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foto of the day. RSR

I look at this Black 911 RSR on a 6SpeedOnline.com post and it occurs to me that this has to be one of THE coolest cars ever—-not just because it is a rare car in Black with silver writing–but because of the muscular stance, the legendary scary performance, and its overall presence. Old Ferraris? screw that…..gimme an old RSR over anything with weird yellow horse logo.

Tagged black, porsche 911 RSR, rs-r, vintage

April162011

automotive, cars, films, iedei, men, vintage

“making time”

My favourite film of all time is a brilliant English film named Withnail & I. It is not a car-related film, but for me it is just an absolutely hilarious, clever, and fantastic film about 2 strange and interesting blokes wired on chemicals. I have watched it far too many times…

One of my favourite scenes from this film, however, DOES involve cars—-and what a great scene it is. I suppose it is a little bit out of context when played on its own—–but it still cracks me up in every way.

For me, this is the Alpine A110 of films. It is strange….and probably not for everybody—but a ‘must see’ in my book.

Tagged best film ever made, british, english, greatest film ever made, jaguar mk2, uk, withnail & i

April142011

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automotive, cars, iedei

Police officer of the year!

If they could do this more, I would want MORE police on the freeway!!! Fantastic!

thanks to JoshD (QW) for sharing this

Tagged best police officer in the world

April142011

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Advertising, automotive, cars, iedei, rally, vintage

poster of the day. A110.

I want this original poster.

Tagged alpine a110, alpine-renault, elf, poster, racing, rally, rallye de monte-carlo

April132011

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automotive, cars, iedei, men

how to turn a fail into a win!

this guy has some skillz and a ton of luck!

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Tagged audi driver saves his car, crashing, driving

April132011

automotive, business, cars, iedei, vintage

window sticker of the day. 911sc

A window sticker from a 1979 Porsche 911 SC Coupe. In case you are interested, the original price of $28,660 turns into $87,365 when adjusted for 2011 with inflation over the years. That’s just about the price of an equivelant 911 today!

Tagged 1970s, 1979, porsche 911 sc, porsche and audi, price, prices, retail sticker, window sticker

April122011

automotive, cars, iedei, men, racing

new series: “Rookies To Racers”

Documenting the trials of young drivers looking for a chance to break it in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Series. I believe the 1st show aired on April 7th on the Discovery Channel (USA). The trailer looks good! We need more good car-related TV programming!

Tagged discovery channel, rookies to racers, trailer, volkswagen jetta tdi cup series, vw jetta tdi cup

April122011

automotive, cars, iedei, racing, sports

foto(s) of the day. quattroporte evo.

ah, i had no idea this even existed—-a racing version of the modern Maserati Quattroporte, lovingly referred to as Evo.

This car is privately raced in the SUPERSTARS SERIES and raced this past weekend by a Swiss team at Monza. Hot stuff, yeah….

(click for hi-res version)

a couple bonus lo-res fotos of this new find.

Tagged maserati quattroporte, maserati quattroporte evo, modded, modified, monza, racecar, racing, superstars series

April112011

automotive, cars, iedei, rally, sports, vintage

foto of the day. double flames.

DOUBLE!

Tagged 1985, flames, quattro S2, rac, rally, ur quattro

automotive, cars, iedei, rally, vintage

A110 of the day. climber.

I have literally 1000s and 1000s of photos of my favourite car ever, the Alpine A110. I am slowly dispersing these through IEDEI so others can enjoy them. Many of these are very rare, and I have collected them over the past 5 years or so. I don’t have a lot of information on some of them—but when I have info I will pass that along as well. The more vintage and grainy—-the BETTER.

from 1976

Tagged alpine renault a110, foto, photos, vintage

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ad of the day. heuer dashboard timer.

do want. got the photo from my friend dani at the colla verglas tmblr.

Tagged ad, advertisement, heuer dashboard timer, vintage heuer

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art of the day. Vespa 400.

Yes, there was a car made with the Vespa badge, called the 400. rear engined and TINY. Not much of a car i’m afraid, but this kitsch-y page from a vintage manual is worth a look for a bit of entertainment!

Tagged art, artwork, brochure, car, manual, vespa 400, wallpaper

automotive, cars, design, iedei, vintage

foto of the day. Fulvia.

a nice blue series-1 Lancia Fulvia

Tagged blue, fotos, lancia fulvia, photos, s1, series 1, wallpaper

automotive, cars, iedei, racing, vintage

trans-am.

i love these vintage programs from the original races; this one is from 1969 Lime Rock….from Progcovers

Tagged 1960s, 1969, 1970s, chevy camaro, ford mustang, lime rock, may 30, trans-am racing

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Worst engine bay ever…

I’m not a fan of Lexus cars—i think they are mind numbing and quite frankly soulless. Many years ago I test drove a Lexus LS with my father, and I still think of that car as one of the WORST cars I have ever driven. That being said—-take a look at the 2010 Lexus LS engine bay. I don’t think i’ve seen a worse example of an engine bay….well…ever.

Tagged crap, engine bay, engine cover, engine covers, lexus ls400, lexus ls460, plastic, rubbish, soulless

http://www.tvr-grantura.de/Meine-Grantura-Seite/Meine-Granturaseite.html

automotive, cars, design, iedei, vintage

old-school TVR goodness.

i love most TVRs—i think the new ones were brilliantly insane, and the older ones were brilliantly insane. Whenever i’ve been to the UK i keep one eye peeled out for them rumbling by….fantastic.

i found this nice little lo-fi website with little tidbits of history:

I love photos like this, at the same I hate photos like this. Lots of dead old british cars, including some TVRs.

Vintage TVR Grantura manual.

Old-school TVR-Grantura

Tagged dusty, old TVRs, photos, tvr grantura, vintage

http://www.quattroholic.com/2011/04/hi-res-scans-of-original-1991-audi-avus.html

automotive, cars, design, iedei, vintage

20 years later: Audi Avus Concept.

Quattroholic has put up some fantastic scans from an Audi AG book about the 1991 Audi Avus Concept. Hard to believe this was 20 years ago. A lot of the design cues from this car directly influenced future products like the Bugatti Veyron, Audi TT, and Audi R8. The Avus was heavily influenced by the legendary Auto Union race cars of the 20s and 30s—and represented a turning point in modern Audi design.

check out the full scans at:

Tagged 1991 concept, audi avus quattro, magazine scans, original information, tokyo auto show

automotive, cars, design, iedei, racing, vintage

foto of the day. RSR

LOOK AT THOSE REAR WHEELS!!!

Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR (photo by Jorge Dickmann)

Tagged blue, carrera, photo, porsche 911 3.0 carrera ltr rsr, porsche 911 RSR, wallpaper, widest rear tires