Imagine cramming six people—not wearing clown suits—into this contraption. That’s what the 1957 Fiat 600 Multipla was designed to hold. And now you can have one of your own!
Multiplas have got to be rare stateside, which would explain the bidding frenzy for this little imp. The seller’s pretty sure it has a 1,000-cc Abarth engine and is positive it’s packing a Weber carb. And all the electrical baubles work, including the dome light. Quite a feat for a crotchety old Fiat.
There’s only a day left on the auction, so if you want a minivan that fits in your other minivan, you’d better bid soon.
The French have a healthy relationship with lust. To them, it’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s no repressed, punished, or controlled. It’s celebrated as the ultimate expression of unbridled passion. And it shows in their cars. Bare with me here. The Citroën DS is one of the sexiest cars ever made and since then, the French have periodically produced subtly sexy rides. The Citroën SM, the Renault Alpine A110, the Peugeot 205 GTI, the Renault Clio V6, and many more. They’re not drop-dead gorgeous like Italian supermodels, but they’re sexy in a girl-next-door-you’d-definitely-marry kind of way.
The DS3-R is the latest sexy ride to come out of Citroën. Rumor is it’ll come packed with a turbocharged 1.6-liter four good for more than 200 horsepower and will ride on rally-inspired suspension. A race version of the DS3-R will replace the current C4 rally car on courses in the near future. Chances of the DS3 or DS3-R being available for sale in the U.S. are close to zero, but we can dream.
Ok fine, so it’s not car related, but it’s flippin’ HILARIOUS!! Here’s the red band trailer for Kevin Smith’s COP OUT- it hits theaters February 26th. For the life of me, I still have absolutely no idea what this flick is about, other than it’s got a black cop (Tracy Morgan) and a white cop (Bruce Willis) and they’ll most likely be driving a Ford Crown Vic… hmm… a Crown Vic. BOOM SHAKA LAKA!! We just found the tie-in!
I spent some time as a driving instructor, and I wish any of my students were as smooth as the driver dissed in this video. Maybe the guy didn’t have all the lines nailed, and maybe his shifting could have used some work, but I didn’t see anything I’d call dangerous. The primary job of an instructor is to instruct, and I sure as hell I didn’t hear any of that going on.
The video has a happy ending, though: the assnozzle instructor is now unemployed and presumably looking for something better suited to his temperment. Like being a clerk at the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles.
Adam Wickstead sent in pics of his very lustworthy 1973 BMW 3.0 CS. Built by Karmann for BMW, the 3.0 CS featured a 2985cc motor with dual carbs good for 180 horsepower. The CS line helped to establish BMW as a driver’s car, largely due to their success in European Touring Car racing.
Danica Patrick is on a roll: after finishing sixth in her ARCA debut last Saturday, she’s decided that banging doors and bump drafting are fun. Her team, JR Motorsports, announced this morning that she’ll be driving the number 7 Go Daddy car in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.
Per Patrick, “The ARCA race was a blast, and I’m not ready for my first Daytona Speedweeks to end just yet. I want more racing.” Patrick started twelfth in last Saturday’s ARCA event and had moved up as far as fifth before finishing in the sixth position.
Ducati Mutistrada 1200: now lustworthy and semi-affordable
No, that is not a misprint: Ducati has announced that the 2010 Multistrada 1200 will require major service intervals (valve clearance inspections) every 15,000 miles. Complex valve adjustment procedures, previously required at 7,500 miles and beyond the realm of most shade tree mechanics, often meant that riders of modest means shopped elsewhere.
Bigfoot. El Chupacabre. The Loch Ness monster. Honest politicians. People swear that they’ve had encounters, and swear on a stack of bibles that these critters exist. The Tesla Model S, revealed to the public just about one year ago, fits in the same realm; call it “auto-cryptozoology”. With clean lines reminiscent of a Maserati, it looked to be the out-of-the-park home run alternative to Chevy’s plain vanilla Volt electric sedan.
As you probably know, in the last month Toyota has been getting the ever-lovin’ shit kicked out of them due to recalls with faulty gas pedals on ten of their models. They’ve also been apologizing left and right for it… hell, I’m amazed the CEO hasn’t just said, “F*ck it…” and fallen chest first onto his Samurai sword. Unfortunately the story continues to grow as employees are beginning to come forward saying that Toyota has known about this potential problem since 2007 – not good.
Jamie Metzl, executive vice president of the Asia Society in New York, tells that the culture in Japan itself could have possibly contributed to safety problems within Toyota products by dissuading current employees from coming forward.
