Again thanking Italiansupercar.net for this footage!
quattro Sport Concept @ Concorso D’eleganza Villa D’este
My favourite current concept car——i am full hope that this badboy gets produced. If it does, you bet every dollar I will be selling parts of my spleen to get myself one—-in BLACK thank you very much!
Photos courtesy of Italiansupercar.net
foto of the day. 328.
Speaking of that ‘tribute’ to the BMW 328 Mille Miglia—–here’s the real version of the 1954 coupe.
video of the day. Senna and rally cars.
This is some amazing home video footage of Ayrton Senna testing rally cars. Thanks to Chris Harris for sharing this.
art of the day. A110
Got this from the fantastic Alpine Portugal page
BMW 328 Hommage.
Interesting—-i loved the Mille Miglia concept a few years ago—this continues the look back on history. I don’t feel it is particularly a nice design, however I like certain features which kick back to the past like the leather straps and the ‘bucktooth’ kidney grille in the front. BMW, design-wise, have become a shell of their former self in the past 10-15 years, in my opinion—-and I don’t think it will hurt them at all to look at their historical past for inspiration. Here’s hoping they bring the proper design cues which made them so glorious from the 60s through early 90s back.
This car weighs just around 1700+ pounds! Lightweight engineering, that is something to love.
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(IEDEI sepia tuned photos)
come to me, oh clean ur quattro.
4Star Classics has some great stuff, and here they present a VERY clean late-model year 1989 Audi (Ur) quattro 10v. It is often thought that these late-model year quattros (made until 1990/91) were some of the best coupes made in this configuration. Sales in this country had all but ended by then, but continued in Europe. This particular one is right-hand drive, but with an immaculate interior and beautiful paint work—as well as those fantastic euro-spec bumpers and headlights.
Costs a little bit over 10,000 GBP….and well worth it.
art of the day. nuvolari.
i’ve always been a huge fan of Rob Ijbema‘ s artwork—-i will buy a painting one of these days. Here’s another one by him of Nuvolari in his glorious Auto Union.
foto of the day (2): 131A
Fiat 131 Abarth
german car company websites…
I like presentations, and stylistic analysis of what is being represented. I find it interesting to check out of some of the german companies to see how their website front pages compare. Yes you mind find this a bit insignificant, and without any real substance——BUT i feel it does have substance. I feel it shows the philosophies of these companies….and to whom they are catering to.
BMW: A cluttered, and slightly primitive looking site—-doesn’t really look like it is fitting in with the brand image.
AUDI: The most minimalist website out of all the 4 brands I looked at. No added frames or unnecessary features. I like the focused energy going on here—with the nice grey background.
MERCEDES-BENZ: a nice website with a photo-heavy base with border navigation on the top margin. Same type of grey shades as Audi uses; however used quite differently. The most ‘movement’ is seen on the MB site, as well as the smallest lettering.
PORSCHE: Much better than the BMW site, but still a bit dissappointing. The ‘small’ icon photos of each car on the left navigator bar is quite annoying, imo.
VW: simple and uncomplicated with a clear goal of shoving its new Jetta into sales-heaven…..
video of the day. vintage rallycross.
Somebody posting a ‘newer’ rallycross video reminded me of these older Rallycross videos available….this one has an A110 vs. a Stratos in the 1978 European championship! Epic cool.
ever wonder what…
expensive camera gear looks like bisected? I’m not photography master, but i appreciate a good camera and I love my Leica D-Lux 3. Check out this bisected Leica lens!
thanks to Jmblur for sharing this foto!
foto of the day. Coupe.
Beautiful foto from McBoost and i’m digging the B3/B4 Coupe with the RS2 front bumper. Beautiful house/building as well.
foto of the day. 914 & 911.
I wonder how their menage a trois went….
Porsche 914 and Porsche 911E
Alpines at Le Mans. (videos)
These are just some amazing videos…..everytime i see the race-prepped Alpine screaming down regular streets as shown in the 1963 video, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! even though we can’t hear them, they just look epic cruising with regular traffic. Some wonderful behind-the-scenes footage in this videos as well, of the construction and of the founder of Alpine, Jean Redele.
video heaven…for me. my broken french skills help me understand some of these…..as they are both in french.
foto of the day. Europa
the original Lotus Europa was always a bit of an oddball, but so very unique and fascinating. Tiny, light, and quite a sharp handling car as all Lotuses are famous for—-the badge was resurrected in 2006/7 for a lackluster rebodied Lotus Elise they called the Europa—-a shame really, because the original had such immense character.
ipad app: Jaguar 75 Years.
the iPad has so many fantastic car-related applications—-another one I downloaded yesterday is for Jaguar—–celebrating 75 years of the big cat. Lots of amazing photos and history in this beautifully presented application. Available now from the iPad App store.
Here are just a couple screenshots taken with my IEDEI Pad:
video of the day. 5 Cylinder hell.
What an amazing sound…..i’ve still heard nothing that compares. That popping is just pure EVIL.
foto of the day. 911.
Taken from a BaT Success story
the best looking 1988 911 you will ever see.
The owners of early 70s 911s who try to make their cars look ‘modern’ should be imprisoned. This guy, on the other hand has done the glorious thing and ‘backdated’ his 1988 911 into a 1971 Porsche 911 with upgraded parts and spec’d out.
The result is something which is quite simply…..wonderful.
click here to see the Craigslist AD ($38,000 in case you are obsessed)
http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/cto/2360939304.html
(thanks to S. Carder for the tip!)
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