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Alfa Romeo - new Spider?

Tasty....nom nom nom

Hopefully this will actually have the handling and performance to match its awesome looks. Speaking of which - it has hints of the 1960s boat-tail about it don't you think?

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When you're the King you can drive what you want....

Spanish King Don Juan Carlos Audi Rs6.

All black. Everything but the lights. Nice. Very very nice.

Think the plates and the flag finish it off....

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Edsel's Ferrari Daytona Spyder up for auction....I need to lie down for a bit...

I want it. I want it bad.

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona is my dream car of all time - how can you not love it - it's full of awesome 70s-ness and is without a doubt one of the most stylish and graceful Ferraris ever built.

There's a load of history behind this one as well but the main thing is it's a factory Spyder (read that as incredibly rare) which means it's expected to go for a bargain $1,000,000 + when it's finally sold....

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Sporty Toyota Pious - really?

I don't think I've ever wanted to drive a car least then this.

I understand why people drive Hybrids, it's a great way to get around the congestion charge for example and the most recent ones deliver decent MPG (about the same as the same size Diesel) but why would you want a sporty one? Surely that defeats the object?!!

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What Darth Vadar would drive....

Legendary Porsche tuner Gemballa has had a go at the already amazing Ferrari Enzo.

I don't know what to say. It's amazing.

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Who need's a house when you could own this!

"A rare 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS driven by F1 world champion James Hunt is for sale. With a price of £365,000, it is one of only six right-hand-drive examples ever made." - Daily Telegraph

I want this car for two reasons...

1. It's an ultra-rare classic Porsche
2. James Hunt owned it

James Hunt is one of my all time heroes for several reasons, mainly his massive competitive streak, even when he'd retired from F1 and went on to breed Budgies he still wanted to be the best. And was.

Anyway, this is a car blog so a bit more about the car:

"Following the outstanding success of the 1973 Carrera RS 2.7, Porsche needed to improve their performance in sports car racing, particularly at Le Mans. Their now infamous 911 3.0 "RSR" was both the solution and the pinnacle of development of the car, complete with bigger wheels and tyres, wider wheel arches, a wider front air dam and air intake and an enormous rear wing." - Nick Whale.

The best part - a bargain at £365,000 - the price of a very nice flat in Balham...which would I prefer? Well, you can't drive a house can you....?

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Detroit Motorshow....

January is one of my favourite times of year for many reasons

  • It's my Birthday
  • The Detroit Motorshow

Now, for many people the latter won't mean much to you but I can assure you it's one of the most important times of the year for the motor industry and considering the year we've just had should be an interesting one.

I could talk about the rise of EV / Hybrid but they're not really my bag (with a couple of exceptions - the new Honda CRZ and anything from Telsa) but instead I want to put three that interested me out there....

Brown hasn't looked this good since the 1970s.....

Interesting M3 rival.....

Very boring VW coupe...

So there you have it...I'm sure you'll find more but to keep up-to-date on the latest stuff go to http://www.autoblog.com/ they have everything you'll ever need!

 

 

 

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Filed under  //   2010   Audi   BMW   Cadillac   Detroit Motorshow   VW  

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Aston Martin Cygnet - the Burberry Cap of the car world?

Now, I've been lucky enough (thanks to the nice people at Hackett Racing, more on that another time) to drive several Aston Martins at frightening speeds across some great bits of tarmac however I just don't see how this is going to set my heart racing in quite the same way.

Sure, it looks better than a normal Toyota iQ and it will be very luxurious inside but it will still only have a 1.3 lt engine and is still going to drive like a small Toyota. Now, that in it's own right isn't a bad thing but the fact that prices have been kept quiet makes me a touch suspicious  hinted at being around the £20k mark that makes it frighteningly accessible.

Which will then lead onto who it's being sold to - if it's sold to just Aston Martin owners then I'm ok with that - keep the brand exclusive. However, sell to the mass public and what's that going to do to the brand? I'm worried Burberry hat syndrome will kick in and we all know how long Burberry took to recover from that!

I'll stick with an Alfa Mito thanks, you don't see many of them around and a top of the range one is only about £15k......

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I had such high hopes - the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta

An iconic name in motoring, "Giulietta", brings to mind 1970s chiq Italian cars that although were pretty were fundamentally crap.

Not sure this new one from Alfa is quite hitting the spot - back end looks like the latest generation fo Subaru Impreza and not sure about the profile in general either to be honest. The new shape nose is still ticking the right boxes for me however...

Shame, especially when the new 169 looks just so good...

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Wow - new Alfa 169

I swear Alfa just can't stop making amazing looking cars....

I don't care if it's the worst car in the world. All I know is that I want one.

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