Monday, July 23, 2007

Astonishing Dusty Windshield Art

Here’s a guy that came up with an idea to turn your dusty windshield into a piece of (momentary) art. Suddenly that smiley face with the sexual male organs and the caption, “I’m so dirty” looks completely lame, doesn’t it? -Click “Read More…” for the image gallery

Via: thedailyinterests

Tokyo Show: Nissan NV200 Small Van Concept

We don’t know why but Nissan decided to give us an early glimpse of a mini van concept that will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, due to open in October. Called NV200, the mini van concept was jointly developed by Nissan Design Center in Japan and Nissan Design Europe which is based in London. According to Nissan, the NV200’s most prominent feature is a storage pod which extends from the van’s load area when the vehicle is parked. As the pod is deployed, the now empty load bay is transformed into a mobile office. -Continued after the jump

Shiro Nakamura, senior vice president and chief creative officer at Nissan Motors said, “a light commercial vehicle has a specific job to perform, but that’s no reason to design a purely rational vehicle with no warmth. For NV200, function becomes the aesthetic. Our concept is a highly efficient tool but one with a human touch”.

Nissan says that although NV200 answers specific needs of a professional underwater photographer with ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ storage zones in the pod for diving and camera equipment, if the van went into production the basic concept could be tailored to suit different customers.

2008 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport Scooped

Guess the new Impreza Outback Sport answers your question what’s worse than a ’08 Impreza hatch… Hideous isn’t it? We had posted a scoop picture of the new Outback Sport about a month ago but then we weren’t so sure of its authenticity. This one though, shot during a Subaru presentation at the States, proves that the fugly '08 Impreza Outback Sport is for real.

Damn, Subaru could have at least tried to differentiate the Outback Sport from the standard version. Instead, they just gave the ’08 Impreza the same yucky two-tone paintjob as the previous version, changed the front grille with one that features a chrome strip at the top, added new alloy wheels and a set of roof rails. Great work guys… Jeez, someone definitely needs to have a word with Subaru’s design team.

Pic via: nasioc

Sunday, July 22, 2007

BMW 6-Series Coupe "Killer Whale"...

Now here’s a BMW 6-Series whose owner definitely went overboard with the styling. We’re not sure whether to call it case of self-awareness or just bad taste at its best, but either way the “Killer Whale” themed BMW 6-Series made us seasick with its “fishy” appearance. –Continued: Click “Read More…” below



Via: e90post

Top Gear: Ford Escort Cosworth RS vs Subaru Impreza WRX Type R STi Version 5


In this “vintage” Top Gear video, Vicki Butler-Henderson and Jeremy Clarkson race against each other driving a tuned Ford Escort RS Cosworth delivering a tad more than the 227 Hp of the stock version and a Subaru Impreza WRX Type R STi Version 5 that produced 308 bhp from its 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer engine.

eBay: Ferrari F512M "Replica"

1984's Ferrari Testarossa and its re-engineered sibling, the 1991 512TR were two of our favorite childhood dreamcars. Then in 1994 Ferrari spilled the bucket with the re-styled F512M which in our opinion, was and still is, one of the ugliest Ferraris ever to leave the Maranello factory. Of course, that doesn’t justify this dejected excuse for a replica that’s based on the ever-lasting Pontiac Fiero mid-engined sports coupe (jeez, how many are out there?), which looks like it jumped out of a “Thunderbird” episode from the late 60’s. -More pics after the jump

Link: ebay

Scoop: Maserati Granturismo Coupe-Cabrio?

Our Dutch friends over at Autoblog.nl received a set of images from one of their readers featuring what seems to be a prototype for an upcoming Coupe-Cabrio (CC) version the Maserati GranTurismo. Despite the Ferrari alloy-wheels, we’ll agree with our fellow Dutch bloggers that this isn’t a Ferrari prototype –check out details like the dashboard, the doorhandles and the chrome strips on the A-pillar all of which point out to the GT. And if you’re wondering why we believe that the car seen here is a prototype for a drop-top version of Maserati’s glamourpuss coupe, then you’ll have to see another of set of images (check out the first picture after the jump) featuring a similar test mule on the dynometer.

Despite the fact that these images were passed on as a test mule for the Ferrari Dino, if you look carefully and check out the size and shape of the boot along with the way it’s hinged, the car we’re seeing here is most probably a convertible with a retractable folding hardtop. -Continued: Click “Read More…” below

Via: Autoblog.nl