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Category Archives: Random Cool Stuff
This stuff isn’t our own work, but we found it cool so we wanted to share it with you
Motor Trend Chevy SS
Motor Trend has been putting out some fantastic videos over the past few years, and this new one with the 2016 Chevrolet SS Sedan is no different. Here as Jason Cammisa and Randy Pobst, with the help of their friend Tire S. Moke, explain just how fantastic the Chevrolet SS Sedan is.
-Albert S. Davis
Jay Leno Checks Out a Bitchin Ford Fairlane
Bitchin!
-Nick
Top Gear is BACK!
The void in all of our lives will soon be filled again, both through this new series of Top Gear and through the previous trio’s new Amazon show to come.
What a great time to be a car lover!
-Nick
1955 Porsche 356 Speedster at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours
The Porsche 356 might be one of the most well-regarded early German sports cars ever. Since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to have one in my driveway, simply because of their honest styling and fantastic sense of adventure. This little white Speedster is the last of the pre-A series cars, making it an early model combined with the most desirable body style. The Speedsters are extremely valuable–and this one, being an early one, is a prime example of how Porsche got popular in the States. Max Hoffman hit the market perfectly and the Speedster, which was a cheaper convertible 356 aimed at competition markets, was a massive home run at the time. Continue reading 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours
Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours
In the Fifties, Ferrari began to become a household name. By the time the 250 launched, they were known on the track, and they were becoming better-known for producing exotic, alluring sports cars with an Italian flair and twelve free-breathing cylinders underneath the hood. The 250 series, of course, is a timeless classic at this point and now it’s an all-time great. Continue reading Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours
Motor Trend drives the swanky Lagonda Taraf by Aston Martin
The Logonda Taraf is a million dollar cherry on top of the Aston Martin pie. It’s a Rapide underneath, but they’ve done a lot to make it more “special.”
I think it’s pretty sharp, definitely a head turner for the handful of owners to show off to their friends.
-Nick
Motor Trend tests the new BMW M2
Here’s Motor Trend’s test of the BMW M2, where they pit it against its bigger brother, the BMW M4.
Could the M2 possibly be better than the M4?
-Nick
Matt Farah drives the new Turbo Porsche 718 Boxster S
Matt Farah shows us the new turbocharged Porsche 718 Boxster S in action. It seems very impressive, but it will also definitely be divisive.
To start with, it sounds like a Subaru. Whether that’s a good thing or not will be hotly debated. I, for one, kind of like it.
Regardless of your opinion on the new four-cylinder Boxster, there’s no denying that it has some serious performance. The base model 718 Boxster has 300hp now, and the S has 350hp. With tuning options soon to come, these things should be insane.
I like it.
-Nick
Roadkill gets a tow truck and learns what happens when snow hits the Rockies.
As all of you know, Roadkill is basically what happens when two guys who know old cars have money to burn and too much free time on their hands. After a few months off, Roadkill is back and this time, Finnegan and Freiburger travel up to Colorado to pick up a custom-built Ford tow truck with a big block V8, converted 4WD, and plenty of floor holes. They then learn what happens when snow packs up a radiator and disallows the engine from warming up. Welcome back, Roadkill. We missed you. I do hope to see this new tow truck appear in more episodes–it’s quite a cool piece of engineering.
-Albert S. Davis
1990 Toyota Century at the 2016 Festivals of Speed, Amelia Island
At Amelia, there’s quite a lot going on and if you blink, you will miss a lot. The show over at one of the other large hotels, the Festivals of Speed, was in full swing on Saturday afternoon in the ultra-strong Florida sun, and I discovered a few cars at the show which I’m unlikely to ever see again. One of them was a 6×6 Mercedes-Benz, which I will cover at a later date. This car, however, is one that almost no one has ever heard of, unless they’ve lived in Japan and had some obscenely wealthy friends (or friends in the Yakuza). Meet the Toyota Century–or the Japanese equivalent of a Maybach, from the Eighties. Continue reading 1990 Toyota Century at the 2016 Festivals of Speed, Amelia Island
1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II, 2016 Amelia Island Best of Show, Concours d’Elegance
Yesterday, Nick posted the Best of Show, Concours d’Sport, at Amelia last week. Today, we have the other Best of Show winner from the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. This is the Concours d’Elegance Best Of Show winner–a stunning Rolls-Royce Phantom II. I’ve been across a very large amount of prewar Rolls since I started covering Concours events in September 2010, but nothing quite like this monster. Continue reading 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II, 2016 Amelia Island Best of Show, Concours d’Elegance
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