March 10th, 2010

Breaking News: Lagerfeld Tapped for 2011 Pirelli Calendar

Breaking news: It was just announced that Karl Lagerfeld will shoot the 2011 Pirelli calendar and we couldn’t be more excited!

We were rather disappointed with the porn fashion photos of Terry Richardson this year. We’re all for sexy shots but we thought this material belonged in another forum, one marked with bunny ears perhaps.

The Pirelli calendar was first produced in 1964 and it is gifted to a select few, it cannot be bought. The calendar has been shot by some of the world’s greatest photographers including: Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz.

March 09th, 2010

Find Out Your Car Soulmate

It’s Tuesday, Friday seems far away so we thought today we’d provide you with an entertaining distraction.

Which car are you destined to be with? Take this fun quiz and find out your true car soulmate.

We had two soulmates, go figure, the Audi R8 and the BMW 6 Series.

March 08th, 2010

1 Woman, 1 Car, 46 Years, 559,000 Miles

91-year-old Rachel Veitch from Orlando, Florida bought her Mercury Comet Caliente in 1964. After 559,000 miles they are still driving together today.

She takes meticulous care of her car she calls “Chariot.” “When I buy gas, I write down the mileage, the date and how many miles per gallon I got,” Veitch told FOXNews.com. “I’ve never been a destructive person and I’ve just taken care of everything, except my husbands.”

Veitch hopes that one day her “Chariot” will end up in the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan.

March 06th, 2010

Why Women are Easier to Insure than Men

We love these ads from the South African insurance company 1st for Women.

March 05th, 2010

New York Times Series on Gender and Driving

The New York Times has been running a series on it’s Freakonomics blog (not sure why it’s not in the auto section) about gender and driving. The authors initial report was about how men tend to be behind the wheel more than women in a relationship. This set off a chain reaction from readers and more posts by the author. Here are some of the posts.

-Are Women at Risk for Being Taken for a Ride?

-In Relationships, Are men in the Driver’s Seat?

-Couples and Cars

-Do Women Take the Backseat to Men?

-Gender and Fender Benders?

The series was written by Eric Morris. Mr Morris is an interesting guy, a renaissance man of sorts. Morris graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, was an actor in musical theater, was a television writer (Xena, Star Trek: Voyager), has an extensive Grateful Dead bootleg collection, and is researcher at UCLA’s Institute of Transportation Studies. We love the provoking questions Mr. Morris, keep them coming!

 

March 04th, 2010

Swiss De Silvestro Joins Indy for 2010

21-year-old Simona De Silvestro from Switzerland will race a full season in Indy this year. Previously, she raced in the Atlantic Championship and last year she won 4 races (Patrick never won a race in the Atlantic series) and was in the lead for the championship before she crashed in the final race.

She will join Danica Patrick and Milka Duno (who just confirmed she’ll be racing a full season) and hopefully, at least for a partial season, Sarah Fisher. Ana Beatriz is scheduled to drive at least one race—the Sao Paulo 300. The season begins in Sao Paulo, Brazil (It’s Indy’s first race in South America), with a street race on March 14th.

De Silvestro may very well give Patrick a run for her money this year. It will undoubtedly be an exciting season.

March 03rd, 2010

First Woman to Win at Autorama, and She’s a Gold Digger

Tammy Ray, who hails from Georgia in the USA, is the first woman to win the coveted Ridler Award at the Autorama in Detroit.

The Ridler award is given to the best custom hot rod and only cars shown for the first time are eligible.

Her car, aptly nick-named Gold Digger, is a 1933 Ford Phaeton.