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DominimaDesign: Low Poly 3D Cars

“3D Printed Designs for the Home“ by DominimaDesign.

“3D Printed Designs for the Home“ by DominimaDesign (via The Awesomer)

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Street Fighter LA: RWB-Porsche on Tesla Steroids

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe (StreetFighter LA’s E-RWB); Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (via Speedhunters)

The other day it was ICON’s 1949 Mercury, which still rocks the boat. Here comes another EV converted troublemaker: Dylan Coleman’s 1977 Porsche 911 Coupe. “The setup of the E-RWB makes 563ewhp (electric wheel horsepower), which is comparable to a car making 700hp at the crank.”

I think Porsche purists will love it. Not.

1977 Porsche 911 Coupe via Speedhunters.

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Rotiform x Ornamental Conifer: Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Jason Whipple’s 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco S; Copyright Trevor Yale Ryan (Speedhunters)

Not a day goes by I miss my MK1 :/ …

1980 Scirocco S by Rotiform x Ornamental Conifer via Speedhunters.

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CARBON COPY – A Glitch Sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett

To be honest—CARBON COPY made me want to blog again (after 3.5 years). Thank you, Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett!

Content Copyright Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett

Content Copyright Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett

Content Copyright Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett

Content Copyright Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett

To be honest—CARBON COPY made me want to blog again (after 3.5 years). Thank you, Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett!

Via Just A Car Guy.

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Ron Arad: Pressed Flowers

Beautiful. Want 'em all.

Beautiful. Want 'em all.

Ron Arad via Designboom & Design Museum Holon.

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Note to self: Get a Benzo Rod

I think it is obvious we have tremendous respect for the hot rod spirit. There is a simple reason for that: We are living in Germany. Well, on the one hand Deutschland has all its fingers in every pie regarding all worldwide highest desirable automotive brands – Audi, BMW (MINI, Rolls Royce), Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen (Bugatti, Bentley, Lamborghini) –, but if you think about a unique culture which is driven by passion and individuals … there is none. At least not if you compare it to the American hot rod culture, which started in the late 1930s.

I think it is obvious we have tremendous respect for the hot rod spirit. There is a simple reason for that: We are living in Germany. Well, on the one hand Deutschland has all its fingers in every pie regarding all worldwide highest desirable automotive brands – Audi, BMW (MINI, Rolls Royce), Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen (Bugatti, Bentley, Lamborghini) –, but if you think about a unique culture which is driven by passion and individuals … there is none. At least not if you compare it to the American hot rod culture, which started in the late 1930s.

Maybe we Germans are overall too square to respect people who modify their vehicles by themselves, maybe the creativity which is needed to build a car to one's wishes is not valuated that high. Not to mention the fact that the whole trailer-queen adoring and producing tuner society in Germany gets seriously derided for their work. For a good reason, btw, if you ask me – they should rather prove their competence by building street legal race cars instead of distorted plastic funfair sculptures

Ok. I run off the track. In the early days of Chromjuwelen.com we featured a 1952 Mercedes-Benz W 191 170 Sb, which got rodded by Heiko Sude. At the Race 61 in Finowfurt we ran into Niko Kahn's chopped and channeled Mercedes-Benz W 189 300 d "Adenauer". In the meantime Ingo Recktenwald debuted with his 1939 Mercedes-Benz W 136 170 V. And a few days ago our friends form the excellent Stipistop presented us another Mercedes-Benz 170 S hot rod.

Enough already. I am hooked. I want a Mercedes-Benz hot rod. With a supercharged AMG M113 5.4 L "Hammer" V8. Or – even better – with a 7.3 L V12 SL 73 AMG V12. You think this would is blasphemy? No. It would not. This would be the perfect German Engineered hot rod. 

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If Mad Max was Japanese

Post apocalyptic Mitsubishi Delica.

Post apocalyptic Mitsubishi Delica. Via Retro Rides.

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Race Dezert Baja Bug

When we visited the General Tire Mint 400 some weeks ago, our friend Klaus (race-dezert.com) told us about his new desert racer from Deutschland which he just was building: A Volkswagen Käfer.

These days he will race the NORRA 2010 Mexican 1000 Rally. Mud in your eye, Klaus!

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Viva Las Vegas 2010, Pixeleye

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