There’s a good reason for it— we’ve been away. The hope was to sort of ‘live blog’, but given the circumstances, perhaps that was too ambitious 🙂
Photos and videos to come.
This is what you might call ‘zen-worthy’ we suppose
•July 13, 2011 • 5 CommentsNot all of them are created equal, but at the end of the day, there’s not a single car here we wouldn’t gladly take in a heartbeat— and yes, that includes the 1M, a car we’ve panned for not being easy on the eyes. Long live small, sporty BMWs. Love.
TG on the Monaco GP circuit
•July 13, 2011 • 3 CommentsEnjoy before it gets taken down, which it undoubtedly will.
One of our favorite auto photographers now creating/publishing films
•July 12, 2011 • 1 CommentThis *tasty* video by Richard Morris of parabolique.co.uk. “Embedding disabled by request” (why?), but well worth clicking through to watch.
The 2011 Deutsche Classic
•July 12, 2011 • 7 CommentsHistorically, we’ve not been big car show guys, but given that German iron in particular is near and dear to our hearts, we decided to go check out this year’s Deutsche Classic, an annually held German car show (surprise) in Fleetwood, PA. And we’re glad we did. This year’s event – our first in attendance – was held under a clear blue sky and 80-something degree weather— a nice way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon by any measure. But it was also an enjoyable show— just large enough to have an interesting mix of cars on display, but small enough to feel regional and have a relaxed, laid-back vibe. Here, a small, decidedly non-comprehensive look at some of the cars that were there.
Respect your elders. Natch.
Here, a near-perfect round tail 2002. Virtually without flaw. We believe it’s a veteran of the Northeast car show circuit as we’re pretty sure we have seen shots of it floating around the Internets before— you tend not to forget a 2002 that color.
And here, an indeed perfect 3.0 CS coupe. This car was staggeringly beautiful.. it was hard to walk way. Must’ve returned to it about three or four times.
Poor BBS-wearing E24 M6 parked alongside it, unloved. A shame, because that was a nice car, too.
Nice color on this Speedster:
Fin. Many more shots over at the Automobiliac if you’re left wanting more.
JDM Legends
•July 11, 2011 • 1 CommentBeautiful video of beautiful cars inside. Should give some heretofore skeptical or disinterested parties a newfound appreciation of vintage JDM.
via everybody
Teardrop
•July 10, 2011 • Comments Off on TeardropMassive Attack <3. Oh, and the car ain’t too bad, either.
More Asphalt Heritage goodies
•July 8, 2011 • 4 CommentsAmaury of the Asphalt Heritage Club is one of our favorite car and motorsport snappers, and here’s why: he effortlessly mines that endlessly fascinating intersection of art and documentary, as well as the everyday and the sublime. Observe.
The creative process: how does it happen?
•July 8, 2011 • 1 CommentHere’s a pretty good commercial from Volkswagen of Canada for the new Jetta GLI:
Not destined to go down as one of their classics, but aesthetically rather pleasing, with a nice Ennio Morricone-ish Spaghetti Western soundtrack.
And here’s a look behind the scenes revealing how a 30-second spot like the one above is achieved:
Pretty neat. Nevermind that we don’t particularly care for the latest GLI (which – predictably – has fallen victim to model bloat, and feels disappointingly watered-down and insipid), nor that it’s laughable to fantasize about hanging the tail out on a front-driver like the Jetta— those are neither here nor there. Joe Public – who increasingly neither knows nor cares which wheels are driving his car – is none the worse for it.
Motoring Con Brio 