Spy shot of the 2010 Porsche Panamera

Thanks to a shutter-happy Flickr user and the loyal readership of Jalopnik, clear photos have surfaced of the upcoming four-door Porsche Panamera cruising the streets of San Francisco completely in the buff. Unfortunately, the production version of Porsche’s first 4-door offering bear a striking resemblance to both the concept sketches and spy photos revealed months ago – which means the 2010 Panamera is still a dead ringer for the Ambiguously Gay Duo-Mobile.

Official RideLust caption contest number 3. These are starting to get good.

Reach deep for this, people. Leave us your captions in the comments section. You can do it, do it to it.

The infamous Wall of Death, which used to be called the silodrome back in the early 1900s, is an old carnival sideshow consisting of a huge drum shaped cylinder with tall straight walls where motorcyclists perform tricks. The audience views from the top of the drum, looking down. The bikes start at the bottom, in the middle, and drive up the curved section until they gain enough velocity to drive horizontal to the floor. In India and other parts of the world, performers even use small cars.

There is a similar act called the Ball of Death, where riders zip around inside a wire mesh sphere rather than a drum.

Well, apparently, back in the day, some carnival performers didn’t think the trick was dangerous enough, so they took a lion from the “dangerous animals” section, and let him ride in the sidecar with the “dangerous motorcyclists”, creating the first “dangerous animal motorcyclist”. Groundbreaking. Here’s the complete lion picture and some videos of the trick:

Find the complete picture after the jump. Leave us your most hilariously witty captions in comments section. DO IT NOW!

Happy New Year!

To start off the new year, we’re running a monthly car photo contest in 2008.

The rules are simple. Send the 3 best photos of your car to ridelust@gmail.com. Also, include a short description about your ride.

At the end of each month, we’ll choose the top 3 car pictures.

• 1st place will get $30.
• 2nd place will get $20.
• 3rd place will get $10.

Learn more about our contest by clicking here. Also, whether you win or not, your pictures will show up on our car picture gallery for everyone to see.

Thanks to Bud for submitting our first entry. The above picture is his son’s 2002 Roush Stage 1 Mustang. Check out more pictures of the car.