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more about #bristol more comments → Miscellanea: Ok, so here it is. I cried blasphemy when the first images of the Panamera appeared. "That rear-end is awful", I shouted. "It would be better if it... more » Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Don't ever speak ill of holy Bristol and it's patron saint St. Anthony of Crooks again. Walnut veneer splinters under your nails and suchlike forms o... more » bzr: The Germans, copying the Brits? NOW we've truly won the war. more » VeeArrrSix: Pics won't load today for some reason... dammit Nibbles! Check out the 4 door 928 made for ASC in the 80's. more » ArtForge: Bristol did it better! more » Maxichamp: The NYT on Sunday begs to differ. [www.nytimes.com] more » Alfisted: The Panamera designer never saw the Bristol. more » Pessimippopotamus: I'm pretty sure this Troutman-Barnes 911 is the inspiration for the Panamera, if anything. It's even got the unfeasibly ugly proportions like the new... more » Mobius: Porsche has crap photocopiers. more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I'm cool with that. more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: The Bristol is better looking. more » LuciferV8: I can right now visualize Mr. Setright at a stoplight in a Type 407. Billy Gibbons, in his 33' Ford, rolls up next to him. The two nod at each other... more » tonyola: In his younger years, Mr. Setright was rather more dapper in an Ichabod Crane sort of way. Sometimes he even wore a monocle. more » Pessimippopotamus: And his awesomeness is made three fold by his resemblance to Christopher Lee. more » Bret: Peter, don't go all educational on us. Yes, Bristols are some of the greatest creations on wheels. Part of their appeal comes from their utter lack ... more » -
#cardesign
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] -
#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 » -
#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 » -
#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 » -
#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] -
#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 » -
#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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#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 » -
