Automobiliac had posted all sorts of wonderful Elf card scans last year, and this Alpine A210 diagram was from the backside of the scan you can find on the link above! Make sure you check out search his site for all the other Elf card scans…which are great.
The more time that passes by, the fonder i become of the stubby little badass that is the NSU TT.
src: davydutchy
The magnificent Alpine M63
src: unknown.
the 1962 Rene Bonnet Djet—-mid-engined (one of the first mid-engined production cars, along with the 550 spider), and essentially what would evolve into Matra Djet afterwards. Mid engined and super cool.
Interestingly enough, Matra (plastics/industrial company) was not even involved with this car as it was developed, however supposedly bought Bonnet in 1963/1964 after Rene Bonnet (developer of the Djet and race car driver) hit financial trouble— and then Matra evolved the Djet into a street going sports car.
This beautiful photograph was taken by Dirk De Jager
src: supercars.net
Supercar nut Harry Metcalfe from Evo Magazine is taking a tour around the working prototype of the Porsche 918.
I am loving the idea of this….2 electric motors and a V8…look at where the exhaust pipes exit! PDK double clutch gearbox…..and just a bang up to date technological masterpiece under development. I was never a fan of the Carrera GT, but this i’m properly excited about.
src: evo
DRIVE has done a fantastic job editing this……these days, my absolute favourite form of motorsport is endurance racing……watch this 15 minutes and you’ll see why!
Octane has taken some cool photos of the first rally spec 1980 Ur quattro prototype rally car….although the car needs more dirt on it!
src: more pics and read the great write-up about the car at Octane
1-2 finish at Sebring this weekend with the Audi R18 dominating……fantastic!
src: photo taken by Nick Busato from L’endurance
Audi qualified 1-2-3 for this with the glorious R18. There are 9+ hours left in the race, so go to ESPN3 to watch this live now!
Make sure you select the “ALMS” race on the right hand menu.
and YES this is going to be running in the 2012 Le Mans as an experimental prototype, unclassified in any class per se. I have to say that aside from how hideous it is—I will be very excited to see this freakshow rummaging through the field at Le Mans! Let’s just hope it doesn’t cause any accidents….and take over Ferrari’s role of poor driving.
Can it even bloody steer!? see the videos at the bottom to find out..
from Nissan:
“A highly-advanced and hugely-efficient Nissan engine will power the remarkable DeltaWing car as it races in anger for the first time at the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours (16-17 June).
While Nissan DeltaWing will not be classified in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Company is looking to showcase the pioneering technology that will show one potential direction for the future of motorsport and will feed into the research and development of future technologies, that filter down to Nissan’s road car product range.
A race-prepared 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine, featuring direct petrol injection and a turbocharger, will power Nissan DeltaWing, which is half the weight and has half the aerodynamic drag of a conventional racer.“
videos:
src: prwire via l’endurance
As an Audiphile, i’m super excited this morning after reading this. It’s not April 1st….wow. Piech on the attack! You’re next Alfa Romeo!
from Fourtitude:
“Apparently Ferdinand Piech has been interested in Ducati for some time and is on the record for stating his regret for not snapping up the motorcycle marque when it went up on the market years ago. Apparently Piech also looked into revival of the Horex brand, but it was determined that there wasn’t enough brand recognition to make it worthwhile. Ducati, on the other hand, sells 40,000 motorcycles a year and has great brand recognition worldwide.”
and
“Out of nowhere CAR Magazine today has broken a story this morning that Audi entered an exclusive deal to buy motorcycle manufacturer Ducati. After re-checking our calendar to make sure it wasn’t April 1, we took a closer look at the story. Penned by Georg Kacher, we don’t question its accuracy in any way and as such it’s worth considering the details.
Apparently Ducati is on the market and it’s being suited by no less than Audi, Daimler (with whom there’s a marketing deal with AMG), Mahindra and even Audi’s parent company Volkswagen. All are interested in the Italian motorcycle manufacturer but Kacher is revealing via CAR that Audi has an exclusivity deal that gives it first refusal – one that could very well see Ducati under Audi ownership by April.”
Original article at Car Magazine
gutted. lusty. restored. wow. all it needs is a little bit of dirt…
src: alfaholics via coolerthanbefore
One of these fine days, i’m going to get around to reading more about the hardcore rock and roll stories of the original Bentley Boys.
“In 1923, three dedicated automobile enthusiasts decided to create a competition based not only on speed, but also on endurance. This was the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours, destined to become one of the world’s most prestigious races. For Walter Owen Bentley and other manufacturers, the idea seemed pretty crazy, but that did not prevent him from rising to the challenge by sending one of his cars to take part in the first edition. 1924 witnessed a glorious triumph: the British firm won the Le Mans 24 Hours with a Bentley 3 Litres – a feat that it accomplished four more times, in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930, the two latter victories being earned in a Speed 6. This was the era of the legendary Bentley Boys: Benjafield, Birkin, Davis, Rubin, Kidston and above all Barnato, the most famous of them all, a multi-millionaire South African diamond merchant. Gifted sportsmen, authentic connoisseurs of life’s many pleasures and mostly fabulously wealthy, the Bentley Boys raced first and foremost for honour, fired by a taste for challenges.”
src: breitling
My friend Xander from Strassenversion does great artwork and always sells fascinating motoring related goods…..and here are some of his latest; beautiful and colourful paintings made from photographs he took at Laguna Seca at the 2011 Rennsport Reunion.
The original paintings are sold. However, prints will be available!
for more info go here: Strassenversion
beautiful oil painting by Andrea Del Pesco of Maseratis getting ready in the pits, 1956.
I am laughing at you, Carbusters—-a dim witted organization with pented up anger who have decided to take things out on the automobile!
It’s hilarious to me that organizations like this are born out of a very minimal and archaic understanding of human movement, progress, and ability to advance. So you want to eliminate the automobile…..interesting, i’d LOVE to watch a family of 4 who live in Farmland, North Dakota go to the airport to see their family living in NYC. Is this family of 4 supposed to surgically attach wheels to their elbows? Are they going to chain 4 slow bicycles together so 40 hours later they reach the airport in a puddle of sweat and tears? Will this family become poverty-stricken due to their vegetables rotting as trucks are not present to deliver them to the market so they can make their money? IS THERE ANY LOGIC IN YOUR ABSURD LOGIC of a “car free” world? If we had it your way—-we would be proceeding backwards as a civilisation. Why not ban airplanes and trains too—-as I hope you realise one airplane creates more pollution than thousands of automobiles.
Bicycles as transport for everybody? LOL….welcome to China and India in the 1920s…..an ‘ideal society’ for everybody!
(below photo from carbodydesign)
You know what Carbusters….i’m proud to own 2 cars in NYC. Just because of you, i’m gonna take a gas guzzling, petrol snorting, exhaust screaming drive up and down the streets of Brooklyn. You’re gonna love it too.
I look forward to more and more cars on the streets with nice big wide roads and beautiful race tracks being constructed everywhere! I hate to break it to you, but worldwide car sales are flourishing with record sales and great enthusiasm. Motoring forever! I’ll see you on the Nurburgring on your bicycle, suckas!
Alex Roy, as part of his trip to El Salvador adventures some more, this time even finding a track ready Alfa!
Here are parts 2 and 3. Both highly entertaining.
Touring Superleggera have sprung a ‘redux’ of the famous 1952 Alfa Romeo Carozzeria touring ‘Disco Volante” by introducing a modified, spec’d out, balanced (49/51 weight balanced) rebody on the Alfa 8C chassis. The 2012 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Superleggera is slated to be a limited edition production car!
A friend of mine just checked in from the Geneva Auto Show where it is being premiered…..and said it looks fantastic in the flesh! I don’t doubt it—-as it looks fantastic in this photo!
src: pic via autochannel
I’m so excited about this; the next Le Mans is going to be absolutely wicked! Audi today introduced the latest variation of last year’s Le Mans winning R18, the R18 e-Tron quattro, marking the first AWD race car entry by Audi in a looooooong time. This is a complicated drivetrain, with electric motors driving the front wheels, and the diesel motor driving the rear wheels—-with variation between them, so the front wheels serve as stabilizers depending on when the electric motor is on and what direction the car is turning in. Surely this has added weight as well, but it will be fascinating to watch the TDI R18s running simultaneously with the e-tron R18 quattros! As with most street and prior race-spec’d Audis….the grip gained by quattro will likely make up for any weight difference.
src: Audi
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