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Behold: the Land Rover Defender ‘Hue 166” – a celebration of the world’s first production SUV by Defender customisers Himalaya 4×4 – combining the vintage styling of the1948 Landy with a slew of modern tech.

To wit: a powerful (if, arguably, blasphemous to purists)  650bhp supercharged LT4 V8 Corvette engine, eight-speed automatic transmission and a four-link coilover suspension system, Dynatrac axles and Brembo disc brakes.

Inside the cabin, there’s a touch screen audio system and high grade leather custom seats and dashboard.

Yours for $300,000 (about €255,000).

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Behold: the BMW R1250 R ‘Reimagined’ – another custom take on Motorrad’s most customisable bike – in this case, a slammed and stanced rebuild by Renard Speed Shop.

To wit: a handmade aluminium body with a massive belly-pan, a precision-machined single billet front grille, a bobber style seat with integrated tail light and a titanium Akrapovič race exhaust system taken from a Ducati Panigale Superleggera.

Again, only for looking at.

Previously: BMW R1250 R ‘Hulk Edition’

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Behold: a composite of three moonless nights recorded last week while Earth was sweeping through the dusty trail of comet Swift-Tuttle. To wit:

One long exposure, untracked for the foreground, and the many star tracking captures of Perseid shower meteors were taken from the village of Magyaregres, Hungary. Each aligned against the background stars, the meteor trails all point back to the annual shower’s radiant in the constellation Perseus heroically standing above this rural horizon. Of course the comet dust particles are traveling along trajectories parallel to each other. The radiant effect is due only to perspective, as the parallel tracks appear to converge in the distance against the starry sky.

(Image: Balint Lengyel)

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Behold: the 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster, or rather, a spectacular one-off restomod of the 911’s immediate predecessor for the  2021 Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge by Californian auto house Galpin Motors.

The car’s original bodywork has been subtly enhanced with a louvred decklid, shaved rocker moldings and rear reflectors, smoothed-out rechromed bumpers front and back and custom gold alloys.

Outside, a deep, six-coat turquoise paintjob. Inside, an entirely period-plausible red leather and tartan interior. Round the back. an upgraded, air-cooled 1600SC flat-four engine.

Easy now. It’s just for looking at.

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