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Kia (K9) RWD concept.

Peter Schreyer heads up the Kia design team at the moment, and he is of course the person who led Audi out of the dark days and into the light with designs such as the 8N MK1 Audi TT, B5 A4, C5 A6, and many other great designs. This is Schreyer’s latest design for Kia.

This is Kia’s foray into the wide world of luxury sedans, and supposedly going to be named the “K9” which, I have to say is a completely juvenile choice in name—reminds me of a clumsy police unit on an old TV show. But the design? It looks fantastic. Sure there are cues of the ‘coupe-sedan’ trend that’s going on, and Schreyer has always added Audi bits into his Kia designs (in this case, a healthy bit of A7 swooping)—but this looks fresh and edgy, almost making me think that if Lamborghini introduced a sub-$100k sedan—it would probably look like this. I hope they build it.

Oh, and Jaguar need to pull their heads out of their asses and hire a guy like Schreyer to design stuff like this for them…i could definitely see this car with a Jaguar badge more than a Kia badge.

and look at the side-view mirrors…they are video cameras! SWEET!

source: Road & Track

Tagged 2011, audi, audi a7, b5 A4, concept, designer, former audi designer, frankfurt, kia design team, kia k9 concept, kia rwd, mk1 TT, peter schreyer, sedan

August182011

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foto of the day. A310.

to follow up the video of the day, a classic pic of an Alpine A310, giving you an idea of its overenthusiastic wheel arches and over the top body kit—-but i still love it so! this one is from 1978, if my notes are correct.

Tagged alpine a310, alpine renault a310, black & white, foto, photography, photos, pics, wallpaper

August182011

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video of the day. A310.

an Alpine Renault A310 1800, to be specific, soldiering through the twisties! lovely!

Tagged alpine a310 video, driving, footage, mountain roads, onboard, rally, video

August182011

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foto of the day. A3.

my 2012 Audi A3 quattro...parked in Brooklyn. It’s so cool to own a 2012 car in 2011!

With each passing day, I love the A3 even more…..what a wonderful car it is in every way!

Tagged 2012 audi a3 quattro, a lot, black titanium sport, brooklyn, drivin, nyc, package, titanium sport pkg

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Porsche 911 (991) official pics.

I don’t like the rear end—-what is going on with the rear end? the rest looks very 997-ish, just a bit longer and taller in the rear. Not sure what the source of these photos are, as I haven’t seen them anywhere else….but thanks to Jyoteen for sharing them!

Tagged 2012, 2013, 991, 998, new, porsche 911, redesigned porsche 911

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IEDEI’s 5 best looking cars on sale today.

Yes these are all expensive. Yes they are all on sale now in the US market. Yes, most of them are german. Yes, you could have probably predicted these a mile away if you know anything about me. Yes, I think they’re all badass and I want them all!

Here is my current list (in no order, really).

Aston Martin AMV8/V8 Vantage: I still think it’s the best looking sports car around, perfectly proportioned, small in size, and just beautiful from any angle. Just classic.

Audi A7: I used to think the Maserati Quattroporte was the best looking sedan in the world, until i saw an Audi A7 parked NEXT to a Quattroporte in California—-and the A7 trumped it in pretty much every way. Amazing and just drop dead gorgeous.

Porsche 911 (997): After the bulbous 993 and the weird 996, Porsche really hit their stride with the 997. Of course a brand new 991 is coming next year, which should show the 911 growing in size and stature—however i’m pretty sure the 997 will be valued for years to come, as most Porsches are after they stop production.

Audi R8: I have seen an R8 side by side with the Gallardo, and hand-over-heart-put-my-Audi-fanboy-tendencies-aside, it is a much cooler looking design than the Lambo ever was. The R8 has a much taller greenhouse, and somewhat of an awkward stance, but somehow it works very well with its bulgy curves, look-at-me sideblade, and big grinning mouth. The car looks much more sinister, grounded, and menacing in real life than it does in any photograph

AND where the shit hits the fan…

Porsche Panamera: I love the Panamera. It is a stunning design which has grown on me consistently with every passing month. I started off wondering how they could f*ck up the car so bad, and then suddenly found myself looking at it thinking “do i actually like it?” to now feeling that it is simply the most aggressive and creative interpretation of what a Porsche ‘sedan’ should be. Yes it is awkward, yes it is not nearly as chiseled and pretty as an A7, yes it is a bit over the top, yes it is weird—but it’s so uncool that it is savagely cool!

Tagged 2011, 2012, aston martin v8 vantage, audi a7, audi r8, best looking cars in the world, best looking cars on sale, porsche 911, porsche 997, porsche panamera, top 5 best looking cars, usa

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the best thing to ever come out of Ferrari…

Yeah I don’t give a crap about Ferrari—it’s a vulgar company who have built the most overrated, cheesy, and overhyped cars of my lifetime. They’re like the ‘jocks’ of the automotive world…ready to strangle automotive journalists with their sweaty, annoying jockstraps.

BUT TODAY I read a statement by Luca Di Montezemelo (CEO of Ferrari) which made my heart turn all fuzzy and warm—although the statement involves Ferrari’s future plans, what warmed my heart is their resistance to join the overwhelming surge of electric cars. My favourite marques Audi and Porsche have also recently joined into the electric car frenzy with their own projects; which has caused me a certain amount of interest to see what they’ve come up with, but a certain amount of disappointment at them selling out to the frenzy.

What did Mr. Di Montezemelo say?

“You will never see a Ferrari electric because I don’t believe in electric cars, because I don’t think they represent an important step forward for pollution or C02 or the environment.”

Very cool. I’m glad someone had the balls to say it. Too bad his next line was “But we are working very, very hard on a Hybrid Ferrari”…..oh well, i didn’t expect them to completely stray off the beaten path.

source: Left Lane News

Tagged audi, diesel, electric cars, ferrari electric cars, ferrari plans, future of cars, future of electric cars, future plans, hates, hybrid, luca di montezemelo, porsche, quite

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foto of the day. Cougar.

I grew up in Detroit, and was surrounded by muscle cars growing up—-but my favourite ones were the ones i did not see that often; hence my liking of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, the understated brother to the Ford Mustang. If i had to pick a muscle car for my dream garage, this would be the one!

Tagged 1967 mercury cougar, 1st generation, black, black and white, fotos, mercury cougar, mk1, original, photos, wallpaper, white

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Audi racing veteran.

Quattroworld has a great feature about Don Istook and his long-time Audi racing history–including Ur quattros, S4s, and TTs–culminating recently in his delivery of the 1st North American TT-RS. Fellow Audiphiles will surely appreciate the stories about his previous race cars that he built from the ground up, as well as some of his perspectives about these cars and experiences.

“Now, what I didn’t mention was that we got the truckload of parts on Friday…and we had to race Saturday morning! Well, Rome wasn’t built in a day…but I WAS racing at Road Atlanta in the early 80’s when Jo helped out Tom Brennan, after Tom had written off one of the Porsche factory D Production 924’s. Jo secured a brand new 924 D Production tub for Tom…had it shipped to the track…and that car WAS literally built in one day…made the DP race and finished 2^nd!! So, with that in mind…we got all the “stuff” put on the car and just made the grid for the start of the race.”

LINK: quattroworld

Tagged audi racing, audi tt, audi tt-rs, don istook, first delivery, north america, quattrworld, texas, us, usa

August162011

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Oldtimer GP.

my mate Christian Keller posted these great photos from the Oldtimer GP at the Nurburgring, and you can find many other great photos HERE at his Flickr link:

Tagged 2011, audi v8 quattro dtm, christian keller, flickr, Jaguar e-type, nurburgring, old timer gp, oldtimer gp, photography, photos, porsche 911, wallpaper

August152011

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art of the day. stratos zero.

my friend Xander Walker really does some great artwork, as previously seen on this blog—-so here is his most recent art print with the legendary Bertone Stratos Zero Concept. Each print is $60 and ltd. edition of 50 prints.

Click here to order

Tagged art prints, artwork, automotive art, bertone concept designs, bertone stratos zero, car art, lancia stratos, prints

August142011

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foto of the day. F800.

the beautiful Mercedes-Benz F800 Concept introduced in 2010, I have it on good accounts that this car will make it to production in late 2012 as a 2013. It will slot in under the C-class Mercedes and be going up against the A3 Sedan and the next generation (painfully ugly) 1-Series.

Tagged 2012, 2013, 2014, audi a3, audi a4, bmw 1-series, budget sedan, low sedan, mercedes clc, mercedes f800 concept, new

August142011

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too tall, Tony….

the ‘new’ Fiat 500 is one ugly car……super tall, oddly out of proportion, and decorated like a child’s toy. I only like the fact that it has a ‘Fiat’ badge on it; otherwise it sucks. I parked next to one earlier today, and was appalled by the comparison of size.

Tagged audi tt, audi tt nyc, comparison, fiat 500, fiat 500 sucks, height, new york city, original, photo, photos, size, size comparison, tall

August142011

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foto of the day. 300SL

Mercedes-Benz 300SL winning at Le Mans in 1952…

Tagged 1952, 300sl, le mans, mercedes-benz, winning

August52011

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foto of the day. Type 64.

arguably the first Porsche developed as the VW “Aerocoupe” by Dr. Porsche shown here in 1939.

Tagged 1939, 1st porsche, concept, ferdinand porsche, first porsche, history of porsche, original, porsche, porsche type 64, prototype, volkswagen, vw aerocoupe, wallpaper, ww2

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foto of the day. Islero.

I’ve always loved the Miura and the Espada, but the 3rd classic Lamborghini which i’ve always loved is the Islero. Arguably rarer than the other 2 (only 225 Isleros were made), completely underappreciated, and in my opinion easily one of the coolest cars made in the 60s. why? because it may be the most understated Lamborghini ever made—-with classic coupe lines designed by (unknown at the time) Mario Marazzi, handsome & unique profile, one-of-a-kind taillights, and much improved driving dynamics to 350 and 400gt. The Islero never really caught on as it was overshadowed by the Espada at the time, however I think it’s a damn shame—-as this is truly the gentleman’s Lamborghini. Supposedly Ferrucio was more involved with this car’s development than any other Lamborghini which came out under his name…

Tagged ferrucio lamborghini, lamborghini islero, maria marazzi, photos, wallpaper

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video of the day. missing the winter.

i don’t like the summer…in fact i think it sucks….people are annoying, nyc streets are filled with losers, and i don’t like sweating. BRING BACK the winter and bring back the good times! I can’t wait til i get the new car out onto the slopes.

here’s a video to let me daydream a bit……the big daddy version of my A3….the delicious RS3 (not sold in the US, or else it would have 100% been mine)

Tagged audi a3, audi rs3, audi rs3 driving in snow, favourite season, hate summer, love winter, snow

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1000th post.

Hard to believe that after 2 years & 11 months, this is the 1000th post for the IEDEI Blog. I thank everyone who comes here once in a while to check out the site, and for the cool people i’ve met and spoken with over e-mail about automobiles, motoring, lifestyle, and cool stuff.

I started IEDEI because I felt i thought too much about cars and wanted to share some stuff with people—-not much has changed, and I hope to continue sharing stuff and finding more great stuff from other people.

cheers & and thanks for staying in touch,

-Syed

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foto of the day. GT.

a 1965 Gilbern GT 1800, to be precise! I love these Gilberns, recently discovered the GT after reading about the Invader.

(photo by: Patrick Jammes)

Tagged 1965 gilbern gt, blue, gilbern gt 1800, patrick jammes, racing, spa, track

August32011

link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903341404576484073501204538.html8

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Could F1 be coming to New Jersey?

(photo from WSJ of proposed location of track)

(thanks to Stampchez [qw] for the tip!)

Being a NYC resident, i’m hugely excited by this article. We have heard this all before, as a couple of years ago there was some buzz about F1 coming to Liberty State Park in New Jersey—-but this time, there seems to be some positivity regarding the possibilities.

DO IT BERNIE, you sad old geeza!

Tagged 2012, 2013, 2014, f1, formula one, investors, location, map, more f1 races, new jersey, new york city, nyc, possibilities, proposal, us, usa

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