“It starts with drinking the cognac, it ends with drinking the cognac”
A couple videos about how ex-BMW design guru Chris Bangle was asked to redesign the Hennessey bottle. The real question here is, is there flame surfacing involved!?
src: youTube (simonSays)
I do love living in NYC, particularly in Brooklyn! NYC has both stayed the same and changed so much over the last 30-50 years. It is quite enjoyable listening to city old-timers tell their version of how NYC was in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Seeing photos is also great. Here are 2 fantastic photos taken by Wil Blanche in 1973 of cars entering the Manhattan side of the Battery Tunnel towards Brooklyn as part of the Documerica project. Can you recognize all the iron in these pics? I get a good number of them….but a couple here and there which are just guesses!
As much as things change—-looking at these photos remind me of my experiences driving here every day. So i guess not everything changes that much!
src: hemmings
Yesterday I drove a few hours away to go to the annual Carlisle Import Auto Show for 2012. I had been tipped off there would be an Alpine A110 there, and I was quite looking forward to checking it out. I had also been told that there would be a lot of great Audis there, which there were!
The show was fantastic……I would say the largest turnout was for Saab and Audi fanatics with lots and lots of fantastic Trollhatten and Ingolstadt eye candy. I sat inside of the Alpine A110 for what felt like at least 20-25 minutes. The car FIT LIKE A GLOVE. I have never been as comfortable in a car as I was in an A110. Unbelievable….i didn’t want to leave. The A110 is pure magic…..i must have one in my life!
After leaving the Alpine, I was completely distracted by remembering the car—and honestly I had concentration difficulties. The Audi area quite brilliant though; lots of great Ur quattros, a couple nicely set up TTs and several nice 4000s and Coupes! Audi had brought the original R8 LMP car as well, and near it was also a Sport quattro! The Saab area was flourishing with “Saab Pride”; their enthusiasts knowing their marque is currently in a coma on massive amounts of life support if not dead already. There are still whispers of a Saab corporate revival floating around in China; but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
I felt the Carlisle show was a true enthusiast’s show; the people were very nice, there wasn’t much ‘snobbery’ as felt at so many car shows, and not every car was shined to perfection like at other car shows—there was room for originality, something I very much appreciate. I spent much of my day poking my head into interiors, and breathing in a large inhale of the different smells of older cars; something which fascinates me.
I didn’t take a lot of photos; in fact taking too many photos at car shows sort of annoys me these days, as it prevents you from actually paying attention. That being said, here are some of my favourite cars from the day:
loved this crazy, track ready Renault 8!
I spent 1 hour out of my 3 hours at the show with this Alpine. Honestly, I believe I am truly obsessed. HA.
i don’t smile much for photos….but i am quite happy sitting inside.
onto the Audis!
I found this sign to be entertaining, belonged to a 1969 Avenger kit car:
To celebrate crossing the 1 million visit mark this week, this is a monster post of some of my favourite photos and automobiles posted on IEDEI from the past couple of years. I originally started this blog to catalogue my favourite automobiles and photographs, and it is still what I do—-however along the way I have met lots of great people, shared lots of interesting stories, and have learned even more than I already knew about the world of motoring.
srcs: too many to list! each source is listed in the original IEDEI post where these pics are taken from.
What a fantastic photo of a fantastic car (Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evo) taken by Turbodelta
1978 Porsche 928 cutaway drawing! Bill A. will like this!
This is brilliant! all sorts of people driving all sorts of cars. Andrew Bush has released a series of photos photographing drivers in their cars on the road. Apparently there is a book available to purchase as well off his site. Make sure you head over to his site HERE and check out all the photos, complete with captions of time and place.
src: andrewBush (via the excellent Stipistop)
These 2 bits of digitally (and tastefully) altered artwork are promotional material for The Game; a “lifestyle” rallye being held in Morocco this June. 1507km worth.
More info at The Game
via Intersection Magazine Maroc
I can only imagine the glorious 5 cylinder sounds coming into that tunnel as the Audi S1 quattro and an MTM-tuned RS3 pounded their way through the enclosed roadway. Beautiful photo.
src: Bennorz (via AudiSportFB)
1912 painting by fantastic Futurist painter Luigi Rossolo entitled “Dinamismo di un’Automobile”. Futurist paintings are often just stunning, and this one is no exception!
Russolo was also famous for introducing sound experimentation into the Futurist art movement—-actually performing concerts in 1914 using boxes and sound sources—leading to arguably the first experimental ‘noise’ concert. Apparently their Milan show ended in fighting and a bit of a riot. World’s first punk show? Sounds like it.
src: peacock’sTail, jvhDesign
When the original Audi TT was being styled, one of the inspirations was the Porsche 356 and other rounded sports coupes of the 50s and 60s—-sculpted in terms of retro-futurist form and design. Last night when I parked on 47th and Park Ave. I saw this excellent example of a 356 and my TT parked right behind it. A stunning combination—-and a reminder of how classic design should be: clean, timeless, and beautiful. Automobiles can be art. I’m also struck at how the TT is not that much larger than the 356, which is great considering how bloated ‘modern’ cars are becoming these days.
Well he did! in the 1983 Opel Junior Concept. And yes, it is VERY weird.
the car this interior belonged to:
src: flaviendachet
I had earlier in the week posted photos of Sebastian Vettel & an Alpine A110—-photos which I’ve found out have been ruined and over-processed by others! Anke Luckmann is the photographer of these excellent photos and contacted to let me know that they were far from the original photos as were meant to be shown.
She has been gracious enough to send me the original photos from the photoshoot for GQ (Germany), which by the way are much nicer than the ones I had posted before. So thank you to Anke and make sure to check out her site with more amazing photography by her on her site:
NOTE: If you are going to repost these photos, please repost 3 and then provide a link to this blog, as these were mailed to me by Anke for use on IEDEI.
There’s something very peaceful about watching silent, vintage, 8mm race footage. This is from the 1973 9-hour race at Kyalami. Quite beautiful.
a 2010 concept by Citroen called the Survolt. This is the kind of insanity I expect from Citroen. Madness and over the top goodness! 2 electric motors, 300hp. If this is the future of the sports car and it’s electric—-i want in!
short promo video:
Yes I have a new favourite muscle car these days! The glorious AMC AMX 290.
This artwork is from an original 1968 promo packet for the AMC AMX and the rest of the AMC line.
src: planetHoustonAMX
These days i’m really annoyed by media photography; everyone goes to the same car shows and takes the same, typical, unstimulating, booooring photos of cars. I went in the search of more ‘experimental’ auto show photos and happened to find taken by Kai Petermann.
To be honest, I find them interesting….moderately dizzying, moderately useless, however reasonably entertaining! I believe the 2nd photo is of the new Dodge Dart, however I cannot be entirely sure!
src: forLoveAndGlory (via ralfBecker)
Leonello Design is a design company affiliated with the likes of Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, Zagato, and Touring Superleggera—-working on scale models and designs for them and other projects.
I’m not sure if any of them are available as prints or not, as not much is mentioned on their site.
Art:
src: Leonello
Now I just have to find people to give them to!
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