Archive for July, 2009

Webber attends SBK then says ‘try the veal’

Mark Webber spent last weekend watching the SBK round at Donington. While he was there he made a few wise cracks for the crew at Jalopnik. The above image was captioned by Webber with the following: “Is that down under macho enough or shall I grab the girl in green with the umbrella?” There’s plenty [...]

Who says the Germans don’t have a sense of humour

Following the news of Volkswagen’s recent prestigious Advertiser of the Year award I thought it was worth giving this YouTube clip an article of its own. This is the “Horst Schlämmer Quest” campaign, a viral marketing series that created a storm for Volkswagen AG in 2007. Created by Tribal DDB Hamburg the campaign won Best [...]

GTbyCITROËN to make Goodwood FoS appearance

In yet another case of art imitating life, or in this case life imitating art, the GTbyCITROËN will be on show at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. This crazy, angular looking behemoth was originally created for the latest iteration of Sony’s iconic PlayStation game, Gran Turismo 5. Now, Citroën’s latest GT has come to [...]

2010 Citroën C3 – due in Australia mid next year

// Posted in Citroen

Holy massive glass windscreen Batman! Take a look at it will you, it’s ridiculous. Not necessarily in a bad way, but ridiculous nonetheless. Australian readers will have to wait until mid 2010 to judge for themselves, but right now you have to congratulate Citroën for honouring their roots and taking a hatchet to accepted car [...]

Audi R8 V10 mystery mule

// Posted in Audi

Recently spotted on the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife was this Audi R8 V10. Okay, it looks normal enough, but what should we make of those front winglets? Not to mention the large fixed rear wing. Could there be an even more powerful, more willing R8 in the pipeline? I hope so! [Source: Spyshots.nl via Fourtitude]

Ugly duckling?

An Aston Martin that is a rebadged Toyota city car? Are you mad?! That’s precisely what this clay model Aston Martin Cygnet concept is—a rebadged and restyled Toyota iQ. Has Aston Martin’s CEO Dr Ulrich Bez got the munchies, or is he genuinely on to a good idea here? Does a city runabout wearing an [...]