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Mystery Nürburgring Roadster Identified?

There's a lot of buzz nowadays about secret prototypes testing their on-track capabilities on Germany's famed Nürburgring. But while most cars are easily identifiable despite their heavy camouflage, this silver roadster is just sitting around undisguised, and we still aren't exactly sure what it is. This clear shot was captured just today by a fellow Jalop, Mike. It's the freshest clue yet to the mystery that was started not too long ago by these shots. Since then, there have been some claiming to have closed the case, but the surfacing of this new photograph is cause for a re-investigation.

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3:00 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Mark Arnold
4,096 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: it could be a reemergence of the GM's Skateboard chassis concept more »

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Scammers Using Toyota's Name To Rip Off Consumers

By way of Toyota's own Open Road Blog is word of a new scam using Toyota's name in vain to obtain financial info for use in identity theft and raiding bank accounts. The scam involves a letter and sometimes an included check branded with Toyota's logo. A couple of different forms of the scam are circulating — one of them involves a mystery-shopper program. Another is a about a lottery awarding free money and a Toyota vehicle. And let's be clear here — if you fell for this, we've got a Nigerian lottery we'd like to discuss with you. More »

12:20 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Travis Hudson
3,185 views, 27 comments

Latest by whiterose: OK now people. Maybe it's too late at night or my brain just isn't hitting on all cylinders, but I read this article and the comments carefully, and I still have no idea what the problem is. more »

ennui countermeasure

Identify These Parts, Win More Little Tree Schwag!

Our last Mystery Car/Little Tree Schwag contest had a winner in the first .006 seconds, in spite of only 337 examples of the Toyota 2000GT ever being manufactured. Oh yes, our readers know their cars, no doubt about it. But how about car innards? How about taking a shot at identifying a car using a blurry photograph of its innards scattered across a sheet of plywood? We're not fooling ourselves here- one of you is already jumping up and down and yelling "Ooooh! Oooh!" at this point, but at least we're trying something different.
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10:30 AM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,255 views, 82 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @Murilee Martin: Amen. Wagons rule. more »

ennui countermeasure

Identify This Mystery Car, Now With Fresh-Smelling Prize Potential!

It took a couple long, agonizing days for our loyal readers to identify our last Mystery Car, a '54 Fiat 8V, so this time we're going with something a little less cruel; someone is going to start yelling "Ooh! Ooh!" and jumping up and down pretty soon after seeing this very distinctive component... we think. Better move fast if it's you, because we got us a righteous prize package for y'all this time! More »

8:30 AM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,373 views, 52 comments

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What Was That Mystery Car? 1954 Fiat 8V

We finally had a Mystery Car contest that lasted more than a few hours, with pauln correctly identifying the car as a 1954 Fiat 8V coupe. As promised, here are the photos of the whole car. See, it's actually in pretty good shape, despite the somewhat battered hood scoop.

8:00 AM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,141 views, 16 comments

ennui countermeasure

Mystery Car Identification Prize Still Unclaimed!

For the first time, we've failed to get a winner on the first day of an Identify This Car contest, so now we go into Day Two! We figured the last one was too easy (though it was shocking how many readers could ID the fairly uncommon MGC-GT so fast), so we've made the challenge a little tougher this time around. Still, we're not sadists, and we do want one of you to claim the prize, so jump like a hooned RX-1 for a hint about this car's country of origin...
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8:00 AM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,494 views, 52 comments

Latest by MurileeMartin: @slag: Looks like the same car, all right. See, it's not a beater. more »

ennui countermeasure

Identify This Mystery Car, Now With Super Prize Potential!

It's been a few weeks since our last Mystery Car contest, but don't think we've given up on exorcising your Monday ennui demons! Heep won our last awesome Mystery Car prize, by correctly identifying the car as a '69 MGC-GT, and the first person to identify the car in the photo above will receive an equally awesome prize. Jump like a hooned Cosmo to find out what we've got for you this time!
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10:30 AM on Mon Sep 17 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,334 views, 42 comments

monday ennui countermeasure

Identify This Mystery Car, Now With Super Prize Potential!

We've done a couple of Ennui Countermeasure contests, including the Mystery Mercury and Dastardly Datsun, but now things have changed. Now we've managed to convince the all-powerful Gawker Overlords to spring for an actual prize for the car-obsessed freakola automotive expert who identifies the car in the photograph above... More »

8:30 AM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,718 views, 45 comments

monday ennui countermeasure

Can You Identify This Car?

Looks like folks had a good time with Friday's Mystery Car, so we've dug through our files of as-yet-unpublished DOTS photos to come up with another one. Who can be first to correctly state the year, make, and model of this vehicle?

11:30 AM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,241 views, 39 comments

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Spy Photos: New Nissan Cube in Los Angeles?

Over the weekend, the Autobloggers procured shots of an unidentified, right-drive Japanese vehicle, nabbed on a commercial shoot in downtown Los Angeles. After some deduction, the determination was the box-like utility wagon is neither the next Toyota xB, nor a new Honda Element. So what, pray tell, is this bo te blanche? How about the next-gen Nissan Cube? AutoWeek reported last year Nissan was weighing the potential for the front-drive Cube in the US market as a Scion competitor. While this car is slightly larger than the current, shagadelic Cube — and sports a new, likely more crashworthy front-end — its rear design work does look strikingly Nissaneque. Anyone? Anyone? – Mike Spinelli More »

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7:09 AM on Mon Dec 18 2006
By Mike Spinelli
2,882 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: I was down on Abbot Kinney today and a Nissan Cube turned by Abbot's Habit. It was sort of this color and it had a Nissan badge on the front and the Cube name on the back. There was a wrap more »