What an incredibly funky car, set off just so by the eye-catching color.
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Images: ohirtenfelder
This is cool but
•April 6, 2010 • Comments Off on This is cool butWho’s buying the Black Pack? We like the big cat and all, but we’re trying to figure out who on earth the “track” version is targeted toward, or from which competitor car(s) Jag is hoping to siphon away customers.
In any case, it’d be good to see the venerable British marque succeed. It seems to us that under new ownership, they appear to be revitalized and headed in the right direction, after years of stagnation and mismanagement.
High-key 911… on widened steelies
•April 6, 2010 • Comments Off on High-key 911… on widened steelies
How do you make a Lotus Elise look big?
•April 6, 2010 • Comments Off on How do you make a Lotus Elise look big?
Heel-toe
•April 5, 2010 • Comments Off on Heel-toeNo, it’s not Walter Röhl, but who is? Still pretty impressive and compelling to watch.
Assorted grab bag of stuff we like
•April 5, 2010 • 3 Comments
Passings
•April 4, 2010 • Comments Off on PassingsTaking a quick break from cars to acknowledge a couple of recent passings in the music world.
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Jim Marshall, photographer par excellence: 1936-2010
Some of Jim’s iconic photographs:
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Alex Chilton, singer, songwriter, guitarist, frontman: 1950-2010
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Rest in peace, gentlemen. You leave the world a slightly better place because of your meaningful respective contributions to the arts.
Guest contributor: Bayram O. on the driving roads near Lake Berryessa and its environs
•April 2, 2010 • Comments Off on Guest contributor: Bayram O. on the driving roads near Lake Berryessa and its environs
I occasionally spend my evenings poring over Google Maps in search of winding roads nearby, then scouring YouTube and Flickr to get an idea of what they would be like to drive. Despite living in the Bay Area for a good eight years, I haven’t explored the North Bay anywhere near as much as I should have. So when Google Maps showed me some yellow zigzags near Lake Berryessa, I said “#*%^ yes!”
Located in Napa County, Lake Berryessa is one of the largest man-made lakes in California. It was filled after the construction of the Monticello Dam in 1963. The latter provides water and hydroelectricity to cities in the North Bay. The lake has a number of recreational areas, including access to watersports. But despite the sunny 70-degree weather, recreation is not why we’re going there. Actually, it is, but not a normal person’s idea of recreation. No, we’re going driving!
Yellow 993 C2
•April 2, 2010 • Comments Off on Yellow 993 C2The same owner of last week’s beautiful 968 CS (or rather, previous owner, as the car appears to have sold) is also the owner of this equally gorgeous 993. I guess that solves his dilemma: just get both.
His driving impressions are worth reading; so is his documentary on the enviable journey that led him to the C2 (one that involved cross-shopping the likes of an F355 and a 996 GT3, to give you an idea).
Perhaps the color (and the weighty badge) notwithstanding, this is not, upon first appearances, an especially extraordinary car. It’s not a C2S. It’s not a widebody. It doesn’t have a giant rear wing. If anything, the previously mentioned 968 CS is more exceptional. And yet, precisely for those very reasons, it couldn’t be more perfect. There’s something to be said about simplicity – the joy of driving and beholding a car pared down to its very sports car essence – and we feel that the 993 C2 embodies that spirit wonderfully.
Modified 2002 interior
•April 2, 2010 • 3 CommentsSimple and exceedingly nice – the very sort of place we’d want to spend our waking hours in – and that lovely Momo Prototipo steering wheel is just begging to be gripped (at 9 and 3, natch).
Image via tcl.
Motoring Con Brio 