I’m really growing fond of this generation of late 70s/early 80s 911s…especially the SC. Undervalued, great engines, and very well made. While the world stays obsessed with late 60s/early 70s 911s—-i feel that this generation is quietly lurking in the background—-and actually may represent a better car in almost every way.
http://www.mein911er.de/archives/category/911sc
McNish is one of my favourite endurance drivers—-and a great driver. Le Mans is coming on June 11th!
JUST GOT UGLIER!
my purpose for this post is a sinister one.
A) i want this photo to become the #1 google image result for the Toyota Prius
B) i want ‘prospective’ Toyota Prius buyers to come here, and understand that they look like idiots driving around in their ugly box of batteries and electronic wankery
C) i want these US buyers to consider buying a clean diesel VW Golf TDI or Jetta TDI—which get similar MPG performance—-and save the world the horror of seeing this ugly Prius monstrosity on our streets. Think of the children, people!!!
love these—i think they are timeless classics in every sense of the word!
foto taken from Trollhatten Saab
Again thanking Italiansupercar.net for this footage!
My favourite current concept car——i am full hope that this badboy gets produced. If it does, you bet every dollar I will be selling parts of my spleen to get myself one—-in BLACK thank you very much!
Photos courtesy of Italiansupercar.net
Speaking of that ‘tribute’ to the BMW 328 Mille Miglia—–here’s the real version of the 1954 coupe.
This is some amazing home video footage of Ayrton Senna testing rally cars. Thanks to Chris Harris for sharing this.
Got this from the fantastic Alpine Portugal page
Interesting—-i loved the Mille Miglia concept a few years ago—this continues the look back on history. I don’t feel it is particularly a nice design, however I like certain features which kick back to the past like the leather straps and the ‘bucktooth’ kidney grille in the front. BMW, design-wise, have become a shell of their former self in the past 10-15 years, in my opinion—-and I don’t think it will hurt them at all to look at their historical past for inspiration. Here’s hoping they bring the proper design cues which made them so glorious from the 60s through early 90s back.
This car weighs just around 1700+ pounds! Lightweight engineering, that is something to love.
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(IEDEI sepia tuned photos)
4Star Classics has some great stuff, and here they present a VERY clean late-model year 1989 Audi (Ur) quattro 10v. It is often thought that these late-model year quattros (made until 1990/91) were some of the best coupes made in this configuration. Sales in this country had all but ended by then, but continued in Europe. This particular one is right-hand drive, but with an immaculate interior and beautiful paint work—as well as those fantastic euro-spec bumpers and headlights.
Costs a little bit over 10,000 GBP….and well worth it.
i’ve always been a huge fan of Rob Ijbema‘ s artwork—-i will buy a painting one of these days. Here’s another one by him of Nuvolari in his glorious Auto Union.
Fiat 131 Abarth
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.
Beautiful foto from McBoost and i’m digging the B3/B4 Coupe with the RS2 front bumper. Beautiful house/building as well.
I wonder how their menage a trois went….
Porsche 914 and Porsche 911E
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.
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.
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:
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