True! Read more

Yeah, that’s the thing. 200 MPH is like early 1990s non-McLaren supercar top speeds. Read more

Or Spa-Francorchamps. Pretty close to France and in a similar environment as the Nordschleife. Read more

Well, yes.

So what are you designing these days? Read more

I hear unlacquered is the new lacquered. Read more

Kids! Read more

This is the highest res I’ve got (2,560×1,920), hope it uploads.

I totally didn’t know this but it’s awesome. Read more

Bonus: a turning circle equal to the Earth’s equator.

So have we managed to out-Clarkson Clarkson in working an obscure reference to the Nazis into every post about German cars, especially BMW’s, especially a BMW in Munich? Read more

I can’t find the shot but I distinctly recall a version of this camo with whale barnacles all over the hood and the wheelarches.

My wife Natalie has a serious thing for the SLS AMG production prototype in dark gray with whale barnacles. She says if she ever becomes filthy rich, she’s going to order one in that exact shade of gray with the barnacles retrofitted on the hood. Read more

I love it too! Read more

They renamed it i8 for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and I remember it looking much more real than the 2009 version. Wonder how much of the Marzal-like glass cockpit will make it into the production version (if the camouflaged prototype is any hint, well, not much).

This is what the car looked like when I photographed it three and a half years ago, at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, back when it was called the Vision EfficientDynamics.

Oh shit, I forgot the lulz!!!1! Read more

I think part of it is just crazy McLaren pricing but titanium is supposedly a bitch to work with (I had a chat about it with a jeweler who made our wedding rings from the stuff). Even Oakley (titanium alloy frames in the late ‘90s) and Apple (titanium PowerBooks ten years ago) didn’t work with the metal for too long. Read more

Glad they retained the F1-style hood scoop!

And I thought I had a pretty good gif day with gif’ing my papal socks. This is better. Read more