Addio Sergio

As you may have read, Tuesday marked the passing of a giant in the field of automotive design, Sergio Pininfarina, who was 85 years old. While Sergio was not personally responsible for many of the designs that bore his family's now legendary name, it was his tremendous business acumen as much as his artistic sensibilities that saw him not only keep his father's venerable carrozzeria alive after taking its helm in the mid 1960s, but expand it, build upon it, and cement his father's legacy for all time.  In the process, he created Pininfarina's R&D center, built a wind tunnel, and using early digital technology brought his company strongly into the computer age while many of his competitors faded into second tier status or disappeared completely.  I recently took some photos of a 246 Dino, which was one of the first production cars created under Sergio's directon. I thought this a fitting time to share them with you. Click for high resolution.

Getting Excited for USGP 2013 in New Jersey!

After the inital knee-jerk reaction of WTF? New Jersey? I actually have settled into being very excited about the promise held in the new street circuit along the waterfront. Here's a recent video of Sebastien Vettel driving an Infiniti road car and commenting on the new circuit:

Also here is an older video simulating how the track will be in actuality.  The speed and elevation changes are going to be fantastic. I think it will have a great challenge for the drivers.

Watch an entire Triumph Spitfire engine rebuild -- in time lapse stop motion!

Hats off to the patient man that made this video!

via The Chicane

New Alpine video from Renault is EPIC

When it was unveiled, I had mixed feelings about the styling of the new Alpine A110-50. But this new video they made starring Rally legend Jean Ragnotti, an original A110, and the new A110-50 is just pure magic. Love the music too.

On a special note, this was the final post from our dear friend Syed over at IEDEI who has decided to hang up his keyboard for a while and stop blogging.  I post this as a tribute to him and his incredible passion for the Alpine marque.

Peerless Camaro

It's hard to pinpoint precisely when the Camaro went from awesome to terrible. But this Trans Am version is most certainly awesome.