Monday, December 17, 2012

Rolls Royce Phantom Rally Driving.

Oh. My. God.


I'll put £5 on it that someone's father has gone away on holiday and left the keys to Roller where his son could find them. Do you think Alan Sugar does this with his?

Mad Men Season 5 Episode 11 - The Other Woman

Most of you will at least have heard of AMC's series MadMen about Madison Avenue advertising employees in the 50s and 60s. Anyway, I've just catching up on season 5 where they battle for the Jaguar account. If for no other reason than season 5 episode 11, you must watch it! The Jaguar dealership looked absolutely incredible. I would love to know where the production sourced such concourse cars.







Thursday, December 6, 2012

BMW 4 Series

I'm not completely sold on how the grille works with the headlights but overall this is a stunning coupe. Is it just me or is this new 4 series starting to tread on the toes of the 6 series? Ahh what the hell, I'll have one of each. Read on here courtesy of Uncrate.


Monday, December 3, 2012

Gulf-Porsche Le Mans Raceway

These big boys' toys just get better and better. This is a full-sized Porsche 917 replica in Gulf colours like Steve McQueen drives in Le Mans. But look what's under the bonnet. And roof. And boot.

Buy one here (for US$125,000).





When I was a kid I had the then brand new "AFX Vertigo" and at the time it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Below: Simpler times.


HM Queen Elizabeth II Driving her Daimler

This rare pic has been released as part of a new collection of vintage royal moments. This is Her Majesty's Daimler in 1957. Read on here.


Pre WWII Cars

Check out these stunning pre-war beauties sent in as a slide-show from Jane, Tim and Rob Hunt of Adelaide, Australia. I'd have the round-door Rolls coupe. If anyone's giving one away, that is.













Aston Martin Children's Car by Bespoke Impact

You read correctly- this isn't a new Aston model. This is a 2/3 size (9ft x 4ft) Aston Martin roadster with a top speed of 8mph, leather seats, alloy wheels and an iPod dock. This is a one-off custom-made toy by Bespoke-Impact and is valued at £24,800 plus delivery.

That's right, if you're 9 years old and your parents are loaded, this is pretty much the coolest thing you could ever wish for for Christmas, or your Birthday...or just a little pick-me-up for those Monday blues. I wonder if there are leasing options with guaranteed buy-back?

Read all about it here.




Traxxas XO-1 Remote Controlled Car

Christmas bells are ringing...

Here is the ultimate remote controlled car which tops 100mph with 0-60mph in 2.3 seconds. Unfortunately, with a price-tag of US $1500.00 I don't think it could be described as a stocking-filler this Christmas. Find out more here.


For someone with time on their hands, here is the Lego Landrover Defender.


And lastly, pretend you're Bond with these James Bond scalextric cars




Australia's 'Wheels Car of the Year 2012'

Wheels have voted the Toyota 86 GT as the car of the year. A big call indeed but an even bigger call when it's essentially the same car as the Subaru BRZ. Read on here and find out why the Toyota won at all but more importantly why it won over the Subaru.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Australian Ford Landau

My car of the moment is the Aussie 70s muscle car the Ford Landau, a premium version of Ford's Falcon and Fairmont coupe. The ones that have been given nice and simple after-market alloys really look the part. They don't seem to come up for sale too often as they were much rarer than the common Falcon coupe, which in great quality come with very high price-tags. I love the covered/flip headlights.






More Aussie Muscle here.

Namesake Motors

Check out this great blog called Namesake Motors.

Below: Pontiac's Pontiac.


Ford's Lone Ranger


Honda's Odyssey


Ford's Crown Victoria


Lincoln's Lincoln.



Manual Designs Auto Prints

Wow, I would love some of these stencil prints. They're made by Christopher Holewski at Manual Designs and you can either buy one ready-made of have your own car turned into an artwork.







Thursday, November 22, 2012

Back to the Future DeLorean

Great Scott!

Gez Lloyd saw this sight while cycling home through North London. It's not everyday you see one of these, especially on the road. I'm not surprised this one's on a trailer.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Car and Driver's 12 Most Significant Cars Ever

Check out these two countdown videos from Car and Driver magazine. I saw the top one featured on The Awesomer and the host Harley Morenstein is great. Here's two videos for you. Enjoy.


Mario Balotelli's Cars

Premier League footballers have questionable taste at the best of times but soccer's most unlikable talent, Mario Balotelli, has given the public two more reasons to dislike him. The first is a gold vinyl wrapped Evoque and the other is a camouflaged Bentley disaster. I can't believe Bentley hasn't banned footballers from buying their cars. Although, admittedly, I don't know who else buys them!