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choose your eternity

PCH, Franco-Prussian War Rematch Edition: Citroen CX 2000 or Porsche 928?

In a stunning upset, the Borgward Hansa wagon handed Germany a one-sided victory over the Peugeot 304 in our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll. With France long reigning as the world's lone HyperGalactic PCH OmniPower, we would be remiss if we didn't give the French a shot at prying the oil-leaking, stripped-fastener-thread PCH CryptoChampion trophy from the Germans, in order to prove that the Borgward's victory wasn't just some one-shot fluke. That's why we're rolling out some Hell Project heavy artillery today, with a pair of undeniably cool- yet just as undeniably nightmarish- machines vying for long-term residency in your Garage Of Torture.
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5:20 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,801 views, 78 comments

Latest by HUMONGUS: The Citroen, hands down. It might have potential once you get past the task of building an entire subframe to hold an American V8 engine and drivetrain. The 928 on the other hand will require you to install a rear more »

news

Unnamed German Luxury Automaker Creates Digital Factory System

A "luxury car manufacturer" from southern Stuttgart has invested a lot of money into something that isn't even real. We're thinking it was the brainchild of Dr. Z., but the unnamed company has picked up six of the ridiculously expensive Christie HD8K 1080p DLP high definition projectors that creates virtual factory floors and production plants to maximize production efficiency. It's quite the elaborate setup as individuals have to don special 3D goggles to get the full, stomach churning experience.

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3:20 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Travis Hudson
462 views, 13 comments

Latest by ddsurace: @mikedrawcar: I'm guessing Bennigan's. more »

found on ebay

Europe Fires Caminoization Salvo: 500SEpage, Silver Shadowamino!

The Murfreesboro Vanden Plaschero inspired a lot of discussion about the pros/cons of Americans hacking up fine European machinery in order to add pick-em-up truck beds. Don't forget, though, that Europe itself has a fine tradition of Caminoization stretching back for many decades. Take, for example, this pair of fine Old World cartrucks. We've got a 1982 Mercedes-Benz 500SE with pickup bed from Germany and a 1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow on a Dodge truck chassis from the Netherlands. Which would you drive? Make the jump and do the voting thing! Thanks to Martjin and Sasho for the tips.

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8:00 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,532 views, 68 comments

Latest by cats4rent: you could pick up three or four fat chicks at a time with the rolls. i wonder if they could ship it in time for the state fair? more »

industry news

Volkswagen's Command Center Is Like Minority Report, Minus The Cool

Recently installed at VW's Wolfsburg, Germany headquarters is this massive video wall that will help the IT control center manage all of VW's world-wide network. Remember in Minority Report when Tom Cruise is rocking that video wall with the awesome glove? Well, this system is kind of like that, but less technological and less cool. It does get the job done, apparently. The wall consists of tons of LCD displays and will ensures that stability of VW's worldwide networks across suppliers, importers, dealers, service partners, customers, manufacturers and more. What happened to being environmentally friendly, VW? We're sure this command center doesn't skimp on the power usage. [Carscoop]

3:45 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Travis Hudson
961 views, 21 comments

Latest by mjgolli: I wish my datacenter was like that...but I do all my admin stuff through VNC and SSH sessions. If it was like this, though, I would totally use those monitors to watch films! Add a set of Bose Acoustimass 16's, more »

novelties

Think You've Got It All? How About A Gold Porsche?

We were born with an inability to trust salespeople, the fact they're trying to sell something you probably don't need is more than likely the root of this distrust. Fresh from Germany is a perfectly good example of something totally ludicrously ridiculous. The watch, jewelery, and interior decoration company of Schmuckwelten in Pforzheim, Germany has come up with a way to make a duo of Porsches seem utterly undesirable - cover them in gold and tchachkies. Is there something about an old 911 or a new Boxster that just screams "cover me with gold leaf" or "bedazzle my exhaust tip"? You'd think this kind of thing would be a hangin' offense in Germany. [Schmuckwelten via Minhaselecao]


2:15 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,125 views, 44 comments

Latest by Shprocket: Shows again: having a lot of money doesn't necessarily imply having a lot of good taste. more »

custom cars

German Confounds Us With Pontiac LeSupra

The immediate reaction to this article sent to us by The Bouncer was an indignant cry of 'blasphemy!' What you see above is no ordinary 1972 Pontiac LeMans, indeed this dark horse has a dirty little secret. Tucked away under that sleek hood there lies no V8 engine, not even a V6, in fact, the engine wasn't even born in Detroit. It was plucked from none other than a Toyota Supra.

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4:20 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,622 views, 54 comments

Latest by my406cid80fbe: We all know what the ponchos sound like, but if this THING sounds like it looks, I'd be looking over and around the Le-whatever for the rice burner that I'm hearing! more »

junkyard find

Junkyard Find: Opel GT

Seems every time I go to a certain East Oakland self-service junkyard, I find something old and unusual on its way to steelyard reincarnation. Last time it was the 1969 Jaguar XJ-6; now it's a very-well-picked-over 1973 Opel GT. These things were never plentiful in North America, and I don't think I've seen one on the street for a decade. Yet, somehow, one has survived long enough to make it to the junkyard. Make the jump for even more gallery shots.

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10:00 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,755 views, 32 comments

Latest by freeride53: lol i go there alot. at the end of hegenburger, on san leandro st. it the pick n pull go there alot, since im from alameda more »

novelties

The Old Elbe River Tunnel

See, this is why we love Germany, no, it's not just for the beer. The city of Hamburg is situated on the Elbe river, with the dockyards situated on an island in the river. In the heady shipping days of Hamburg, workers on the busy port island had to travel by ferry to get to their jobs. In an effort to reduce river traffic and improve the commute, a tunnel was constructed to address the issue. Being Germans though, the tunnel couldn't just be a hole in the ground for people to pass through. Nope, this tunnel stretches out for 1,398 ft under the river, and is punctuated by huge freight elevators on both sides.


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2:30 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,560 views, 20 comments

Latest by Euromobile: @camp6ell: As it says, the tunnel was shut years ago, but the Rotundas are still there. Unfortunately the South Rotunda is getting a bit the worse for wear. Clyde Street is a good spot. Down by the River, but only two more »

offbeat news

Parking Lot Saves German History

Parking lots don't always pave paradise, sometimes the pave over cellars. German archaeologists have discovered a 12th century cellar buried under a car park in Berlin. The find dates the founding of the city to a period roughly 45 years earlier than previous estimates. What makes the discovery remarkable isn't so much it's age, but that it has survived through centuries of construction as well as the Allied bombardment in the second world war. More »

10:15 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,108 views, 12 comments

offbeat news

Gaddafi's Offspring's Ferrari Seized In Germany For Being Too Loud

The War on Terror-izingly Loud Autos claimed another victim as German police towed away Muammar Gaddafi's son's Ferrari 430. Seif al-Arab, son of the Libyan leader, is studying something in Munich and, like most students, gets by on a mixture of Ramen Noodles, Ultimate Frisbee and Italian sports cars. Police report that the car's exhaust emitted 110.5 decibels, over the 98 decibel limit. More »

2:45 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,701 views, 24 comments

german christmas

Match Made in Heaven: Skoda Delivery Fun

You didn't think we could actually make it through any trip without bringing you local Camino action did you? Here's a bitchin' Skoda Felicia Fun doing its duty as a pizza delivery truck/car in Schesslitz. Way more dignified than the last Fun we brought you. Could there be a better match? Pizza delivery, Camino-ness, fuel economy, plenty of room for cases of bier in the back... it's perfect! There's something so right about that missing hubcap too. Ristorante bei Peppo Skoda-camino driver, today's real Bavarian hero.

12:45 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By bwojdyla
450 views, 9 comments

Latest by biminitwst: @ccc40821: See, I TOLD you thats why they put the handle on the rear! more »

german christmas

Akl Shows Off 1974 BMW 2000Tii Touring

Earlier we introduced you to Akl's garage, now we're going to show you Akl's daily driver. Parked right in front of that bitching treasure chest is a 1974 BMW 2000Tii Touring. That's right the BMW boys built a touring model of the uber-tossable little sedan - sort of the German version of a shooting brake. While there are probably only about a hundred of these in all of Germany, Akl puts twenty thousand clicks on his, thumbing his nose at the namby pamby preservationist sissies. Putting on all those K's would seem like a tedious business given the stop-go and heavy truck traffic of the modern, EU border crossing free Autobahn. That's were Akl has a clever little trick up his sleeve. He has equipped it a 1600E Becker Mexico vintage modern stereo system. Yep, the one that looks old, but hides the CF and SD reader built into it. We can't help but wonder if this was the inspiration for that M Coupe that's perrenially on our list to Santa. Dig that copper paint job.

3:00 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By bwojdyla
1,069 views, 26 comments

Latest by SVERIGE: I've got a 2002tii touring as well - 1973. I have driven all over Europe in it and it is still fast by todays standard. I love the fact that you get italian styling with german engineering. Best combination! I'll more »

german christmas

More German Garage Pr0n

Alexander "Akl" Z. is a man living what many of us would consider "the dream." He has a nice big house in the German countryside, not one, but two, two lift garages, a positive pressure paint booth, and more automotive treasures than you can shake a schweinebraten at. Keeping messy garages full of cool cars must be a German national pastime. Under the vintage black Mercedes is a competition ready BMW 2002 set up for hill climb racing. Against the back wall is an E21 set up for cup racing. Under the mint condition BMW 3.0 CSi is an old Escort destined for rally time. Another something sits in the middle of it all after a fresh paint job. It looks French, but that's highly doubtful in Germany, anybody know what that is? We especially dig the palm trees littering the garage, it makes things feel so exotic. We're used to the girly posters and smelly old dogs, but this works too.

1:00 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By bwojdyla
1,042 views, 16 comments

Latest by jjdaddyo: Looks like he needs to clear out some of that old junk--- I volunteer to take that piece crap 3.0 csi off his hands, and I won't make him pay me more than a couple of hundred to hoon, er, more »

german christmas

Dieter Lets Us Peek Behind the Barn Door

A man like Dieter is never content with just one barn full of cars and tools and gadgets. Less than a kilometer away from his shop, Dieter has his treasure barn. From the road it's so unassuming that you'd never know it could contain an 850Ci and a 440 Duster. In addition to those, there's at least an ancient Tatra, a pumped up BMW 2002, the skeletal (and really cool) remains of an Opel Speedster and a rack of about 50 various hoods for some reason. This is also where Dieter keeps the molds for a BMW M1 that's he's recreating. Oh yeah, that wooden frame upside down on the red car, that's the body frame for the BMW 328 we told you about earlier. This level of chaos in our own garage would drive us bonkers, but damn, this place is awesome.

1:00 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By bwojdyla
1,453 views, 14 comments

Latest by wild zero: @Armand4: Geminis are the earliest cars that I remember, the folks had a bright orange one when I was rather young. more »

german christmas

Legendary Project Car: 1937 BMW 328

Our German buddy, The Bouncer, was a garage rat growing up. We could clog the tubes with his stories of Deutschland hoonage in hypermodified BMWs and mythical Porsches. As a result of this, we've got the inside track on some of Bavaria's most respected garages and their automeisters. This particular fellow is Dieter W. His full name and location will remain anonymous for reasons that will become evident shortly. Dieter is a BMW guy. His garage services only the steel of the Bayerische Motoren Werk and he's got an unbelievable little secret in one of his work bays. More »

11:30 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By bwojdyla
2,124 views, 7 comments

Latest by Shapeshifter: @Dr.Danger: If by "fun" you mean "project car hell with a car where components are impossible to find and too expensive to buy if you do find them and if you hammer something slightly too much you've just lost $15,000 and more »

german christmas

VW Golf Country Makes Tiguan Look Like Sissymobile

Oh sweet Christkindle, we've found VW's best car ever and it's called the VW Golf Country. Just as we were being raped at the gas pump filling up, the traffic cleared and this came into view across the street. You all should have been there to see the frantic scramble for the camera as we raced against the owners' intent to scramble with our new found love. Even though these picture make us feel like half private eye, half stalker, we can't help it; seeing this super rare, four wheel drive, Mark 2 Golf is like catching Sasquatch riding the Loch Ness monster like a big wet pony. We're loving the high res shots showing the bashed front fascia and busted up fender flares, the field repairs on the wiring, the chintzy 80's style decals, oh my, it's almost too much.

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2:00 PM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By bwojdyla
2,531 views, 35 comments

Latest by jojowasher: I want one soooo bad!! There is one on sale on eBay all the time in BC north of Vancouver, never seems to sell, think they want $10k for it... more »

german christmas

DOTS Germany: Supermini Substop Delivery Truck

Job one when we made our way into Bamberg on the first day was to replace the anemic and poorly appointed Mercedes B-Class rental (seriously, how does that thing wear a star?) with a far more capable and comfortable Audi A4 mit 2.0 TDi. While we were on this mission, we came across this spectacular beauty. Making kei-cars look like my Lincoln, this "Substop" delivery truck was like manna from bizarro heaven. We're pretty sure that it's worn as a backpack during delivery runs. The utter hoonage that could result from matching this with a Hayabusa mill and cheater slicks is unfathomable. They should be distributed in pairs, one for each pocket.

3:30 PM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By bwojdyla
832 views, 19 comments

Latest by Hyman Decent: @tocsa120ls: We may have a misunderstanding due to the fact I wrote "Europe." The tipping rules probably differ by country; I wasn't specific in order to be brief and because my memory was foggy. (I do remember now the last more »

german christmas

Jalopnik in Germany for Fun, Not Shows

While Jonny was being such a crybaby about the hanging out in lousy old California in Saturday's QOTD, I decided to go to Germany to escape the thirteen inches of snow that fell in good old D-town. You'll find the reasoning here is solid; After years of half-assed jokes about Germans and their preoccupation with automotive perfection, (as well as myriad poorly spelled jokes about various aluminum und schteel loving brands) it was decided that the time had come to check the place out in person. Sure, we've been all over the übershow that is Frankfurt, and we've shown you what comes out of Essen, but we've never really gotten to know Germany. It was mostly just a relationship of convenience where we never called the next day. This time we're serious, we're committed, we want to know all of Germany's friends and hang out in the cold drinking Gluhwein at the Weihnacht's Markt. Oh yeah, and completely geek out over the cars. Stay tuned for Deutschland-centric craziness.

2:00 PM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By bwojdyla
366 views, 12 comments

Latest by Lestat: I just got back from Germany a week ago. Very nice cars all around, though 90% of them are hatchbacks or tiny tiny pocket cars. more »