Alex Roy, as part of his trip to El Salvador adventures some more, this time even finding a track ready Alfa!
Here are parts 2 and 3. Both highly entertaining.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Ferrari F12 is inspired by the Uterus.
Ever since I was confronted by the ungainly sight of the new Ferrari F12, i’ve been trying to remember just what that rear end reminds me of…and then all of a sudden, i remembered. It looks like a Uterus with bilateral fallopian tubes and ovaries!!
The Ferrari version has very wide fallopian tubes, and unnaturally round ovaries; however the general architecture is simply uncanny. Did you think nobody would notice, Pininfarina?
Exhibit A: Uterus
Exhibit B: Ferrari F12
Holden GTR-X
At its announcement in August 1970, a month after the launch of the redoubtable Torana GTR XU-1, GMH said it was “breaking with tradition by giving the public an opportunity to see in advance a car which could be the basis of a limited production vehicle in the future…the GTR-X has been built specifically to test design concepts and help assess the Australian market for a locally designed and manufactured two-seater sports car.”
OH really, GM? Sounds like you were been sipping too much Pontiac Banshee!
src: cartype
foto of the day. Disco Volante like it’s 2012!
Touring Superleggera have sprung a ‘redux’ of the famous 1952 Alfa Romeo Carozzeria touring ‘Disco Volante” by introducing a modified, spec’d out, balanced (49/51 weight balanced) rebody on the Alfa 8C chassis. The 2012 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Superleggera is slated to be a limited edition production car!
A friend of mine just checked in from the Geneva Auto Show where it is being premiered…..and said it looks fantastic in the flesh! I don’t doubt it—-as it looks fantastic in this photo!
src: pic via autochannel
foto of the day. 914.
This is a funky photo—–what is that Porsche 914 doing off-roading through mountains !? I think that couple is so fried on hallucinogens they have no idea where they are!!
MK3 Audi TT…could this be the 1st official hint?
I believe so! From everything I minimally know about the MK3 development process, this is by far the closest thing i’ve seen consistent with the descriptions i’ve heard. Same kinda roofline, but very progressive design. I really think this photo, which accompanied a technology press release….is the first official hint at the MK3 TT’s design!
src: autoblog
quattro returns to racing! Audi R18 e-Tron quattro.
I’m so excited about this; the next Le Mans is going to be absolutely wicked! Audi today introduced the latest variation of last year’s Le Mans winning R18, the R18 e-Tron quattro, marking the first AWD race car entry by Audi in a looooooong time. This is a complicated drivetrain, with electric motors driving the front wheels, and the diesel motor driving the rear wheels—-with variation between them, so the front wheels serve as stabilizers depending on when the electric motor is on and what direction the car is turning in. Surely this has added weight as well, but it will be fascinating to watch the TDI R18s running simultaneously with the e-tron R18 quattros! As with most street and prior race-spec’d Audis….the grip gained by quattro will likely make up for any weight difference.
src: Audi
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