• down on the street bonus edition

    Down On The Oslo Street, Part 2: Britain, Italy, Detroit, And More!

    Remember the Oslo Citröens that Warpig photographed for us? Just as the protagonist of Knut Hamsun's Hunger wandered Oslo looking for food, Warpig roams the same streets 120 years later- with eyes as sharp as two knife points- in search of interesting old street-parked vehicles to share with us. We've got Vauxhalls, a Fiat 500, a Land Rover, a Morgan, and plenty more in the huge gallery that awaits you after the jump!

    3:00 PM on Thu May 29 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    1,015 views, 19 comments

    Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: LOL super! more »

  • down on the street bonus edition

    Welcome To Oslo, Where Ancient Citroens Roam Free!

    We've been getting some great Down On The Street Bonus Edition photos from our readers (so many, in fact, that it's getting tough to post them as fast as they come in- which is a good problem to have). However, when you find and photograph a daily-driven Citröen Traction-Avant on the streets of your city, you get jumped to the head of the line. Such is the case with Warpig, who has gone on an unprecedented DOTSBE binge in his hometown of Oslo, Norway. He's sent in literally hundreds of photos of interesting old cars found on Oslo's streets, and today we're going to look at some of the Citröens he's shot. Good work, Warpig, and we'll be showing more of your photos in the near future!

    2:00 PM on Wed May 7 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    1,259 views, 37 comments

    Latest by aesthari: Citroenporn, I like! Dang, Oslo must be heaven! more »

  • novelties

    Norwegian Hot Rod Slammed, Literally

    Looking at this bad wipeout it's hard not to be surprised that the driver survived. Apparently, the 52-year-old driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from his car before it landed wheels-up in the ditch. Though lucky to survive, the man is in stable but serious condition in a hospital with significant chest injuries. Because of the foam it is sort of hard to get a read on what happened but there don't appear to be any visible skid marks, which makes us wonder how far it flipped before arriving in the ditch or if it came from the other side of the road. A picture of the hot rod pre-destruction below the jump. More »

    10:20 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
    By Matt Hardigree
    4,944 views, 37 comments

    Latest by the good dr zero: @CptSevere: It's a pity that snow mobiles aren't allowed in Norway. There has been nice weather the last couple of weeks, more »

  • manta is the bastard

    Rover, Schmover! An LS1 Manta!

    According to this righteous Manta's owner, regardling the 3.5L Rover V8, "This is a rather lazy engine which is ready to be removed from the car." And that's just what this wacky Norwegian did, getting permission from the authorities to swap in the LS1 from a Firebird. Now we're thinking dry-sump. Now we're thinking over 400 inches of displacement. Now we're going all batshit-googly-eyed over the idea of an LS7 Manta. Mmmm... – Davey G. Johnson More »

    10:45 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007
    By Davey G. Johnson
    1,015 views, 2 comments

    Latest by harumph: better than the mukilteo fairies reference. you should do a piece on how the guy from m.i.t.b. was on a live, more »

  • bye-bye franklin, now it's me and my black metal friends

    Cohorts of Count Grishnackh May Ban Norwegian Gas-Power'd Car Sales

    Some Norwegian politicos seem to have let all of those Burzum records go to their head and are intent on killing the gasoline internal-combustion engine as dead as Mayhem frontman Euronymous. Ruling Labor, Socialist Left and Center party wonks are checking to see if a ban on gasoline-powered vehicle sales would be illegal, forcing a move to biofuels on the part of automakers who want to do business in the Scandanavian nation. According to Truls Wickstrom of the Transport Committee, "Most of the major car makers are banking on flexi-fuel." Yep, Truls. They're also banking on hydrogen, electricity and diesel. Except Ferrari. Ferrari don't play that. – Davey G. Johnson More »

    11:45 PM on Thu May 24 2007
    By Davey G. Johnson
    443 views, 21 comments

    Latest by pitchpitch Type-Я: @klondikedog & : jonnylieberman: I'm in, too! more »

  • hoon of the day

    Hoon of the Day: Gnarly Gnorwegian Volvitude

    Since we just had an Arab hoon yesterday, we're about due for an entry from the other up-and-coming global hoon superpower: Scandinavia. Not only do these Norwegians get some pretty good air out of their Volvo 244- an impressive feat in itself- they blow away American hoon videos (and absolutely vaporize the Arabs) in the video-soundtrack department. First we had Alice Cooper, then Hayseed Dixie, and now they've gone all San Pedro on our ass. 5 bonus points for hooning a Volvo, another 10 for the brutal impact of the second jump's landing... and 200 points for the soundtrack (if they'd used a Corona instead of the Volvo they'd have scored 1,000 bonus points). Hoon-O-Meter reading: 235 points. – Murilee Martin More »

    10:30 AM on Fri Apr 27 2007
    By Murilee Martin
    5,022 views, 14 comments

    Latest by Silverman: If you are giving crazy points for Pedro I suggest Lamy receives all of them... http://www.youtube.c more »

  • hoon of the day

    Hoon of the Day: Lada Versus Volvo Norwegian Jumpstravaganza

    First of all, congratulations to the hoons who brought us Sprint Jumping, as they've won our first-ever Hoon of the Week award! The Eldorado Versus Camper hoons come in with a strong second place in our poll; looks like jumping hoonage outranks crashing hoonage. So, with that in mind, here's a video of some hoons in Norway pounding the crap out of a Lada and a Volvo in an appropriately leaden-skied frozen Scandinavian setting. They don't get much hang time with their cars, but they pick up 3 bonus points for the 80s Alice Cooper soundtrack (which complements rather than replaces the sound of screaming engines and rending metal- you paying attention, hoons?), 5 points for the idiotic positioning of the cameraman where he'll be splattered straight to Valhalla if a car loses control after a jump, and another 10 points just because a Lada is involved. Hoon-O-Meter reading: 34 points. – Murilee Martin More »

    10:00 AM on Mon Apr 9 2007
    By Murilee Martin
    804 views, 4 comments

    Latest by imoody: Yeah. Driving both cars until they're utterly destroyed should net them at least 5 extra points. Oh, and did I more »

  • news

    2007 Norway Rally Update, First Leg

    It was the second week of driving on ice and snow for WRC drivers, as the first Norway Rally kicked off in the lake region of Hamar. At the first day's end, it was Finn Mikko Hirvonen (1:24:39.0) leading with a 15.5-second advantage over Ford teammate Marcus Gr nholm after eight special stages. France's Sebasti n Loeb again drew the spotlight by placing third, one spot behind his 2007 season nemesis, whom he leads by two points. Local talent Petter Solberg placed fourth in his Subaru. Leg 2 Preview: Loeb's out. He hit a snow bank during SS12 (the ski jump stadium stage), and it took him 8 minutes to get free. – Mike Spinelli More »

    11:55 AM on Sat Feb 17 2007
    By Mike Spinelli
    181 views, 7 comments

    Latest by Turboner: You get more longitudinal OR lateral acceleration with more traction. period. Think of the "traction circle" model they tell more »

  • hoon

    Hoon of the Day: TTAC Reader Ronan Hits 330kph in Norway. Twice!

    For those who don't know, 330 kilometers per hour is 205 miles per hour. To achieve this bonkers velocity on Norway's E6, Ronan had the limiter pulled from his M6. We think he's a little nuts, especially as there were other cars on the road, but we're also a bit jealous. Our favorite part is when he slowed down to a nice, comfortable 260kph for the bends. That's 161mph to you and me. [Updated to hide my lack of metric knowledge] – Jonny Lieberman More »

    5:00 PM on Mon Jan 8 2007
    By Jonny Lieberman
    351 views, 38 comments

    Latest by st3ph3n: I live my life a 1/4 mile at a time. For those 4.4 seconds or less I'm shittin' myself. more »

  • alternative energy

    THiNK Again: Failed EV Set for a Comeback

    Who killed the electric THiNK car Ford distributed in the US a few years back? It was Ford itself around 2003, when California dropped the requirement that automakers produce battery-powered electric cars. Now, the current owner of THiNK, a Norwegian concern, says it will relaunch the plastic EV in 2007 as the City car. Battery range is up from 50 miles to close to 80, and a new body kit will likely get the Oslo kids to rethink their lives of sardines, grindcore, and absinthe shooters (we kid the Oslo kids). ABS brakes, power steering and central door locking are standard, as is a sincere trust in mankind. – Mike Spinelli More »

    8:38 AM on Tue Dec 5 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
    1,668 views, 4 comments

    Latest by lascauxcaveman: That's right Xedos6, Th!nk h@ppy th0ughts! more »