There's a reason why cars don't have skin

Even after all of these years the Cadillac 16 is still my favorite concept car ever, As a kid seeing it in person pushed me over the edge to become a designer. The best part is that it still looks as good as it did back then, Now thats good design 

Probably not on anyone's radar screen, but I was always fond of the Buick LaCrosse concept from 2000.  It looked like a Buick, but it gave you four door acces with a coupe-like look, and the flat load floor in the rear would actually make it pretty useful for the occasional suburban run to a big-box retailer.  I don't…

She's spread-eagle and waiting. 

Exposed plumbing. Just like our 914 crap can. www.facebook.com/teamgravy

Favorite.  Racecar.  Ever.   Why?  Because fuckyouboost.

And today I got an email back: Read more

I wrote this email to Citroën on 2/8/2013:

Hi, my name is Jaime Hernandez, and I live in Livermore, California, in the US. I was curious to know, if you don't mind me asking, when exactly did you guys think of making a compressed air hybrid car?

Back in the summer of 2009 (I was 18 at the time) I noticed that if I had… Read more

You can't read it from here, but this says "Warning - Danger to Manifold"

Aparently this hole is important.

gotta love the gauges off to the left. Those are pressure gauges that are connected to the frame of the car. The would pressurize the frame before a race. If the pressure dropped, a crack had developed in a weld somewhere. Smart. Read more

Here's something else about the 1st photo. Off topic, but interesting none-the-less. You see that green building in the background, the Schelling Salon? That is a bar / restaurant / pool hall today. But back in the 30's, this was one of Adolph Hitlers favorite hangouts. He reportedly ran up a big tab and the owner… Read more

Legendary Munich bar, founded in 1872. Both Hitler and Lenin drank there in their younger years. Hitler was banned for unpaid tabs...