Unabashed Gearhead Gnarlyness

It's Porsche week here at UGG: Auto Union, 917, 908, and more...

Check out this awesome Dennis Gray photo gallery from last weekend's Pre-Historics.

Drayson Racing Aston Martin, a lap of Le Mans

On Gnarlyness

"I just love racing, I love speed. I love the noise. One of the biggest thrills of my life was I went to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and I watched from 50 meters to the right side of the runway, the flight of four F-15c’s at takeoff, two by two, the second just five seconds after the first, and the noise ! The ground shook! I was a guest of a colonel in the air force. I said, ‘Will you be using reheat?’ — which you call afterburn — and he said, ‘No, but if you want it, I can tell them.’ And I’ve never forgotten it. The noise! The power! And they got to the end and they went whoosh, it was almost vertical. Fantastic. Speed and noise."
- Sir Frank Williams

Matte is the New Black, part VI

Oh dear.  Matte paint on a Bentley?  It takes on a whole new meaning when done in camo, doesn't it?

For more, see The German Car Blog

The coolest look in racing?

Is there a cooler racing car than this blasting around tracks today?  I think not:  anything that combines the spirit of Aston Martin, Steve McQueen, Prodrive, David Brown, and James Bond in to one package just has to be a heady brew.  Oh and that lusciously sculpted carbon fiber front splitter is just... gnarly.  I'd really like to drive this machine, wouldn't you?

What other race cars do you fancy?  Please leave a comment below, or drop me a line.  Cheers.

How is Cate Blanchett like a Lamborghini Gallardo?

Hmmmm....  good question!

To see my answer, check out my post on the subject over at Deep Glamour, a new blog by Virginia Postrel.

I'll be writing something over there once a week or so.