{"id":388,"date":"2017-05-01T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtokauai.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:56:59","slug":"the-curious-case-of-rauh-welt-begriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtokauai.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/01\/the-curious-case-of-rauh-welt-begriff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curious Case Of Rauh Welt Begriff"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rise in popularity of Rauh Welt Begriff<\/a>, and its creator Nakai-san, has been interesting to watch. Introduced broadly to North America in late 2008, the RWB aesthetic instantly had people talking.<\/p>\n

Some were, and still are, hopping mad about the cars. Others like myself enjoyed what we saw and a third group of skeptics observed with quiet curiosity.<\/p>\n

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Rough World \u2013 Dino Dalle Carbonare \u2013 Excellence Mag Issue 190<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like many my first introduction to the \u2018Rough World\u2019\u00a0ethos came via the un-apologetically raw Stella Artios<\/em>. The literal street sweeping stance, combined with matte black paint and gold brake dust caked Work wheels remains, in this author\u2019s eyes, the best embodiment of RWB\u00a0ever<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t prim, it wasn\u2019t proper, and it damn sure wasn\u2019t polished. It was a street car that had the attitude of a track car.<\/p>\n

The cars that followed through to about 2010 were more of the same. The \u2018golden era\u2019 RWB cars perfectly represented what early articles about RWB conveyed. Individuality sprinkled with an unwavering sense of defiance and\u00a0a desire to be driven.<\/p>\n

By 2011 I still hadn\u2019t seen one in person, but every time I saw one online I could smell raw fuel and hear the sounds of stones hitting the under carriage while carving through a back road.<\/p>\n

Sure the motors in nearly all of them are stock (Note:\u00a0Christian Coujin<\/a> has six none of which are mechanically stock) but their image, combined with brief glimpses of the Idlers endurance race, suggested that these cars were driven to, and often passed, their limit\u00a0with some regularity.<\/p>\n

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