James Corbett makes cool sculptures, and the coolest part about the sculptures are that the materials used to make them are entirely from recycled auto parts!
check out his homepage at— http://www.jamescorbettart.com/
to see what works of his are on display at the John Davies Gallery (Derbyshire, UK)—
thanks to Pistonheads for the original article—
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=20958
Fantastic new book written by Bruce Taylor outlines the story, development, and information behind the Alfa Romeo Montreal. One of my all-time favourite cars, this book looks outstanding! Will have to pick up a copy when my wallet fills up again.
You can preview most of the book on Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=HXYDDbKMJhYC&dq=%22alfa+romeo+montreal%22+%22the+dream+car+that+came+true%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=lH81HWgZ-F&sig=HFmA-fiDpSwdtteWiwQTtSeGL84&hl=en&ei=4Mn8Sr-9GtO6ngeKmdyPCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
convinced? wanna pre-order a copy at Amazon.com
It’s been a great year for IEDEI. What started off as a blog getting 500 unique hits a month is now getting 500-1000 hits a DAY. It’s nice to know that there are still readers and petrolheads watching little blogs like this one, to get some cool photos or a cool video or link to add to their day.
I have alot of fun putting this blog together. The blog was redesigned last month with a custom coding, and I think it’s working quite well. There are some small modifications that will keep happening over the coming months, but the template is set.
KEEP ROLLIN AND KEEP MOTORING!
cheers
IEDEI.
FOURTITUDE has a great article profiling both cars, along with some great writing about each of these cars. Some cool photos too!
“While 1984 may have marked the last year for that early B2 bodystyle, fast forwarding 25 years finds the B8 A4 in its first year of production and times have changed. Audi has matured as a car manufacturer and technologies have come a long way. Materials used to build today’s A4 are some of the finest in the industry and the chassis is more capable than any Audi sedan to date. Pricing has gone up considerably from the ’80s but the car has grown in size while power and efficiency have also made great strides.”
Check out the rest of the article with more fotos HERE
http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Features/article_5439.shtml
the EPIC SAAB Aero X concept from a couple of years ago. Let’s just hope Koeniggsegg really brings this sort of enthusiasm back into the fold!
PORSCHE CAYMAN. I still love this photograph.
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1954 French Grand Prix in Reims. The ‘aerodynamic’ return of the MB Silver Arrows! The groundbreaking W196 R.
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Definitely don’t see many of these on sale in the US market…and this one looks pretty great…if only I had some loot burning a whole in my pocket, i’d get in on one of my all-time favourite Lancias.
AUCTION —
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320445395824&viewitem=#v4-36
So cool. Love it!
lots more fotos HERE: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/11/04/car-feature-gt-gt-that-240z.aspx
thanks to Colla Verglas for the heads up!
one of those pesky BMW Art Cars.
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New video, very cool.
One of my favourite designs of the last 10 years…the Wiesmann GT. I wish they’d bring this beauty over to the US.
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It’s always funny when Lamborghini gets involved with any project. Now they’ve joined with TAG Heuer to make a cell phone. Look at how thick it is, that’s because it has an acoustic chamber inside for better sound. See that glass? It’s sapphire crystal as used in Tag watches, the housing is all titanium….they’re only making 630 of them, and i’m sure they’ll be quite expensive. So save your pennies and make an iPhone user feel like a cheapass…
more information on the Tag Heuer site:
http://meridiist.tagheuer.com/EUR/index_main.php?cc=EUR&menu_target=
Is Toyota covering up some sort of a real unintended acceleration problem? Could this be a re-hash of Audi in the 80s? Audi nearly went bust after this issue…could this mean that the Toyota empire is on the brink of getting into a ton of trouble? Guess we’ll have to wait to find out…
Here at IEDEI, we are just hoping that the Prius is the main car affected by this, and all the cars are collected and destroyed! ha!
Meanwhile, read this article at ABCNews
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/toyota-cover-runaway-car-concerns/story?id=9007163
Interesting art project involving Mini to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Get more photos and information here —- http://www.washme.ch
my favourite out of the bunch
The latest Porsche invention, the Boxster Spyder. Will be unveiled officially at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The weight has been chopped down to 28xx pounds, but it has also lost a proper roof! Check out the video under the foto.
1973 Porsche 911 RSR
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Everybody loves to speculate on which cars are gonna be “classics” in the future. Who is gonna be at the 2045 Barrett-Jackson selling today’s easy-to-find car for $200,000?
Here are IEDEI’s picks from the year 2000 onwards
1. Mitsubishi Evo 9/Subaru WRX STI —- cheap to buy. cheap to run. quick to run. have alot of character. unique in their own weird way. the ‘modern’, hi-tech muscle cars. very VERY difficult to find good original cars that were not riced up.
2. Pontiac GTO —- Sureshot classic. Didn’t sell well. Lots of performance. Iconic name. Defunct brand and name. Even I want one.
3. Audi TT MK1 —- car that changed automotive design. iconic styling. offered supercar looks and feel for much much less money. still looks just as striking as it did on launch. rare in the usa.
4. Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky —- More underrated products from GM. no one bought any. weren’t the greatest performers, but offered amazing looks for around $25k, which is impossible to beat. Pontiac and Saturn will both be gone within the next year, and these are gonna be VERY desirable among the nostalgic GM fanatics.
5. BMW Z4 Coupe —- An underrated BMW? who would have thought, since the majority of BMWs are so overrated. Rare. Misunderstood. M version is even cooler. People are gonna line up for these after they are long gone. BMW had finally made a COOL coupe.
Hosted by Alain De Cadanet, a very cool look into Pre-WW2 Grand Prix race cars made by Auto Union. Amazing footage in this video….
PART 1
PART 2
some random DTM photo…..
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Very interesting research, and I definitely think it has a basis!
People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it – and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 percent of Americans have the variant.
“These people make more errors from the get-go, and they forget more of what they learned after time away,” said Dr. Steven Cramer, neurology associate professor and senior author of the study published recently in the journal Cerebral Cortex.
This gene variant limits the availability of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor during activity. BDNF keeps memory strong by supporting communication among brain cells and keeping them functioning optimally. When a person is engaged in a particular task, BDNF is secreted in the brain area connected with that activity to help the body respond
see here to read the rest of the report from the University of California-Irvine
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc–bdm102809.php
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