Lamborghini published these videos commemorating the one-off Aventador J speedster concept that they built for the Geneva Auto Show. Reports say that it was sold to a private collector for 2.74 million dollars after the show.
2012 marks the return of BMW to the German Touring Car Championship (DTM). It will be Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW fielding cars this year. I’ll probably put together another post later about the newest generation of DTM cars, but they basically have nothing in common with the road going cars besides the headlights. All three teams will be using the same basic carbon tub as the foundation of their cars for 2012. I felt like that kind of took a lot of the meaning out of what it meant to have the three manufacturers racing each other. Then I was reminded of one of my favorite car videos on the internet. It’s a tribute to what the editor calls “The Golden Years of DTM.” This is back when the race cars were prepped versions of the mass production cars and they still raced on the Nordschleife.
I remember when Jalopnik posted this commercial for Hahn Super Dry Beer. I thought it was hilarious that they justified it by saying that it was automotive related because of the Delorean monster truck in one of the scenes.
My buddy Scott found this video on YouTube. It’s the Best Motoring guys seeing how well the Fujita Engineering RX-8 stacks up against recent crop of Newtype NA (high specific displacement, naturally aspirated engines usually above 2.0 liters in displacement) cars. If you’ve never watched Best Motoring before, it’s a group of Japanese race drivers, including drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya, who do car review videos. The signature characteristic of their series is that they will test new cars as well as tuned cars. It’s a unique feature born from the extensive Japanese automotive aftermarket. The Best Motoring track battles are fun to watch because the guys are all friends and have fun with each other while doing some world class driving.
The Isle of Man TT is simply one of the institutions of motorsport. Watch this video and you will understand why. These guys define bravery.