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ad of the day. e mans.
Only 10 days til the best race weekend of the year comes knocking on our doors!
src: Audi Sport
Rally Heaven.
Chris Harris back in form, riding in a Lancia Delta S4, Stratos and 037!
is this the Porsche Pajun?
expected price of around $55k? Where do i sign?
In all likelihood, considering the source (Auto Express)—these are likely modified photos using a Panamera as a base, but after the debacle of the A110-50, who knows anymore!
I love the Panamera and judging by the way this looks, I love this even more….WOW. Porsche is going to go big time if they launch this in the Audi S4 price range….although I would expect, as with all Porsches, the price will climb higher quickly with a few options.
src: autoExpress
Bride and the 928.
These photos may be digitally altered/edited, but it doesn’t matter as they’re pretty damn cool. I’m digging the minimalist stone background. “Leda and the Swan”, as described:
“A modern reinterpretation of the Greek myth, the images capture a woman in an Escada wedding dress and a white vintage Porsche 928, photographed by Alex Rank within digital sets designed by adNAU’s Tino Schaedler.”
src: behance
video of the day. “Speed of Light”
Well this is pretty damn wicked. This is going to create a whole new generation of 10 year-olds making films with little projectors! Directed by The Theory.
src: ralfBecker
sighting of the day. Murcielago…
…not under its own power; but on a flatbed!
I’d like to think it was being simply transported somewhere, but I have a sneaking suspicion it was simply broken. It still looked quite fast though…..even though it had an obligatory cheesy supercar license plate.
foto of the day. Jarama.
I love how funky the Lamborghini Jarama is—and I love that it doesn’t look like any other Lamborghini. Designed by Gandini, It had cartoonish looks: dintinctly conventional looking body panels set to a bizarrely low-slung, frankenstein set of proportions. All in all, i think this may be one of the most underappreciated Lamborghinis ever made—along with my personal favourite: the Islero
src: RM
foto of the day. DTM fight.
BMW M3 DTM vs. Audi RS5 DTM…..which is airborne! From yesterday’s Spielberg DTM race.
src: Audi Sport
Green GT H2: getting ready for 2013 Le Mans.
Well yes the 2012 Le Mans is around the corner, but one company brought out their unique prototype yesterday for the Le Mans Test Day. The Green GT H2 promises to be the first Electric/Hydrogen powered race car—and after participating in 2012’s test day, has been officially invited to race in the 2013 24 hours endurance race. Very interesting stuff indeed.
Here’s Green’s highlights of their race car as per their website:
– No pollutants
– No emissions of gas or CO2, or NOx
– Renewable energy
– The hydrogen comes from the electrolysis of water. The water is then recomposed during the production of electricity in the fuel cell. This same water can then be used again to re-produce the hydrogen.
– GreenGT H2 is expected to reach a speed close to 300km/h. With its on-board electrical control system, the GreenGT H2 can run for 40 min and its new electronic control system allows optimized cornering speeds.
src: technologicVehicles
foto of the day. le mans cockpit
The buzz is rising for Le Mans in June! Here’s the fantastic cockpit of the R18 e-Tron quattro! wicked.
src: Audi Sport
video of the day. History of AMG.
Nice video put together by Mercedes-Benz—-showing a short history of AMG. I admit to having a soft spot for Mercedes-Benz…always have, always likely will.
src: youTube
Dunhill custom shirt.
Unlike many modern workers, I still work in a somewhat traditional environment (Hospital) and each day I wear a dress shirt, a tie (50% of the time), a sport coat or blazer, and dress pants. I do think that modern men have lost the ability to properly dress for work and it’s a real shame. I see younger men in NYC walking to work dressed like they’re going to grab a sandwich (jeans, t-shirt, crap shoes), and to be honest it’s a damn shame.
To me, it doesn’t have to do with wealth as much as it does an appreciation of one’s work and respect for the environment around them. It shows one has the thought to care about their workplace, and has the dignity to spend the few extra minutes a day to look presentable outside to complement staying presentable inside. In the old days, coats and dress shirts were not only for the wealthy—they were for everyone. Taxi drivers wore shirts and ties, janitors wore uniforms—people had dignity about the service they were providing. These days, people don’t care about dignity—-they want their money and they want to go home. Definitely a damn shame…
If you’ve read IEDEI, you will surely remember that I have quite a big soft spot for Dunhill clothing and accessories. I do have a few Dunhill shirts and they are extremely comfortable and sharp fitting.
Great video showing the making of a Dunhill custom tailored shirt.
video of the day. chassis test.
Before the fantastic Renault Alpine A110-50 put on its futuristic body, it underwent testing! As we know, the A110-50 is based on the Megane Trophy, and has been adapted and tweaked into the A110-50. It’s pretty wicked to watch the skeleton going around the track…courtesy of the excellent Type 01
sighting of the day. track day 911s.
I was bumbling along in my rental Civic (yes i am still driving rental cars while the A3 gets fixed), and spotted these 2! Nice combination to see together being transported on trailers for what seems to be a track day exercise—not too common of a sighting in Queens, NYC.
Porsche 911 Targa and Porsche 911 GT3
art of the day. Speed 6 and Speed 8.
In celebration of upcoming Le Mans 2012—-here are two fantastic illustrations by Peter Hutton
The Le Mans-conquering Bentley Speed 6 and Bentley Speed 8.
foto of the day. 124 Sport.
Really starting to dig these after seeing a couple of great examples at the Carlisle Import Show a few weeks ago.
Fiat 124 Sport
src: carsFromItaly
Knize shaving soap.
Thanks for all the great comments, emails, and feedback around my shaving ‘megapost’ i made previously. The Proraso italian shaving cream i’ve been using is quite good, however being as Knize make some of the world’s finest clothing, accessories, and fragrances—I was obliged to try out their shaving soap in a beautiful Knize-etched wooden shaving bowl.
The soap is great, lathers up quite nicely after about 40-50 spins of my brush, and goes on with plenty of smoothness. The smell, as with all Knize items, is simply fantastic. It’s pretty difficult to find Knize accessories in the US, however this soap along with other Knize items are currently available at Colonial Drug in Cambridge, MA. This, by the way, is a great shop with tons of other great Knize items in stock. The shave soap and the bowl are $45 and in stock.
There will be a day when I make it to the only standing Knize shop in Vienna; but for now, I will take what i can get and scavenge around for these little pieces of gentlemen glory.
Audi Mobile Museum.
This is a place i’d really love to go to. The Audi Mobile Museum of Ingolstadt. There are many photos and videos of this fantastic place online, but I love the photography done by Yan Alexandre for Blenheim Gang
foto of the day. Hyena.
After checking out photos of the BMW Zagato Coupe concept yesterday, I found myself trying to think of the last Zagato-bodied car that i actually really liked. Immediately the first car that really came to mind was the limited production Lancia Hyena.
It’s important to consider that this was not only a fantastic looking car, but carried the performance to embarass a Lancia Delta Integrale. Bold words then…..so why is that true? The Hyena is based off the Delta Integrale, shares the same 250hp engine, but weighed 450+ pounds less (it weighed just 2550 pounds)! So stunning to look at, and with a 0-60 time in the low 5 seconds; stunning to drive!
Completely underrated too….i would love to have one of these in my garage. They were supposed to make more than 100 cars—however production stopped after 26 cars. Stay tuned for a more in depth feature to come in the following weeks—-on a car i’m becoming more and more fascinated with.
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