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SAAB IS SAVED!
All hail the rescue of SAAB. I was rooting for it all along, and now it seems it has happened. Spyker, with the deep $600 million help of the Swedish government, has had their bid accepted by the fat slobs at GM.
Rumour is that upcoming SAAB models will be known as SAAB SPYKER. The 9-5 (new) will be released in the US market later in 2010.
Great news. Good luck, Spyker!
IEDEI catches the ‘new’ 370z Roadster in the wild…
Actually….I took this photo about 3 or 4 months ago…(maybe longer?) as this 370Z Roadster was parked near my flat here in Brooklyn. I forgot to post this back then, and now i’ve come to realise that this car still hasn’t been released! So i’m posting it now. It wasn’t exactly ‘nice’ to look at, but wasn’t terrible either.
foto of the day. 01242010.
LANCIA FULVIA!
foto of the day. 01192010.
oh yeah….AUDI QUATTRO cutaway!
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art of the day.
Rohit Sharma makes some cool artwork. Based out of New Delhi, his paintings capture the essence of city living in India. I really dig his vintage car paintings. (makes for good wallpaper too!) Check out the other variations on his website:
http://www.rohitstudio.com/rohit_works
Lancia Stratos channels the devil.
HOLY SOUND! take a listen. Don’t get scared around the 2 minute mark!
foto of the day. 01162010.
that’s right! here’s the IEDEI MOBILE. getting ready for a car wash….it’s such a warrior.
1000+ views today.
For the first time since I started this blog about 16 months ago, it recieved more than 1000 unique views for just today. That’s a milestone! Cheers to all the IEDEI friends out there, and let’s aim for 2000 hits a day!
Time to celebrate with a picture of our spiritual webmaster, Steve McQueen!
foto of the day. 01142010
1970 Porsche 917 Short Tail Le Mans
new Corrado? NO. new Jetta Coupe? YES.
While not as exciting as the idea of a ‘new’ Corrado, the Jetta Coupe images coming out are showing it to be a pretty damn attractive little coupe. Definitely looks a bit like a baby Audi A5, which is definitely not a bad thing!
All in all, i think this is gonna be mad popular with Vdubbers everywhere. Nice one, VW.
more pics and info here:
http://blogs.eurotuner.com/6610166/editorials/vw-compact-coupe-debuts-in-detroit/index.html
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Can Am. 1967 Road America.
Last year, at the CORONADO FESTIVAL OF SPEED in San Diego, i witnessed the absolute MADNESS of Can Am cars…….the most glorious, wicked, and loud exhausts i have ever heard. My ears were never the same. I got back from that trip and immediately ordered the loudest exhaust i could for my car!
These cars were amazing. CAN AM racing was amazing! WATCH THIS:
is VW releasing a ‘new’ Corrado this week?
Rumour has it that there will be a NEW Jetta-based Coupe introduced this week in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show.
BRING BACK THE C ORRADO!! stay tuned this week for more updates on this!
foto of the day. 011010.
Just a photo of the new season of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GT Class, where there is an APR tuned Audi S4. Don’t ya love the photo of the S4 and the tuned, trans-am livery Chevrolet Camaro duking it out? Very cool!
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lost concept: 2003 Lancia Fulvia
The Foto of The Day Lancia Fulvia reminded me of this lost 2003 Lancia Fulvia concept car…..it was a stunning concept, heavily derived from the original design, but modern in its interpretation. I never understood why FIAT destroyed the Lancia name, instead of bringing cars like this Fulvia to production. My friend Jim Hall has tried to explain this numerous times, but I will never understand…..
COME TO YOUR SENSES FIAT & Lancia!! MAKE IT!
foto of the day. 01052010.
ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500
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