Posts tagged Cars

Volkswagen Parking Lot Towers at Autostadt - “Spanning approximately 16 stories, two silos are used as a kind of temporary vertical parking lot  at Volkswagen’s production facility and autostadt visitor attraction in Wolfsburg, Germany. The 48-meter tall silos are composed of glass and galvanized steel, illuminated by night. A conveyor belt system transports finished cars directly from the adjacent manufacturing plant to the towers’ basement.”

Volkswagen Parking Lot Towers at Autostadt - “Spanning approximately 16 stories, two silos are used as a kind of temporary vertical parking lot  at Volkswagen’s production facility and autostadt visitor attraction in Wolfsburg, Germany. The 48-meter tall silos are composed of glass and galvanized steel, illuminated by night. A conveyor belt system transports finished cars directly from the adjacent manufacturing plant to the towers’ basement.”

The Lift in Autostadt From The Top of The Glass Tower

1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Berlinetta Leads Auction

1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Berlinetta Leads Auction

Air Bag Inventor and Car Designer Join Forces for Show - “Chung Joo Hyun and Hong Sung Do have curated a contemporary installation entitled ‘air and water’, a show that subliminally relates to the work of each man - hong, who developed the airbag and chung who is a car designer. divided into two parts, the temporary installation is thematically and abstractly based upon two very different components of the car.”

Air Bag Inventor and Car Designer Join Forces for Show - “Chung Joo Hyun and Hong Sung Do have curated a contemporary installation entitled ‘air and water’, a show that subliminally relates to the work of each man - hong, who developed the airbag and chung who is a car designer. divided into two parts, the temporary installation is thematically and abstractly based upon two very different components of the car.”

Italian Flair and American Muscle -” A shapely European body attached to a lusty American V-8, American power train merged with bodies made in Italy…The C-3 was breathtakingly expensive for its time, priced from $8,000 to $12,000, depending on the model and options — approaching $100,000 in today’s dollars. Nelson Rockefeller bought one. So did the du Ponts”

Italian Flair and American Muscle -” A shapely European body attached to a lusty American V-8, American power train merged with bodies made in Italy…The C-3 was breathtakingly expensive for its time, priced from $8,000 to $12,000, depending on the model and options — approaching $100,000 in today’s dollars. Nelson Rockefeller bought one. So did the du Ponts”

Renault 4 Celebrates 50th Anniversary -“As the third bestselling model in automobile history (it sits behind the Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Model T to take that honour)and the bestselling French car across the world with sales in excess of eight million units in more than 100 countries…The renault 4, invented in 1956 by Pierre Dreyfus, who wanted to produce a versatile, inexpensive car with a worldwide calling.”

Renault 4 Celebrates 50th Anniversary -“As the third bestselling model in automobile history (it sits behind the Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Model T to take that honour)and the bestselling French car across the world with sales in excess of eight million units in more than 100 countries…The renault 4, invented in 1956 by Pierre Dreyfus, who wanted to produce a versatile, inexpensive car with a worldwide calling.”

Lamborghini Madura concept car from designer Slavche Tanevsky.

Lamborghini Madura concept car from designer Slavche Tanevsky.

Trabantimino, The Amazing Collapsible Family Muscle Car - “The car is part Trabant, the VW of Soviet East Germany, as extinct now as the Berlin Wall. Its other half derives from a 1973 Chevy El Camino, the sporty two-seater that was part muscle car and part flatbed pickup. By flipping switches on the Trabantimino’s center console, a driver can extend the car’s squat body to the length of an El Camino. Flip another set of switches and the rear wheels rise to a height that would make a lowrider proud. Another pair elevates the car’s snub nose to a level that would hide any road in front of it.”

Trabantimino, The Amazing Collapsible Family Muscle Car - “The car is part Trabant, the VW of Soviet East Germany, as extinct now as the Berlin Wall. Its other half derives from a 1973 Chevy El Camino, the sporty two-seater that was part muscle car and part flatbed pickup. By flipping switches on the Trabantimino’s center console, a driver can extend the car’s squat body to the length of an El Camino. Flip another set of switches and the rear wheels rise to a height that would make a lowrider proud. Another pair elevates the car’s snub nose to a level that would hide any road in front of it.”

‘Buckminster Fuller & Spaceship Earth’ exhibition at Ivorypress Art + Books, Madrid, featuring a lovely Dymaxion Car #4’.

‘Buckminster Fuller & Spaceship Earth’ exhibition at Ivorypress Art + Books, Madrid, featuring a lovely Dymaxion Car #4’.

Gymkhana THREE, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; l’Autodrome, France - “Shot just south of Paris, France in Linas at l’Autodrome de Linas —Montlhéry, this 1.58 mile oval track, built in 1924, features banks as steep as 51 degrees, which is more than double the standard incline of most NASCAR ovals. Chosen by Ken for this specific reason, the ramp-like banking proved to be a unique and exciting challenge. The driving physics for the stunts performed were totally unknown until Ken attempted the maneuvers during filming.”

Norster 600R - Finnish designed mid engine compact, that might also be called a heavy quad. The design is a throwback to cars like an Austin-Healey’s Sprite, or MG even. The machine sports vertical opening doors, a 580cc two-cylinder engine with only 20 horsepower and 36.8 pound-feet of torque, it’s certainly no sports car more like a chevel duex, it allows the engine to achieve around 50 miles to one gallon of gas and still turn a few heads.

Norster 600R - Finnish designed mid engine compact, that might also be called a heavy quad. The design is a throwback to cars like an Austin-Healey’s Sprite, or MG even. The machine sports vertical opening doors, a 580cc two-cylinder engine with only 20 horsepower and 36.8 pound-feet of torque, it’s certainly no sports car more like a chevel duex, it allows the engine to achieve around 50 miles to one gallon of gas and still turn a few heads.

Auto Type VII - More typography and graphics from a selection of vehicles. See Auto Type I-VI here or check out The Delicious Industries Flickr set here. .

Auto Type VII - More typography and graphics from a selection of vehicles. See Auto Type I-VI here or check out The Delicious Industries Flickr set here.

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1988-89 Porsche Typ 962 Group C Racing Coupe, Chassis no. 962-138, Engine no. FR 001 - “For many enthusiasts the most iconic endurance racing car design in their sporting life has been the classically sleek and graceful Porsche 956/962 series. These immensely capable, practical and reliable machines have won the Le Mans 24-Hours race no fewer than seven times, the Daytona 24-Hours six times and the Sebring 12-Hours four times. In addition these Porsches dominated the relevant FIA World Championship, winning it five times, plus four American IMSA Championship titles, the European InterSerie and Japanese Sports Car Championship. There is growing interest worldwide in these increasingly highly regarded cars from the Group C era of 1982-1991. Here we are delighted to be able to offer this beautifully restored, rebuilt and ready-to-run 3-liter twin-turbo engined example of the ultimate Porsche Typ 962 design – chassis ‘962-138’ as campaigned for two years in the FIA’s contemporary World Sports Car Championship series of premier-league endurance races, by the celebrated British racing driver Tim Lee-Davey.” See a Video of This Car in Action.

1988-89 Porsche Typ 962 Group C Racing Coupe, Chassis no. 962-138, Engine no. FR 001 - “For many enthusiasts the most iconic endurance racing car design in their sporting life has been the classically sleek and graceful Porsche 956/962 series. These immensely capable, practical and reliable machines have won the Le Mans 24-Hours race no fewer than seven times, the Daytona 24-Hours six times and the Sebring 12-Hours four times. In addition these Porsches dominated the relevant FIA World Championship, winning it five times, plus four American IMSA Championship titles, the European InterSerie and Japanese Sports Car Championship. There is growing interest worldwide in these increasingly highly regarded cars from the Group C era of 1982-1991. Here we are delighted to be able to offer this beautifully restored, rebuilt and ready-to-run 3-liter twin-turbo engined example of the ultimate Porsche Typ 962 design – chassis ‘962-138’ as campaigned for two years in the FIA’s contemporary World Sports Car Championship series of premier-league endurance races, by the celebrated British racing driver Tim Lee-Davey.” See a Video of This Car in Action.

The Ex-Vern Schuppan/Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, Jean-Louis Lafosse/Francois Migault – Le Mans 3rd place 1975 – 2nd place 1976, 1974-75 Gulf-Cosworth GR8 Endurance Racing Sports-Prototype, Chassis no. 802, Engine no. DFV 941 - “A most significant mid-1970s Le Mans sports-prototype—the Gulf Research Racing-built Gulf-Cosworth GR8—chassis ‘802’—which was driven by Vern Schuppan/Jean-Pierre Jaussaud into third place in the Le Mans 24-Hours classic of 1975.”

The Ex-Vern Schuppan/Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, Jean-Louis Lafosse/Francois Migault – Le Mans 3rd place 1975 – 2nd place 1976, 1974-75 Gulf-Cosworth GR8 Endurance Racing Sports-Prototype, Chassis no. 802, Engine no. DFV 941 - “A most significant mid-1970s Le Mans sports-prototype—the Gulf Research Racing-built Gulf-Cosworth GR8—chassis ‘802’—which was driven by Vern Schuppan/Jean-Pierre Jaussaud into third place in the Le Mans 24-Hours classic of 1975.”