Wednesday, November 3, 2010

I love SEMA.

November has fallen upon us, which means it's SEMA season. Whilst I have been busy the past few days, I am back, and ready for some bitchin' amateur SEMA coverage. I start with the aftermarketiest company out there, Scion. Their offerrings this year  are so flipping choice.
If you think about it, a 4x4 xB really does make sense. The dimensions are so perfect. It could be a modern-day Suzuki Samurai.

I really only put this here on the strength of its paintjob. I don't care how douchey it's becoming; flat colors are seriously cool.

If I learned anything in the 10 minutes it took me to create this post, I learned that all Scions should be available with all-wheel-drive. Imagine how awesome all these cars would be with it. That is all.

Read more at Autoblog.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

On the subject of the E30...

It's a BMW. It's a wagon. It has a 5-speed. It's all-wheel drive. The most Dan Fehlings car ever.

Caswell Motorsport

6 months ago or so, Bill Caswell took a junkyard-bought BMW E30 (for those who don't know, this is an 80's era 3-series) to Rally Mexico, and came third (jalopnik.com) in his class, against purpose-built rally cars costing $400,000 or more. That was way cool, and definitely would have gotten a shoutout if this blog existed back then, if only as an excuse to post some of these great pictures from the event:



But now, Bill Caswell has bigger fish to fry. Bill Caswell has his sights set on the Baja 1000. This is big for 3 reasosns:

1) The Baja 1000 is HUGE. And this guy has the same shoestring budget. If you were impressed by his showing at Rally Mexico, this should knock your socks off.
2) The fact that the first BMW ever campaigned at the Baja 1000 isn't a full-bore manufacturer act, or even a second-party but still well-funded team: It's some dudes from the internet with a collection of 20-25 year old beaters.
3) Their plans for the Baja car. They look so great. Look.




I officially now want a Baja-prepped E30. As a huge fan of BMW, off-road racing, and cheapness, I could not be more excited for this event.