Enjoy seven-and-a-half minutes of 964 cup racing from the 1993 Porsche Supercup series. Great to see these cars (one of our favorites) going at it.
(via rennfotos)
– Gyro
Dream car
•December 1, 2009 • Comments Off on Dream carHere’s a game that we here love to play. In fact, it might be our favorite game ever (and, we suspect, the favorite of many others’ as well): given X amount of dollars to spend, what would you buy?
This particular variation (and the variations can be endless- as well as endlessly entertaining) calls for a cap at $75,000 to spend on one new car to accommodate a small, single-car household. One. Not a bad allowance, by any stretch, although the field isn’t nearly as large as you’d think. So what’ll it be?
For us, the answer has pretty much become unequivocal.
The business: Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
•December 1, 2009 • Comments Off on The business: Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
In general, we here like and prefer smaller cars (the Escort RS Cosworth, for instance), but we became intrigued by this Euro-spec legend riding on OZ Racing rolling stock while preparing last week’s on-track post.
Yanks might recognize the shape of this car from the erstwhile Merkur XR4Ti (factoid: Bob Lutz again– this time as a Ford VP. We are flabbergasted: is there anywhere this guy didn’t put his time in?), and for good reason:
Ford would use the [XR4Ti]‘s technical feedback to develop the super car version in 1986, the Sierra Cosworth, shortly superseded by the RS500… Many see the successes and failures of the XR4Ti as being the blueprint for success of the dominant Sierra Cosworth (“the result of a Ford-project with the purpose of “Producing a downright winner for Group A racing events in Europe””) (source).
Images: GT323
Two vintage Porsches
•December 1, 2009 • Comments Off on Two vintage Porsches
Photo credit: Curtis Johnson
– Gyro
The good life..
•December 1, 2009 • Comments Off on The good life..
Cinematic cars: 1966 Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Duetto in "The Graduate" (1967)
•November 30, 2009 • Comments Off on Cinematic cars: 1966 Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Duetto in "The Graduate" (1967)Great movie! The soundtrack, the cinematography, the screenplay, the car— everything is perfect. Classic American cinema, and a must-see.
Enjoy!
(Jump to the 6:25 mark for the glorious driving scenes set to Simon & Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson.)
For the Audi fans
•November 30, 2009 • 1 CommentClassic Audi motorsports footage heroically set to “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by the Simple Minds. Just superb!
(Side note: I think “In a Big Country” by Big Country could have also worked just as well.)
(via the great DTMEnthusiast)
– Gyro
It's a VW thing.
•November 30, 2009 • 1 CommentTo loosely paraphrase the great Louis Armstrong- if you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand.
Images: Etienne Musslin
Eye candy: Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
•November 30, 2009 • Comments Off on Eye candy: Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
Your daily weirdness: long wheelbase Porsche prototypes
•November 30, 2009 • Comments Off on Your daily weirdness: long wheelbase Porsche prototypesCall them stillborn precursors to the Panamera. We say it’s proof that four-door/four-seater Porsches and the like were always destined to be sort of ugly.
From top (we think): Porsche 911 B17, Porsche 911 C20, Porsche 942 (aka 928-4, 928S), Porsche 989.
– Gyro
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