Last year I spent three days test driving and beating the hell out of the powerful Jaguar XFR sports sedan, I really enjoyed my time with the car. One of the things I really like about the XF is its styling, it looks very different from the average European/Japanese sports sedan. So when I heard Jaguar was making an XF station wagon, I was worried they’d ruin the design but I’m happy to report the XF Sportbrake looks pretty good.
Autos
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Auto Style and Function- Muscle Cars That Really Haul
Take a few moments to peruse the finer details of this publicity photo taken at the 1969 Detroit Auto Show. Should you presume that only lady car show models were seen in wide legged plaid pants in this era – consider yourself wrong. I personally had a few pair of these high styling pants, and, while I could consider my plaid pants days a good memory or a bad one, it’s a fact that I was captured in my high school graduation photos wearing pants similar to these. Yikes!
Now let’s look past the fashion and hair-dos to concentrate on the introduction of a 1969 Ford concept vehicle dubbed “The Scrambler”. I’m not sure that I would call this a ‘pickup’ truck as the Ford sign does, since it’s really more of an adaptation of a two door station wagon. Auto style and function was changing,
iXOOST – Beautiful Car Exhaust Docking Station
When you throw people who love cars and people who love audio in the same room, you would expect to see a car with a bad ass sound system installed in it. That would be a pretty accurate assumption but we all know one should never assume. Instead of the car with the fancy sound system, the end result is the iXoost docking station for the iPod/iPhone.
The iXoost is entirely hand-built in Modena, Italy with the base built out of a solid block of aluminum and then fitted with eight, ten, or twelve cylinder exhaust manifold which has been twisted and turned into a masterpiece using five-axis machines.
1936 Mercedes Benz 540 K von Krieger Special Roadster
I don’t want to sound like an old man by saying “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” but man, they don’t make ‘em like they used to!! Here’s a perfect example, a beautiful 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K von Krieger Special Roadster.
The car belonged to an aristocratic Prussian family, today’s equivalent of the “1 %”, that purchased it brand new in 1936. The supercharged roadster was shipped out of Germany during World War II to Switzerland, to protect it from
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe Aviator – Inspired by a Seaplane
When you’re living the billionaire lifestyle, owning just an “average” Rolls-Royce coupe isn’t enough to help you stand out from the crowd. You need a car like the limited edition Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe Aviator; only 35 examples of this exquisite and ultra-luxurious coupe will be produced, ensuring you’ll be the only Wall Street banker on your block with a car like this.
The special edition Phantom Coupé Aviator pays tribute to the company’s co-founder Charles Stewart Rolls and the 1930’s Supermarine S6B racing seaplane that was powered by a Rolls-Royce “R Type” engine.
Audi S3 Hatchback
Right after releasing images and information on the 2013 A3 Sportback, Audi released images of the all-new 2013 S3 Hatchback. Like the Sportback, the S3 hatch will be officially unveiled at the Paris Motor Show.
The S3 hatchback looks very similar to the A3 with the S-Line package; of course it’s missing a couple of doors. The only difference I can see is the added elements (winglets) in two air-scoops on the front bumper.
5 Affordable Sports Cars You Can Buy Now
I’ve written hundreds of posts on cars on Unfinished Man and a few other websites, and most of them have focused on high-end cars that most of us will probably never buy. So I thought I’d write a post for the average man that still enjoys speed – a list of affordable sports cars. And by affordable, I don’t mean sub-20k cars because those don’t exist anymore and the dollar isn’t what it used to be. The 5 affordable cars featured in this post are all priced below $50,000 and are in no particular order.
