Category Archives: Design
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Behold: the SSC Tuatara.
They said it would do it, and it did it.
Driven by British racing driver Oliver Webb over a two-way run along the straight section of Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump, the 1,750bhp hypercar recently averaged 508.7km/h, clocking the Bugatti Chiron as the world’s fastest production car.
Go on. Tuat yourself. For €1.61 million.
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Behold: the Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica (BAT) concept cars (BAT5 in black, BAT7 in blue and BAT9 in silver) built from 1953 to 1954, when auto makers were less fettered by the restraints of cost and production.
The result of Alfa Romeo giving Franco Scaglione at Bertone free rein to explore imaginative visions of aerodynamic road cars. These three, bought from their respective owners in the early 90s having toured the world individually, are being offered as one lot at auction later this month.
Yours for €12 to €17 million the three.
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Less than tasty treats from the Rate My Plate Facebook page, to which folk submit pictures of their horrid grub.
Digital collages merging vintage photographs, botanics, astronomy and all manner of scavenged copyright-free imagery by anonymous Greek art duo Frank Moth, who describe their work as “nostalgic postcards from the future.”
Available as prints here.
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Behold: the Mercedes Benz EQC 4×4² – a conceptual all-electric offroad version of the G-class EQC SUV with portal axles giving a 29cm ride height.
Proprietory software analyses driving parameters, giving audio feedback to the driver and piping sound to the outside world via speakers behind the headlights.
No word as yet on whether the concept will ever make it to full production.
Still.
Vroom.
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Behold: the Deus & Zero SR/S – an all-electric, carbon fibre ’neo retro café racer’ from California-based Zero motorcycles and custom fabricator, Michael “Woolie” Woolaway of Deus Ex Machina.
Designed to promote the Zero SR/F production bike (like this revamp by UK modifier Untitled), its a one-off. You can’t have it.
It’s just for looking at.
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Behold: the 1975 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopica one of only 158 variants of the archetypal 1970s wedge supercar, named for the light channel in the roof that illuminates the rear view mirror making it possible to back up without hanging out over the door sill looking back.
Presented in its original Blu Metallizzato livery with fully documentation and its original drivetrain, it’s yours, with a little shrewd bidding, for €930,000+.