Bernd Rosemeyer at the 1937 Donington Grand Prix.
Further evidence that our automotive forefathers hooned with the best of them.
Photo credit: Audi
– Gyro
What an Auto Union Typ C looks like doing a smoky burnout..
•November 29, 2009 • Comments Off on What an Auto Union Typ C looks like doing a smoky burnout..Random snap: Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1.3
•November 29, 2009 • 2 CommentsLooks so unremarkable, and yet so right, all at the same time.
The styling was quite straightforward, but with a great amount of detail. The engine bay, cabin and boot were all square shaped. But the grill, the rooflines and details on the bonnet and boot made for an integrated design from bumper to bumper. It was also a car with a particularly low drag coefficient for that era. For example, the drag coefficient of the Giulia was lower than that of a Porsche 911 from the same period (source).
Photo credit: jens.lilienthal
– Gyro
Good design: Audi B8 platform
•November 29, 2009 • Comments Off on Good design: Audi B8 platformWe’re not entirely sold on the cars themselves (especially the “lesser” A* variants), or on other aspects of the platform or its design, but give credit where credit is due: the rear of the B8 cars just looks right. Audi, and designer Walter de’Silva in particular, really nailed it. Here’s a quick visual appreciation.
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– Gyro
Random snap: C63 AMG Estate, Italy
•November 29, 2009 • Comments Off on Random snap: C63 AMG Estate, ItalyQuite possibly one of the nicest (by which we mean nastiest) V8 rumbles on sale today. Candidate for a future ear candy feature? We think so.
Photo credit: Mk.Productions
– Gyro
Late nite musik.
•November 29, 2009 • Comments Off on Late nite musik.What we’re listening to now. Brilliant vid + cover of the PiL song! One of many.
– Gyro
The Classic Car Club of Manhattan..
•November 28, 2009 • Comments Off on The Classic Car Club of Manhattan..Membership starts at, oh, about $8,000 per annum. Forget the necktie- ask your loved one for one of these this holiday season.
(via Hyperleggera)
You don’t see these everyday: on-track edition!
•November 28, 2009 • 3 CommentsHere, then, for your viewing pleasure, is your weekend megapost. Maybe you have seen examples of these cars before. But just how often have you seen them on a racetrack (at least here in the States) doing smoky burnouts, lifting a leg, and drifting around corners? (Some might say driving poorly, but we don’t mind having a bit of fun.)
900-series Volvo station wagon rocking the prancing moose (which we totally love and would put on our Volvo, by the way):
Audi Sport Quattro:
Audi Ur-Quattro:
Audi 80- we’d love to have one of these as a winter beater:
Ford Capri:
Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth:
Audi S1:
Audi S1 replica (looking a bit like a dragon with its neck frilled):
Volvo Amazon- amazing (possibly our favorite car here):
Opel Commodore A GS:
Camaro!
A Sting Ray Corvette that wouldn’t look out of place trading hands at a Barrett-Jackson auction:
BMW 700 Sport- weird little car:
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC, doing what it do:
Awesome little NSU (TTS?) lifting a leg:
Boosted 200-series Volvo:
Mk1 Ford Escort:
We hope you enjoyed this megapost of weird and wonderful cars as much as we did putting it together!
Awesome photographs by GT323.
– Gyro
Rarity: 911 GT3 GT2 GT1
•November 27, 2009 • Comments Off on Rarity: 911 
Eye candy: Porsche 904 Carrera GTS
•November 27, 2009 • 1 Comment
GTI named to CD’s 10Best Cars list again
•November 27, 2009 • Comments Off on GTI named to CD’s 10Best Cars list again
The 2010 MkVI GTI continues to draw accolades. Fresh off its Automobile Magazine 2010 Automobile of the Year award, the latest GTI landed on Car and Driver’s 2010 10Best Cars list. Not that we’re surprised- the penultimate MkV made the list in 2009, 2008, and 2007.
We hate to pile on, but they really are great little cars- sporty, practical, and perfect for these times. With a few bolt-on modifications (things we would do to most cars anyway, like brake, suspension, and tire upgrades), they can be a bona fide track and backroads scalpel. Feel like leaving it alone? They’re still great as is, right out of the box.
GTIs – past and present – have always been one of our favorites (just take a look around this blog), and they only seem to be getting better with time. Sure, we’re biased (given that we own and have owned these cars), but like we’ve said, we still think one would be hard-pressed to find a better German car with four doors at the GTI’s budget-friendly price point.
– Gyro
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