Well here’s something i’ve never seen! A luxurious, heavy, Hermes shopping bag-filled, leather wrapped interior Bentley Continental GT being given a rally stage work out by ex-Mini driver Kris Meeke! Fantastic!
Apparently this is being filmed for a future episode of Top Gear featuring James May. Why does this not surprise me?
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A great song by a great band! The album is out now….go and buy it! Bringing the spirit of early 90s UK shoegazing mixed with a healthy prescription of 70s bavarian kraut. A superb combination.
Lately i’m FAR more interested in modern cars than classics, and my appreciation of living in the now has created this buzz within me. I’ve never owned a VW Golf, however i’ve come very close to by owning a MK1 Audi TT and an Audi A3—both of which share chassis with their respective Golf counterparts. This new MK7 Golf looks SUPERB and has an exciting, crisp, and modern design without all the Korean/Japanese ‘overdesign’ elements flooding the automotive world. What surprises me most, though, is how this MK7 takes cues from older Golfs more than the MK5 or MK6 did. In fact, i see a lot of MK4 in the rear end. Very interesting!
There’s nothing better than a nice, balanced hot hatch in my books. Affordable, fun, and without care of status or pomp. I am really excited about the new A3 and i’m also excited about this new Golf. Here’s waiting for the S/RS and GTI/R versions of these cars!
Globally….it’s probably one of the most important car launches this year. The Golf is truly an international car, and what a great overall car it is.
oh…and it’s 220 pounds lighter than the last generation (!!!).
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Well this ad is a bit of a farce now, as there are plenty of people who dream about getting a Mitsubishi Evo. Nissan, not so much. If anything this ad is a reminder of how lackluster the 80s/early 90s were for affordable performance cars and how few options people had to finding one. These days, If one cannot afford a new Porsche 911—there are plenty of enjoyable automobiles one can buy to at least enjoy themselves—hell i’d have a Cayman R (as long as it’s PDK) or an Audi TT-RS (as long as it’s DSG) over a 911, so even Porsche realised they could do better.
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All types of wonderful. In a sea of beautiful MK1 TTs is this ultra-sweet yellow Audi S3 that’s had a 3.2 V6 transplant and turbocharging.
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A modern classic. The Audi RS5.
Thanks to Honer (QW) for these pics he took of his new ride.
Not too far away is the beauty of the winter. Find a friend with another Bugatti Veyron and a brisk drive through the winter boulevards and twisties!
This photograph is beautiful and ridiculous at the same time—-but still wonderful!
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It is with a heavy heart that i’ve decided to discontinue updating IEDEI. I have thoroughly enjoyed posting over the last nearly 4 years and have enjoyed talking and meeting many of you. I am only one person, and simply do not have the capacity to go on posting. It is unfortunate at a time when the blog has been rapidly gaining popularity—-however I simply do not have the time, emotion, or capacity to research and update as I would like. Many posts I make are not simply uploading a photo or linking to outside places. To find that content takes time…..it takes passion….and it takes effort.
With all of this being said…it’s possible that in the future I may re-start this site, however at this time I am not thinking about it. I’ve loved cars since the age of 2…however I’ve also realised that over time—things change.
As a fitting final post….i would like to leave you with a simply wonderful video of 2 cars I love—-and one of which is the center of which everything on this blog was inspired by: the Alpine A110.
Please feel free to email me at IEDEIblog@gmail.com if you’d ever like to collaborate on any projects, or if you’d like me to write an article….or if you just want to talk. The IEDEI site will remain online for the time being, as an archive for people to find and enjoy.
Much love to the gear shifting brothas. This video is for you.
Fantastica. See the full set of donut photos in sequence of the brilliant Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept at Le Container.
I’ve seen these wire-based car sculptures before, but I love that this VW Beetle wire sculpture is in the middle of the road!
This video is beautiful. Epic bite the back of your hand beautiful. The essence of Le Mans in 2012——i’m still buzzing over the race, and this slow-motion “Ultra Motion” video that Eurosport was using during their coverage really shines through when set to shoegazing background music.
thanks to Don for the tip!
from 1957, a vision of the future! It’s like Leave It To Beaver.…except Wally is a girl. Google eat your heart out!
And here’s the kicker, an excerpt from the 1958 Disney show “Magic Highway”. Some fascinating ideas going on here! Here’s hoping that we have this kind of imagination still kicking around for the next 50 years.
src: Micah’s Two Cents
and which Ferrari? How could this happen?
Many of you know I’m not really a fan of Ferraris……never was as a kid, and am still not today. Without getting into the gory details of WHY I don’t like Ferraris much, I found it interesting sitting behind the wheel of this one —-as I actually quite liked the car. Either way……it is worthy of a foto-of-the-day and had a nice Saturday spent in it being driven around random little out-of-city roads with the engine purring behind my overheated head.
See what happens when IEDEI sits inside a Ferrari? The prancing horse logo starts to glow! ha.
When I first saw the Fisker Karma, I wasn’t too keen on it. But as time as gone by, I think it is a truly stunning & beautiful car with tremendous attention to detail; interior and exterior. Henrik Fisker is a pretty interesting designer (he also designed 2 of my favourite modern designs; the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin AMV8), and I think he’s designed a pretty remarkable car. I’d have one in black with the full Alcantara interior….and when I mean “full”….i mean REALLY full Alcantara interior (dash, steering wheel, console, seats, etc). Wicked.
And it’s promoted with a pretty fantastic print ad!
An adventure and its documentation. An event which is still alive today as more of a nostalgic event!
http://www.eastafricansafarirally.com/
I am quite fond of leather and suede—the feel, the chemically treated smell, the wearing patterns, and the differences in quality and texture. The other day I found myself searching for explanations of how leather is made, and I found a couple of interesting videos—-3 videos which could not be contrasted any better, but all three of them beautifully filmed in their own way. Most excellent.
buy an Alfa Romeo Alfetta! I don’t care that much for the car—–but it’s a hell-of-an ad!
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I found a strange photo earlier in one of my Alpine books of an A310 prototype—-which made me start searching online for more prototype photos.
The A310 was introduced in 1971 as glorified successor to the Alpine throne, and by 1976 Alpine introduced the car with a 2.7L V6. The car pictured here is a A310 V6 prototype which has seemingly been preserved!
What’s most striking here though, is the Maserati Merak-aping rear end! Was this a disguise for testing purposes or was this really being planned at some point? Even as a die-hard Alpine fanatic, i would think this is outright plagiarism! Obviously the design never actually made it anywhere, as the A110 production continued to 1984 with the design virtually unchanged, aside from body kits, wheel designs, and small tweaks. Maybe this was just an ‘inside joke’ inside Dieppe!
a comparison of a Merak vs. this A310 V6 prototype. HA!
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one of my favourite cars in the world…..the fantastic and menacing Donkervoort D8 GT.
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Lovely photo sent by reader Michael Duque of his very nice Alfa GTV6 (named “Bella”) parked next to a very early 1965 Alpine A110 (almost looks like an A108 without the signature A110 fog lights). Oh and there’s a Corvette lurking in the background….for atmosphere!
If you have an interesting photo you want to share, send it in!
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