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Porsche Panamera Styling Inspiration Discovered

It's been just over a year since the Porsche Panamera's official images debuted here. Surprisingly, it's taken this long for the real inspiration of the weirdo shape to be uncovered, say 'ello to to the Bristol 405. [TTAC]

11/30/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

#classiccars

The Man Who Loved Bristols

Speaking of Bristols, here’s their greatest champion LJK Setright presenting the prizes at a Bristol Owners Club event in September 2004. Click through for another photo. More »

10/14/09

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By Peter Orosz

#bloggingtheautobloggers

Lucky Hungarian Drives $370,000 Viper-Engined Bristol Fighter

One of motoring journalism’s enduring myths is the inability to test drive Bristol cars, enforced by the experiences of Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May. A Hungarian road test editor has beaten the odds. More »

10/12/09

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By Peter Orosz

#classicadwatch

The Dilemma Facing British Car Shoppers In 1951: Alvis, Bristol, or Land Rover?

The last round of print ads from old issues of Autocar was a lot of fun, so I've scanned another batch from 1951. We've got everything from the Rover 75 to the Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn. More »

08/23/09

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By Murilee Martin

#carart

Banksy Bristol Museum Installation Features Burned-Out Ice-Cream Truck

A burned-out ice-cream truck is at the center of 100 never-before-seen works pseudo-anonymous graffiti artist Banksy has installed at Bristol's council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery, replacing many of the UK museum's regular artifacts. [BBC]

06/12/09

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By Ray Wert

#nicepriceorcrackpipe

1956 Arnolt Bristol Deluxe Roadster for a Classic $165,000!

If you're crazy about classic roadsters with racing heritage, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has found one that you'll go totally wacky over. More »

06/12/09

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By Graverobber

#projectcarhell

Project Car Hell, King Of LeMons Edition: Bristol 408 or Beetle Limo?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, the "get out of jail free" supercharged Beretta edged out the "must stand 100 feet back to take the photo" Mazda Millenia in the Choose Your Eternity poll, in a 54:46 split vote. For today, we're going with a couple of cars suggested by 24 Hours Of LeMons-loving readers who were inspired by the Corvair and Peugeot 505 Turbo racers to look for even better LeMons entries…
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10/28/08

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By Murilee Martin

#toptennascarcrashes

Top Ten Most Important NASCAR Crashes Of All Time

Our friends at Popular Mechanics have put together a list of what they consider the top ten most influential crashes in NASCAR history, complete with video. These ten smash-ups were influential not in how they changed the course of a single race, but in how they got us to today's "Car of Tomorrow," a race car that is to "stock car" what the Republican Party is to "conservatives." That is to say, it's become nothing at all like a real for-sale car, and therefore not-at-all interesting to most hardcore gearheads. But maybe we all just need a reminder of how the "sport" got to be where it is today. Popular Mechanics has put together this list, with video clips, of ten big wrecks that provoked change in NASCAR. More »