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AC Schnitzer Brings Gourmet To Customization

I don't know about you, but every time we're getting one of our cars tuned by a high-end German company we always say to ourselves, "Sure, the extra 300bhp from the V12 they're shoehorning into our E30 is going to be nice, but what we really want is a gourmet dinner." Wish no more, friends; AC Schnitzer is here to help. By installing a rooftop fine dining experience at their facility in Aachen, they're ensuring fast car loving foodies needn't go unfed.

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12:20 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Wes Siler
646 views, 14 comments

Latest by PhoneticLorin: @13oostedwgn: Delightful prose! more »

retro

Breathalyzers Be Blown, He'll Have Seen The Red Light!

After seeing the showroom-condition MGC-GT a couple weeks back, we were inspired to dig up this Pathe newsreel of the 1967 London Motor Show. The theme of this show appeared to be drunk driving, judging from the narrator's jokes on the subject. Lots of great vehicles here, with the real standout being the Lamborghini Marzal, the car that became the Espada.

12:45 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
405 views, 7 comments

hardcore

Anarchy in the USA

Whenever Davey G gets into whichever high-powered, oh-so precise German engineering testament I happen to be driving, we always have a good laugh, musically speaking. Whether we're blasting the Minutemen while driving past D Boon and Bukowski's graves in a $130,000 AC Schnitzer thinking of ways to get Watt in a Bentely, or shouting along to Black Flag's White Minority in the RS4 high above it all in Pacific Palisades, we know we are complete and total corndogs. And while we can't agree on where a hatchback ends and a sport wagon begins, we both agree that Paul Rachman's new film effing Rawks! [Thanks to XL Perro for the tip] – Loverman More »

12:57 AM on Tue Nov 28 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
79 views, 1 comment

Latest by IppoJ: In an act of punk blasphemy, tonight I am converting my vinyl to mp3s. I find it ironic that the Minutemen sit on top of the pile followed by The Replacements, some Black Flag and Killing Joke. I still haven't more »

2006 woodward dream cruise

2006 Woodward Dream Cruise: Cobra Commander'd Be Proud -- Snakes On A Dream Cruise


Downtown Birmingham was chock full of fun during this weekends Woodward Dream Cruise, whether it was two of the Big Three getting their exnibitionist shwerve on or just sitting back with burgers from Hunter House — fun was had by the tens of thousands. But if you looked closely between the two tall apartment buildings towering over the corner of Woodward Ave. and South Old Woodward, you'd see something really cool — the Great Lakes Cobra Club annual meet, one of the largest showings of Cobras anywhere with usually over 80 replicas in attendance — and even a couple of real ones! Although this year the morning rain, as well as a lack of parking, cut numbers to around 60, it was still an impressive sight seeing all of Carroll Shelby's Ford V8 masterpieces sitting there in the summer sun of the late afternoon. More »

12:15 PM on Mon Aug 21 2006
By Ray Wert
184 views, 1 comment

Latest by farlane: Hey there - you doing anything on the Dream Cruise this year? We posted some stuff on the cruise today - including an excerpt from a historical book Cruisin' Woodward Ave and a link to your Woodward Cruise category. Let me more »

news: industry news

AC to Build Cars in Connecticut

Apparently inspired by the success of BMW's rethink of the Mini, AC Cars has decided the time is right to begin building cars in the US of A, and they're doing it in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The 40,000 square-foot facility will create 141 jobs and will be underwritten in part by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. The plant's sports cars'll sell in the $90-150k range, which is becoming a rapidly impacted niche. We're rooting for old AC; still, we're curious to see if the cars will be up to snuff when pitted against venerable British companies with American and German megabucks and berbrains behind them: i.e. Aston Martin and Bentley. More »

8:47 PM on Tue Nov 15 2005
By Davey G. Johnson
120 views, 2 comments

Latest by derek: heard this on the radio this morning. I would love to see them succeed (and let those 141 people in CT get to keep those new jobs) but how does it make sense that a $20k car convinced them that more »