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2009 Coronado Speed Fest

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Internal Leaked Document on Lotus Evora

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70's Porsche Documentary

Le Mans 1969

1969 24 Hours of Le Mans Video

Mini-layland 1978 Layland Mini Propaganda

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Downing Street dismisses ‘Clarkson for PM’ campaign

FROM BRISBANE TIMES:  No 10 Downing Street has produced an unconventional response to a petition to make Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson Britain’s Prime Minister, a UK newspaper’s website claims.

The online petition, with almost 50,000 signatures, caught the attention of a Downing Street staffer, who decided to respond on YouTube, the Mail Online has reported.  [...]

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Ferrari owner’s dream garage grinds neighbors’ gears

  FROM LA TIMES:  Holger Schubert built a 10-foot bridge to connect his sports car’s living-room parking spot to Tigertail Road. But, now, residents are complaining that the structure was improperly approved by the city.  MORE»

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VIDEO – Red Bull F1 Team Racing On Ice

 Red Bull is excited about return of the Montreal Grand Prix in 2010, so they sent their Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team and driver Sébastien Buemi for a celebratory winter drive – on a frozen lake in northern Quebec.  And man, that dive looks severely bumpy. 

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Bugatti Salvaged From Lake Makes $368,320, Three Times Estimate

FROM BLOOMBERG:  A wrecked 1920s Bugatti sold at a Paris auction last night for 260,500 euros ($368,320). Bidding was encouraged by the car’s history: It had spent more than 70 years sitting at the bottom of a Swiss lake.

The 1925 Brescia Type-22 fetched a hammer price of 230,000 euros. Its total price with [...]

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Authentic Euro Trash Lamborghini Countach

Lamborghini trash.

This is a Lamborghini Countach made from authentic used cardboard.  And why not, throwing cardboard into the paper recycling bin is too tedious.  That’s likely what “artist” Florian Pugnaire thought as he constructed this fine 1:1 scale “sculpture”.

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Swiss Speeder Fined a Record $290,000

See the yellow area? Never speed there.

FROM USA TODAY:  A Swiss court has fined a multimillionaire a record $290,000 for speeding through a village at 85 mph in his red Ferrari Testarossa, news outlets in Switzerland report.

The fine is based on the unidentified speeder’s wealth and his previous fast offenses. Swiss voters approved a [...]

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VIDEO – 70’s Aurora Slot Car Commercial

This 70’s slot car track is killer.  Is it wrong that I want this more than today’s hottest car racing video games?   So, Kris Kringle, do me a favor and get me something I really want for Christmas – get your elfs on it stat, pal.

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Italian Police Officer Having Bad Day After Crashing Prized Lamborghini Police Car

The Italian police Lamborghini crashed into parked cars. Photograph: youreporter.it

FROM THE GUARDIAN:  When the Italian police unveiled their state-of-the-art Lamborghini patrol cars, they cannot have been short of volunteers itching to take the supercars in pursuit of speeding criminals.

A team of elite drivers was trained to chase down speeding motorists and deliver urgently-needed transplant [...]

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SoundRacer Transforms Economy Cars into Ferraris, VIDEO

Lamborghini V10 Engine Not Necessary

Very few have an opportunity to drive an exotic 10 cylinder Italian sports car or a cammed American v8 muscle car daily, but now there’s hope for all underprivileged gearheads. 

Swedish company SoundRacer has designed and manufactured a simple and effective acoustic placebo that transforms any bland economy engine noise into the [...]

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Conan evaluates the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, Video

Conan O'Brien's SHO time

Conan O’Brien, Taurus SHO expert and comedian host of the The Tonight Show on NBC, recently had a chance to look and mull over the reinstated 2010 Taurus SHO and compare it to his 1991 SHO “beast”.  Hijinks ensue, as expected.