If ever there were a sheep in wolf’s clothing the Aston Martin Cygnet would be it. You’re looking at a Toyota iQ that will be re-badged and re-branded as a member of the most sporting British carmaker today: Aston Martin. Initially at least, the iQ Cygnet will only be available to current Aston Martin owners [...]
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wait Peter, you’re saying, don’t you mean the LP560-4, not LP550-2? Why did the first number drop by 10, and the second by 2? And who is Valentino Balboni? Well, Lambo has decided to make a lighter, rear-wheel-drive version of its AWD Gallardo. The “2″ indicates the number of wheels driven, and the 550 is [...]
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Speaking of the Stig and Michael Schumacher, I’m just watching Episode 2 of Season 13 of Top Gear (get the torrent here). Did anyone else notice the Stig taking photocopies of his face during Richard, James, and Jeremy’s “17 year-old car buyer experience” skit? Do we really need more Stigs? I thought Schumi and Ben [...]
Monday, June 29, 2009
A short disclaimer to start out this piece: what will be reported here is mostly not news…at least, not yet. But it’s the furtherance of Ferrari’s previous threat to leave and start their own competing top-tier racing series if the budget caps were to be imposed for 2010.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Take a good look at the great-great-great-grandpappi of my car. The Fairlady, as it was known in Japan, was Datsun’s first sports car. This 2000 model was actually a member the last Fairlady generation before the introduction of the Z-cars with the 240′s debut in 1969. The first thing I noticed about this car is [...]
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Get your chauffeur ready. The Audi A5 S-Line is here.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Suppose you were a resident of some former Communist-bloc country any time between 1957 and 1991. You scrimped and saved and put your roubles on the table for a Trabant. Ten or fifteen years pass by in a blink and now you’re stoked; your Trabant is finally finished. Whether or not it was custom-built for [...]
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Farrah Fawcett died today, and the motoring world has lost a bonafide car girl. Automobile fans know her best for barreling across the United States in a Dodge Ambulance in 1981’s The Cannonball Run with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise. But even before that Fawcett starred in a television commercial for the mostly forgettable 1975 [...]
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I love Ferrari. I love the 599. I think that the HGTE package is interesting. Ferrari has released a 32-image gallery of the 599 GTB HGTE that you can use for wallpaper - for your computer or your room. It’s after the jump. The end.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Last night, the new season of Top Gear started across the pond. It wouldn’t necessarily be much to write about, as it hasn’t aired here yet, except something that happened on the season premiere has had and will continue to have a wide-reaching impact on the automotive enthusiast world. Yes, indeed…the Stig took off his [...]
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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