As Discussed at Lunch

http://craziestgadgets.com/2010/06/15/delorean-limousine/

Love him or hate him, this is still pretty cool. The car sounds amazing, especially on the overrun. Judging by the sun’s low position in the sky, but mainly by the absence of traffic on Sunset, I’d guess this was shot faily early in the morning!

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Several years later this British Honda commerical is still amazing. All shot in one take using car parts… with no CGI. And yes, the wheels do roll uphill.

Making of video here

New Hi Res photos and specs for the new Aston Martin sedan, the Rapide. Described as “kind of like a Porsche Panamera, but you know, attractive to look at”.

http://jalopnik.com/5395325/panamera-wishes-it-looked-this-good-an-aston-martin-rapide-high+res-mega+gallery

I think my personal order of preference for these new perfomance sedans is.

1.  Fisker Kharma
2. Aston Martin Rapide
3. Tesla Model S
4. Porsche Panamera

How about you?

As discussed at lunch, Top Gear’s review and comparison of a Diesel 535d which BMW claim is more powerful and fuel economical that the petrol engined 545i.

It has gullwings, and still it looks like an 1980′s Cadillac Allanté in need of a nose job.

Wings + Nose = Turkey

MINI is kicking off an ad campaign that directs the user to enter a URL in their browser and, once there, to hold the magazine page in front of a webcam. A 3D model of a car is then displayed on-screen, superimposed to look like it’s sitting on the magazine.

Cool.

Check it out here. The demo of the actual ad is near the end of the video clip.

How the mighty have fallen!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8165524.stm

As discussed at lunch and as heard on NPR this morning. The Camaro has strong sales and is a glimmer of hope for GM.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/07/21/camaro-glimmer-hope-gm/

This clip probably won’t last online too long.

For those of you not smarter enough too lazy to do the calculation:

37.8C = 100F

53C = 127.4F

61.9C = 143.4F