# Auto Culture Society > Auto Culture Society is an independent UK car culture house. It films real cars at real events and makes things for the people who love them: a 24/7 car and motorsport news service, iPhone and iPad apps, games, books and comics, car art and prints, clothing, original music, a weekly podcast and free UK car finance calculators, all under one name. - Name: Auto Culture Society - Based in: The United Kingdom - Founder: Ashley Drury, author of Cars Were Supposed To Be Fun and The Car House. The apps are listed on the App Store under his name. - Website: [www.autoculturesociety.com](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/) - Contact: contact@autoculturesociety.com · https://www.autoculturesociety.com/contact - Main channel: [YouTube, @AutoCultureSociety](https://www.youtube.com/@AutoCultureSociety) - Language: English (UK) - The full facts page: https://www.autoculturesociety.com/artificial-intelligence - Last updated: 2026-10-22 ## Films, news and the podcast - [Films and Shorts](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/watch) (YouTube): Short films and YouTube Shorts shot at real events, including Goodwood, Silverstone, Monaco and the Isle of Man TT, with the time and place logged on every clip. - [Auto Culture News](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/news) (24/7 news stream and wire): Car and motorsport news around the clock: a live stream on the Auto Culture Society YouTube channel and a news wire on this site. - [The Auto Culture Society Podcast](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/podcast) (Podcast · Weekly): An art house podcast about cars and the culture around them. ## Apps for iPhone and iPad - [Auto Culture Society Car Hub](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/apps/auto-culture-society-carhub-app) (App · Free): A garage app for the cars you own: values, mileage, photos, mods and service history, reminders for MOT, tax, insurance and servicing, and twelve finance calculators. - [Drivercam+: Dash & PiP](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/apps/auto-culture-society-drivecam-app) (App): Turns an iPhone into a dual camera drive recorder: the road and the cabin in one picture in picture recording, with speed, route and GPS on every clip, and a PDF report for every journey. - [ColourLab](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/apps/auto-culture-society-colourlab-app) (App · Free to start): A car colouring book app: line art of real cars, eight brushes and a daily challenge. - [TapThatStream: Media & Visuals](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/apps/tapthatstream) (App): A complete media player with visuals and CarPlay, for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro. - [The Garage: AR Comics](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/the-garage#ar) (App · Issue 01 free): All six Society Garage comics in one app, with 479 layered scenes you can place in your room in augmented reality. ## Games - [Auto Culture Racing Speed Duel](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/games/auto-culture-racing) (Game · iPhone and iPad): An offline pixel racing game: three cars on one road, 24 hand painted circuits and nine championships, with the Society Garage crew as the drivers. - [Motorsport City: Build & Race](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/games/motorsport-city) (Game · Coming soon): The next Auto Culture Society game, in development: build a city, run a racing team or do both. - [Commissioned liveries](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/games#liveries) (Forza Horizon · Gran Turismo 7): Liveries for Forza Horizon 6, Forza Horizon 5 and Gran Turismo 7, commissioned by Auto Culture Society, with the Forza share codes to download them in the game. ## Books, comics and guides - [Cars Were Supposed To Be Fun](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications) (Book · Ashley Drury): How the modern car changed from a machine built for freedom, character and enjoyment into a battleground for software and data. - [The Car House](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications) (Book · Ashley Drury): A guide to garages, collector car storage and workshops: architecture, engineering and practical vehicle care, in one book. - [The Complete Guide to Sim Racing](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications#guides) (Guide · Book): What to buy for sim racing, in what order and why: games, wheels, pedals, cockpits and screens, from a controller to a serious rig, on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox. - [The Ultimate Guide to Car Detailing](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications#guides) (Guide · Book): A UK handbook of detailing method: read the surface, choose the least aggressive process that works, prove it on a test area and protect the result. - [The Society Garage](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/the-garage) (Comics · Six issues): A full colour comic series about five friends, one workshop and plans that get out of hand, with the Auto Culture Society characters Miles, Hatch, Kit, Rook and Rolli. - [ColourLab colouring books](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications) (Paperbacks · Four volumes): Square paperbacks of the ColourLab cars and scenes: Starter Collection, Bumper Edition, Halloween & Cars and Christmas & Cars. - [Printable owner's guides](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications#guides) (PDF workbooks): Printable workbooks and manuals for buying, owning, restoring and selling a car, sold as PDFs in the shop. ## Art, clothing and music - [Art and prints](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/art) (Gallery · Downloads · Prints): Car art for the wall and the Frame TV. - [Auto Culture™ clothing](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/clothing) (Clothing · Print to order): The Auto Culture Society clothing line: organic cotton tees and hoodies, printed to order in limited runs, including the Society Garage crew. - [Auto Culture Society Music](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/music) (Seven albums and a soundtrack): Original albums released as Auto Culture Society: Fracture (drum and bass), Fluorescence (EDM), District (techno), Sunlight (afrobeats), Horizon (trance), Afterhours (house) and Shranz! (schranz), plus Auto Culture ColourLab (Original Soundtrack). ## Free tools - [Free UK car finance calculators](https://www.autoculturesociety.com/finance) (Twelve web tools · Free): Total cost of ownership, depreciation and residual value, PCP, HP and PCH comparison, salary sacrifice, company car BIK, CO2 and tax, fuel cost, EV against petrol and diesel, petrol against diesel, and car affordability. ## Good to know - Digital art downloads (https://www.autoculturesociety.com/art-downloads) are files: no physical item is sent. Printed art (https://www.autoculturesociety.com/art-prints) is made and delivered. - The finance calculators give illustrative guidance, not financial advice. Auto Culture Society does not sell cars or arrange finance. - The former Concierge service and Markets site have closed; the owner's guides now live at https://www.autoculturesociety.com/publications.