunning imagery is organised into three distinct sections : Research, Street Life and Short Cuts.

Contributors and interviewees include MIRANDA SAWYER (columnist), EMMA E FORREST (columnist), DOUGLAS COUPLAND (author), JAMIE HEWLETT (animator), JULIAN OPIE (artist), SHANNYN SOSSAMON (actress), and the NEPTUNES (hip hop artists).

RESEARCH – the shape of cars to come

Automotive style, design and technology trends conveyed in features and interviews with designers.

· POD – a concept car from Sony and Toyota designed to form emotional relationships with drivers

· The colour purple – dusting off 50 years of Dupont’s most popular car colours

· Blind test drive - the world blind speed record holder tests luxury, sports and off-road cars

· Formula 1 training – a close-up on how drivers train to deal with the extraordinary physical and psychological demands of F1

· Interviews with Ford’s vice-president of design - J Mays, General Motors’ Anne Ascensio and the head designer at Lincoln - Gerry McGovern

· Pierre Cardin’s 1970s limited edition AMX Javelin

STREET LIFE – fashion, comment and reportage

From around the world.

· Rear view – a fashion story by Olivier Amsellem and Miranda Robson

· Group test – what do hairdressers drive?

· The Collector – he’s young, he’s rich, he’s Reuben Singh, and he loves cars.

· Prison vans – her majesty’s other official transport – Intersection takes a look inside

· Motor City – desert cruising in Dubai

· Futuristic and fantastical, Satoshi Minakawa shoots Japan’s illuminated custom trucks

· Douglas Coupland, the author of ‘Generation X’ and a contributing editor, explores the contents of his garage.

SHORT CUTS – cars and culture merge lanes

Interviews and features covering autophile art, music, film and cult car figures.

· Julian Opie – Brit artist with a new way of looking at motorways

· The Neptunes – hip hop’s most wanted production duo show off their new cars

· Jamie Hewlett, the creator of Tank Girl and the Gorillaz

· John ‘Bo Duke’ Schneider and Catherine ‘Daisy Duke’ Bach from The Dukes of Hazzard.

· ‘God meant me to push a Bentley’ – a tribute to rapper Biggie Smalls

· Veteran moonshine runner and Nascar driver Junior Johnson

· War correspondent and cautious driver Jacky Rowlands

· Shannyn Sossamon on her journey to Hollywood

· Link to exclusive online drivetime mix by Gigolo Records’ legendary DJ Hell