Cheekily tweaked logos by Swedish designer Viktor Hertz.
In fairness.
Category Archives: Design
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Behold: the rolling sculpture that is the Curtiss Zeus Radial V8 – an all-electric 217bhp motorcycle with its eight battery packs arranged in tribute to the original Curtiss V8 racing bikes of the early 20th century – a design that also allows for improved engine cooling.
Set to launch next year and yours for around €66,000.
The entrance to Bockenheimer Warte U-bahn station in Frankfurt, designed by architect Zbigniew Peter Pininski and apparently inspired by the surrealist paintings of René Magritte.
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Behold: the De Tomaso P72 Coupe – a 60th anniversary offering from the Italian marque paying curvaceous homage to the short-lived De Tomaso P70 of the mid 1960s.
Only 72 of these carbon fibre-bodied, quilted leather-lined presumed track monsters (on account of as-yet unspecified power plants) will be made.
Yours for just over three quarters of a million euro.
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Scenes from the 2019 Irish Classic and Vintage Motor Show at Terenure College, Dublin yesterday.
Name them hogs ’n’ jammers anyone?
(Pix: Oisín Kane)
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The wonderful creations of sculptor Ted Lott – stripped back elements of modern architecture constructed using a bandsaw as a scaled sawmill to generate miniature pieces of wood and other proportioned raw materials which he builds into items of found and vintage furniture. These, sez he:
…point to the complex interaction of necessity, artistry, economy, function and beauty present in the original objects, while highlighting the possibilities of transformation and growth that are a requirement for the continuation and evolution of life.
Now for yeh.
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Behold: the 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL Coupe. They called it ‘The Batmobile’ and you can see why.
Based on the E9 Coupe, the CSL reigned utterly supreme in its day – taking the European Touring Car Championship trophy in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 along with a legendary win at Le Mans in 1973.
The monstrous rear aero wing shipped in the boot for installation at the owners’ discretion as it was illegal in Germany at the time.
Up for auction next month.
Four M3 amphibious rigs do an impressive thing at a bike festival in Großenwieden, filmed by German YouTuber HD1080ide.
Yes, burning this much diesel to transport bikes across a short stretch of water is ridiculous.
Still.
Pontoon trucks!
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Behold: the 1979 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Flip Tail Coupe – a 5.3L DOHC V8 producing nearly 400bhp, fully tricked out with five speed manual gearbox and a host of extras from power windows and mirrors to four wheel disc brakes and aircon.
One of just eleven left hand drive models produced for the US market, fully reconditioned, presented in Aztec Gold with its original Sable brown leather interior and a mere 130,000km on the clock, it’s yours for €240,000.