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Travelling the US in an Elise

Doug just put up a video of Jared and his trip across the US in their Elises. They drove 8000+ miles in 25 days and met many other Lotus owners across the country, I met them for dinner when they stopped of in the Bay area. The camaraderie within the Lotus community is amazing, I cant think of another marque that has such a welcoming network of enthusiasts around the world – the legendary Lotus unreliability and the Travelers assistance network definitely helped create it :-).

I am planning on driving to Vancouver and back in June, I hope I have as much fun – just need to convince Nithya that I need a ChaseCam to record the trip :-D.… Read the rest

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cars personal

Axis of Oversteer Picture of the Day

Traffic jam at the Corkscrew
This picture that Nithya took at the GGLC trackday in Laguna Seca just became the Axis of Oversteer Picture of the Day. They have credited me with the picture since I submitted it but the camera work was all Nithya.… Read the rest

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TVR Sagaris coming to the US – One kidney (slightly used) for sale

Autoweek is saying that the TVR Sagaris will be imported to the US in 2008. At an estimated $120k I will have to sell a kidney to buy one – will be worth it though.

Those of you who haven’t heard of TVR or the Sagaris should check out the Top Gear review

<--Click on the icon to watch with a friend. And as a bonus check out the following video made by Racing Green TVR who is the main TVR dealer in the UK. I wish more ads were like this.

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cars videos

How NOT to make a sports car commercial

The Audi R8 is a mid-engined supercar named after a 5 time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. You’d think that it would pretty easy to made a stirring advertisement for a car like that, what you do get is the most soul-less sports car advert I have ever seen in my life. You hear the cars engine for precisely two seconds and see a few shots of the car on a road. There is a long voice-over listing the past technical achievements of Audi and there is no mention made of the performance of the car itself.… Read the rest

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cars motorsport videos

The greatest advertisement EVER!!!!

Shell has just released ‘The Circuit’, a new advertisement to celebrate 60 years of its partnership with Ferrari. It features several historic Ferrari F1 cars driving through the streets of cities like New York, Monaco, Rio de Janerio. The ad took over a month to film and at a reported $2 million it is the most expensive commercial ever made.

Just sit back and enjoy hearing some of the most glorious sounding engines ever made.


<--Click on the icon to watch with a friend. Higher rez original here (16 MB mov)

[tags]F1, Ferrari, video, advertisement, Shell, grand prix[/tags]… Read the rest