Classic Machines
Significant, rare, modified, restored or deeply personal classic cars from anywhere in the world.
Retromotive Editorial
Submit Your Car or Story
Retromotive is built on stories that would never make it into a mainstream magazine. If you have a car, a build, a person, a collection or an automotive obsession worth telling properly — we want to hear from you.
What We Cover
Stories with substance.
Human Stories
The people behind the machines. The obsessions, the builds, the collections, the decades-long searches.
Precision Photography
Automotive photography that treats the car as the subject it deserves to be.
Automotive Culture
Events, subcultures, workshops, and the world around the car.
Cars can be from anywhere in the world. The story must fit one of the Four Pillars and have genuine depth. We do not cover electric vehicles.
Strong Submissions
What makes a story work.
A car with character — original, modified, restored, raced or simply remarkable.
A human angle — who owns it, built it, found it or has lived alongside it.
Visual potential — great cars in great settings, or a story strong enough to create them.
Presence — something that could not be written by someone who was not there.
What We Do Not Cover
Not every story belongs here.
New car reviews or manufacturer press releases.
Electric vehicles.
Generic listicle content.
Stories without a genuine human or historical thread.
How to Submit
Send the short version first.
Send a brief pitch, 200 words maximum, and 3–5 reference images to editorial@retromotive.co.
Subject line: Editorial Submission — [Car/Story Name]
We read every submission. We can only respond to submissions we intend to progress.
Submit Your Story