Kind of appropriate that it looks like a Scirocco to you...the design was Giugiaro’s original proposal to VW for the 2nd generation Scirocco, but they decided to design in-house instead, so he sold the design to Isuzu. 

Yes! I love hearing these stories because this is exactly what I hope movies like these accomplish. I was like sixteen when Rush came out and it had a very similar effect on me, where I’d kinda known about racing, but I was so moved by that film that it changed the direction of my life.

Lincoln LS

Look at the paint job.

I agree with you on this. The TT shift boot has always been one of my favorite.

Even better on this one:

I agree 100% that had Alonso been in better team situations, he’d have won way more races and championships than he has. But the decisions he made were his own and when he chose to undermine the teams he worked on (both publicly and privately), he dug his own grave.

One of maybe 3 movies I can recite word for word.

Already have it. Drove it this morning. Summer is rarely far away in Texas. ‘61 Thunderbird, a.k.a. the Bullet Bird.

I want to get my Giulietta Spider back to this condition:

That’s a 458 Speciale. You can tell by the rear calipers and front hood.

From my experience in the car business turn over is high for several reasons:

‘64 911 2.0 for $745k in Germany (fuck you very much): http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/porsche/911/1865619.html

Convertibles rule. Not so much for when it’s sunny out, but between 40ºF-75ºF or warmer at night? Oh yeah, baby. Honestly it’s like all my favorite parts of motorcycling with significantly less danger and inconvenience.