The Times’ Automobile section has been running some pretty nice features lately, including this one that’s near and dear to our hearts.
Read:
Assorted grab bag of stuff we like
•January 4, 2010 • 1 Comment
Cinematic cars: Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 from "C'était un rendez-vous" (1976)
•January 3, 2010 • Comments Off on Cinematic cars: Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 from "C'était un rendez-vous" (1976)Happy new year! And what better way to ring it in than with a segment of Cinematic cars.
Anyone who follows the automotive blogosphere knows that references to this film had – for not terribly good reasons, in our opinion – been lighting it up recently. Pay no mind– like we said, we think it’s just noise. One of the things we like to think we do here is to filter out the noise from the good stuff. So we are going to wisely (we think) focus on the original– which looks (and sounds) very, very illegal. And very, very fun.
Without further ado (you want to turn your volume way up for this):
Trailer queens.
•December 31, 2009 • Comments Off on Trailer queens.For fans of die Weltmarke mit den vier Ringen. We definitely approve of them being used this way.
Happy new year!
Guest contributor: Cory Eastman on his Porsche 944 Turbo
•December 31, 2009 • Comments Off on Guest contributor: Cory Eastman on his Porsche 944 Turbo
After deciding to finally pursue my motorcycle license, I was faced with the prospect of selling my much loved Boxster to purchase a less expensive sports car and a motorcycle. It was a tough decision, but I put the Boxster up for sale, bought a 1996 Ducati 900 SS SP and started searching for my next Porsche. As chance would have it, a relative of mine had recently acquired a 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo and let me know they may be willing to part with it. I was considering other cars at the time (E36 M3, B5 S4, CLK55, R32, 928 S4, 911 SC) mainly because I already own a 1980 924 Turbo and thought, “Do I really want two cars with the same taillights?!”
Late night Youtube: Lieberman and Farrah bloviate about the R8 V10.
•December 31, 2009 • 1 CommentMay as well do yourself the favor and make the jump to 4:22 now.
Arguably even more than the car, we want to drive that road. Now.
Our automotive year in pictures.
•December 30, 2009 • Comments Off on Our automotive year in pictures.
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Monticello.
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Thunderbolt.
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Watkins Glen.
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Have a great 2010.
Scenes from a club meet in ________.
•December 30, 2009 • Comments Off on Scenes from a club meet in ________.One of the many aspects of car culture that we like is the universality of its enthusiast community. These photos happen to be from Taiwan, but based on our observations, they could have been scenes from an owners’ meet on just about any continent. It truly is a culture that knows no borders, and that’s sort of an amazing thing to behold, even in this globalized era.
More after the jump.
Some quick eye candy
•December 30, 2009 • Comments Off on Some quick eye candyLancia Stratos, from the always-reliable Martin Vincent.
An entertaining Top Gear bit on the Stratos here, by the way.
Credit: Martin Vincent/www.cm-arte.com
Some of our favorite Youtubes of 2009- megapost.
•December 29, 2009 • 1 CommentSome of the clips we had come across this year- some may date back to earlier than ’09, but they were new to us.
Here they are, then, in no particular order. Enjoy.
Plenty more after the jump.
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