Stop touching yourself. Now I better just come out and say I know jackall about cars, but whoodoggies did I enjoy the high-octane car porn at Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend. Made me think about what a world of its own it is, and how fun it would be to suck in the aesthetics of motoring's sexy, stylish and vibrant universe then pour it all over fashion or like the inside of your house.
I don't get off on sleek and suped-up Supercars - although I love that name - or even the F1 cars. Porsches, meh. In a platonic way I love the vintage concept cars, and in a passionate way I love Alfas.
In the 80s when I was growing up, car makes were truer unto themselves, more stylised. BMW had a strong boxy ass. The Saab, which I always found masculinely elegant, had an extended front, signature long diagonal back and something about the rectangularness of the windows. Buggy-eyed headlamps on an old Mercedes said 'money' louder than the ones Madonna gets driven around in now. Seem to remember it was the in the 90s cars started looking the same: Beemer asses got curvy/less defined, Saabs stopped looking like Saabs and Mercedes stopped being so intimidating. Like suddenly they all had the same mother.
Again I get cars like I get cricket, but two makes of cars get my blood pumping/turn my head: Aston Martins and Alfa Romeos. They just so pretty. More on that after this.
Cute/EntertaininglyImpracticalinMostCases Cars:
My favourite was the 1957 Fiat 600 Multipla Marinella, Beach Bambini. The name kills me. The wicker seats and boat-style back-end slap me back to life. Ahhhh...even blankets to throw over your legs for cooler beach evenings.
Concept car montage:
These ones too:
Mini cool:
Mini NOT cool = the new Countryman:
Winner, Most Stylish:
Close Runner-Up:
The Rest:
Similar to the grounds at Wimbledon Tennis Club, everything at Goodwood's speed fest is done how it should be, touched with exquisiteness. Even up in the rally car trails. Cobbling all this together I remembered former model Jodie Kidd and how a few years back she got all into car racing and even won stuff. What's more cool than that is that she held the record for fastest celebrity lap on Top Gear for quite some time. And she's an expert polo player.
One steazy bitch:
Photo courtesy of the Daily Mail newspaper
Bit of ALFA LOVE for ya now. It's Alfa's centenary this year. Car magazine has put out a special 100 years of Alfa Romeo 'WE LOVE ALFA' issue for Alfaholics, if ya want to get your piston-head paws on some proper Alfa porn.
I've fallen in love with the pretty of Alfa's own Feel magazine, issue 13 (Centenary Special).
All photos from Feel, which is produced by Northstar on behalf of Alfa Romeo. Editor: Andrew Gillingwater.
Again, all from Feel, photography by Bernd Kammerer. I love the candy-pop/Studio 54/lickety juiciness of these images.
And once more, from Feel. Photography by Greg Pajo. Classic, divine - all that. And more, non?
My own Alfa shots from Goodwood.
This shot below bears a striking resemblance (ok a funnyish similarity) to a famous scene from a John Hughes film. I'll giveaway my copy of Feel to anybody who guesses the film.
Speaking of giveaways. Here's my new Audi shoulder bag. Held by Ben, then me, posing under da hood. I strongly feel it is quite a wicked accessory.
Defo going back next year.
Porsche's models are truly great, may they be vintage or modern cars! Since car models are limited, there are lots of people wanted to collect vintage cars. Maybe the reason why some people buy 2nd hand cars is not only because these are cheaper, but maybe they want to collect different car models. Well, some 2nd hand cars have a good performance. If you'll buy a used car, better you ask the help of a car expert for checking the engine, and improving its performance.
Posted by: car repair Indianapolis IN | 11 February 2011 at 07:30 AM