old and new | IEDEI

April212012

automotive, cars, design, iedei, men, vintage

foto of the day. BMW drop tops.

I really want to like convertibles/roadsters/drop tops….but i’m not a person who really desires to have THAT much sun…..i’d prefer to be in shady places rather than with the sun gleaming down on my forehead……I also think that the concept of a roadster just doesn’t suit my aesthetic likes or my style in general. That being said, I have come to grips to appreciating the idea of roadsters….and can appreciate how others like them…

That being said, my wife loves the BMW Z3 and Z8—-and this photo is for her!

From left to right:

328, 507, Z1, Z3, Z8, and Z4.

Tagged 328, 507, bmw generations, bmw z1, bmw z3, bmw z4, castle, generations, old and new, roadsters, z8

April282011

5 Comments

automotive, cars, iedei, rally, vintage

5-Cylinder Fury: Audi TT-RS & Audi Sport quattro

Fourtitude has posted some absolutely STELLAR photos of the absolutely legendary Audi Sport quattro and the new heir to the throne and future classic Audi TT-RS. Obviously, being the Audiphile that I am—i was overcome with excitement frantically downloading every glorious photo I could. Here are some of my favourites. Follow the link here to see the whole huge gallery of Audi porn.

It is a great article as well, with a link to the gallery of 100+ photos at the bottom right hand side of the page:

http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Features/article_6779.shtml

Tagged 5 cylinder, audi tt-rs and audi sport quattro, audi urquattro, best sounding cars ever, old and new, rally, together, turbo, ur quattro

March112011

BMW: the (de)generations of design.

I grew up with BMW as my favourite marque; mainly because of my undying love for the E30 M3 when i was a young child. I’m not sure why I wasn’t like other children who loved Corvettes and Porsches, because I wasn’t. I still remember my parents buying me a radio controlled car when i was very young (9 or 10?), and I didn’t choose the red Porsche, i chose the dark grey E30 M3. I wish i still had that radio controlled car…

Anyways, BMW is a company who i’ve watched deteriorate in charm. They may still build very fast and potent automobiles—-but they leave me feeling numb. The modern BMW design is stale and very non-BMW in many ways. To be honest, the 1-series is the only BMW I am really a fan of—-and that is a great car to drive as well.

Here are 2 photos. One of all the 5-series and one of all the 3-series. The best ones are on the left side of the pictures.

Tagged 3-series, 5-series, bmw generations, design, e30 m3, old and new, old vs. new, photo, radio controlled, sedans, wallpaper

January82010

3 Comments

automotive, cars, iedei

lost concept: 2003 Lancia Fulvia

The Foto of The Day Lancia Fulvia reminded me of this lost 2003 Lancia Fulvia concept car…..it was a stunning concept, heavily derived from the original design, but modern in its interpretation. I never understood why FIAT destroyed the Lancia name, instead of bringing cars like this Fulvia to production. My friend Jim Hall has tried to explain this numerous times, but I will never understand…..

COME TO YOUR SENSES FIAT & Lancia!! MAKE IT!

Tagged 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, alfa romeo, fiat, front, girl, interior, italian, lancia fulvia concept, MAKE IT!, modern, new, old and new, original, rear, remake

November242009

1 Comment

automotive, cars, iedei

BMW 5-series generations.

I can’t really be arsed to write about the current leakage of photos regarding the ‘NEW” BMW 5-Series…..because it’s boring.

What I do know, is that previous generations of 5-series have NOT been boring. My absolute favourites are the first 2 (E12 and E28). Thus the most exciting part of the press release is actually the photo of ALL the 5-series generations together! Good wallpaper for you cuckoo 5-series fans.

CLICK FOR HIGHER RES

Tagged 5-series, 525, 528e, 535, 535i, 5series, bmw, different models, e12, e28, e34, e39, e90, f10, generations, M5, new, old, old and new

November172009

which porsche makes which sound?

Porsche is running a contest on their website to see if people can tell which Porsche makes which exhaust note. Can you tell? The winner gets to participate in a Porsche Evolution driving event! So go try it now!

http://www.porsche.com/microsite/evolution-911-competition/silverstone.aspx

Tagged 911 turbo, 911s, contest, evolution, exhaust, generations, guess, noice, noise, old and new, porsche 911

June92009

3 Comments

iedei

The steady decline of BMW 3-series design…

Well, it’s a slippery slope downhill for BMW. Every generation of 3-series gets a *little* bit worse….Their identity is being lost completely, in my opinion. The E21 and E30 had alot of charisma—with the big twin kidney grille in the front. These days, it’s difficult to even SEE the twin kidneys on the grille. It looks more Pontiac than BMW.

BOOOO, BMW! You’re losing your class…

Check em out…in order, and see the steady decline in style:

Tagged 3-series, 318, 320, 325, 328, 330, 335, 3series, bad design, bmw, compare, comparison, design, e21, e30, e46, e92, old and new, old vs. new, photos, twin kidney

April132009

2 Comments

iedei

porsche generations.

porsches4

My friend Matteo from Switzerland has a great site called Swiss Car Sightings where he takes some great pictures of cars he sees at gatherings, around Switzerland, around the rest of europe—along with photos of some of his great cars. Among his great cars is the 964 featured in these photos along with an older 911 and the newest 997 C4S. I could analyze and look at these pics all day marking the evolution patterns….

click on photos 2 times to get hi-res versions.

click here to see more pics and get the link to ALL the photos — Continue reading →

Tagged 2009, 70s, 80s, 90s, 911, 964, 997, c4s, classic, different, generations, old & new, old and new, old vs. new, photography, porsche, swiss car sightings, swisscarsightings, wallpaper, years

Tag Archives: old and new

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this:

Distribution:

Like this: