Assorted grab bag of stuff we like

Getting right to it..

Image credits (where available): Guillaume T, Citrobert, David G, Adam Swank, europeancarweb, hybridz.org, zadro, faizrahman.com, pelicanparts, iedei, el_crater, arthomobiles.fr

~ by velofinds on March 11, 2013.

Posted in Grab bag, Still images

14 Responses to “Assorted grab bag of stuff we like”

  1. Hot damn this is such a good grab bag.

    Is that a mid-engine turbo R32? Details?

    Nater said this on March 11, 2013 at 12:11 am

  2. I do love those Europas!

    Randy said this on March 11, 2013 at 12:18 am

  3. What a selection!! loved it!

    Jorge Azcoitia said this on March 11, 2013 at 12:24 am

  4. Another exquisite grab bag of awesomeness!

    SuperSwede said this on March 11, 2013 at 5:16 am

  5. That Mister Two looks like it deserves some more details too!

    Kuroneko said this on March 11, 2013 at 6:08 am

    • While Toyota’s front-engine, rear-drive Celica rally cars proved dominant in the African Group B rallies of the 1980s, they were at a disadvantage on the twistier European stages. Thus in 1985 Toyota Team Europe started a rally project codenamed “222D” based on the MR2, for competition in Group S and potentially Group B as well. Though somewhat similar on the outside, it’s clear that it shared very little with the production car. Little is known about this project because it never competed before Group B was canceled in 1986.

      During a surprise appearance at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Toyota drove and displayed a black 222D. The race-ready car weighed around 750 kilograms (1,700 lb) and its transverse-mounted, four-cylinder, turbocharged engine (what appears to be a 503E race engine, though other prototypes may have used the 4T-GTE) was reported to produce as much as 750 horsepower (560 kW).[15][16] A V6-powered prototype was also rumored to exist, but has never been seen in public (source)

      😉

      motoringconbrio said this on March 11, 2013 at 7:40 am

      • Neato. A first for me there… Wicked. Would sound better with a six though! Arigato.

        Kuroneko said this on March 11, 2013 at 8:40 pm

  6. Some great pics, love the old Mexico and Lotus Cortina. As for the Mustangs awsome. Thanks for the post.

    Mart Dawson said this on March 11, 2013 at 4:19 pm

  7. Love the Trans Am shots.

    Proof that American Iron of the time wasn’t necessarily all about straight lines and big blocks (remember, Trans Am had a 5.0L limit).

    timodell said this on March 11, 2013 at 4:33 pm

  8. The source of the 599XX photo:

    http://arthomobiles.fr/

    Robert said this on March 12, 2013 at 12:55 pm

  9. Love that there’s what looks like a duct directing cool air onto the driver made of sheet metal on that yellow race saab’s door. Why not?

    Austin Brown said this on March 12, 2013 at 4:10 pm

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