Somebody posting a ‘newer’ rallycross video reminded me of these older Rallycross videos available….this one has an A110 vs. a Stratos in the 1978 European championship! Epic cool.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
ever wonder what…
expensive camera gear looks like bisected? I’m not photography master, but i appreciate a good camera and I love my Leica D-Lux 3. Check out this bisected Leica lens!
thanks to Jmblur for sharing this foto!
foto of the day. Coupe.
Beautiful foto from McBoost and i’m digging the B3/B4 Coupe with the RS2 front bumper. Beautiful house/building as well.
foto of the day. 914 & 911.
I wonder how their menage a trois went….
Porsche 914 and Porsche 911E
Alpines at Le Mans. (videos)
These are just some amazing videos…..everytime i see the race-prepped Alpine screaming down regular streets as shown in the 1963 video, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! even though we can’t hear them, they just look epic cruising with regular traffic. Some wonderful behind-the-scenes footage in this videos as well, of the construction and of the founder of Alpine, Jean Redele.
video heaven…for me. my broken french skills help me understand some of these…..as they are both in french.
foto of the day. Europa
the original Lotus Europa was always a bit of an oddball, but so very unique and fascinating. Tiny, light, and quite a sharp handling car as all Lotuses are famous for—-the badge was resurrected in 2006/7 for a lackluster rebodied Lotus Elise they called the Europa—-a shame really, because the original had such immense character.
ipad app: Jaguar 75 Years.
the iPad has so many fantastic car-related applications—-another one I downloaded yesterday is for Jaguar—–celebrating 75 years of the big cat. Lots of amazing photos and history in this beautifully presented application. Available now from the iPad App store.
Here are just a couple screenshots taken with my IEDEI Pad:
video of the day. 5 Cylinder hell.
What an amazing sound…..i’ve still heard nothing that compares. That popping is just pure EVIL.
foto of the day. 911.
Taken from a BaT Success story
the best looking 1988 911 you will ever see.
The owners of early 70s 911s who try to make their cars look ‘modern’ should be imprisoned. This guy, on the other hand has done the glorious thing and ‘backdated’ his 1988 911 into a 1971 Porsche 911 with upgraded parts and spec’d out.
The result is something which is quite simply…..wonderful.
click here to see the Craigslist AD ($38,000 in case you are obsessed)
http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/cto/2360939304.html
(thanks to S. Carder for the tip!)
foto of the day. save your Porsche! WIN
article from Porsche Purist
“A Porsche owner near Louisville Kentucky took every possible precaution to make sure their Porsche would be high and dry even if there house wasn’t. With rising flood waters rapidly approaching their home and no where to go genius struck. What better idea than to tether a float to your home, driver your Porsche on and inflate it to ride out the high water. From the looks of the picture below, the water is at least four or five feet up the garage door. Kudos to the owner of this Porsche!”
IEDEI Investigation! Pantera?
So back in 2007 and 2008, there was a mystery supercar being spotted around the UK——people thought it was a Lotus or a McLaren prototype. I remember reading that it was the next generation Esprit, the early working prototype of the MP12, and even heard Noble being thrown around.
speculation:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/05/mystery-supercar-may-be-all-new-lotus-codenamed-project-eagle/
Eventually, some people decided that it was some obscure, unknown supercar known as the “MCE MC1”, which has since dissappeared into nowhereland. Here’s the original article Car published on the matter:
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/MCE-MC1-supercar/
pics from that time:
So i had forgotten about this car—–even though they ‘claimed’ it was something called the “Spectre” or “MCE”.
Yesterday, my friend Ron Southern, who is a fellow Audi TT owner and a De Tomaso Pantera owner and enthusiast, showed me this. THE SAME car exiting the grounds of the De Tomaso factory! Could it be that this is after all the ‘new’ De Tomaso Pantera? It certainly looks 100% the same as the 2007 car which was mysteriously being spotted around town. This video was uploaded on YouTube May 2nd, 2011.
Video:
So it seems that either that is a new Pantera OR a car that is being evaluated by the newly resurrected De Tomaso as a possible base for a Pantera.
Noble M600 (now w/ video)
I absolutely love the shape of this car—i’m not exactly why this supercar speaks to me design-wise that few others do—maybe it is the ‘long’ tail feature or maybe it’s just the functional integrity of it being another insane Noble. But it is stunning….
I see bits of Lotus Elise, Audi R8, vague Lamborghini and Ferrari. But the end product is something fantastic.
Noble M600.
you can pick if the car should be 450, 550, 650hp—in the same car! nice.
Here’s the TOP GEAR review!
most authentic F1 onboard footage around…
Jalopnik found this amazing footage of Bruno Senna holding a cell phone and taping him screwing around in his F1 car at SPA. Totally unique video, gives a very different more chaotic interpretation of the feeling of being in an F1 car. Bruno Senna is a superstar for making this and uploading it himself!
foto of the day. Cq.
one of my favourite Audis—-the B3/B4 Audi Coupe quattro—gets overlooked because of the Ur quattro, but that just makes them even better—so cool. I still want one….
Mercedes-Benz C111-3
What a stunning concept this was—-in a series of MB “C” concepts. This one, in particular, reminds me of those 1930s Silver Arrow streamline design studies…
iPad: motoring stuff.
My lovely wife bought me an iPad last weekend. It’s an amazing device—-beautiful to use and full of utility. I am currently in the process of comprehensively reviewing a monumental amount of scientific knowledge for an upcoming examination—-and the iPad is like a saint that has come to help me out. It is brilliant. That being said—-there are tons of e-magazines available for the iPad related to cars—and i downloaded a few of the ‘free’ apps namely by BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Porsche. I have to say that each one is entertaining and beautifully put together, especially for free. Apparently they will supply new issues as they are made….very cool. Here are some screencaps I took with the iPad of these 4 apps. BTW, the Mercedes application is just amazing—-it goes through their entire automotive history with photos and 2 minute audio summaries. Very cool, again.
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