Some Automotive Fun...

The Festival of the Unexceptional. It's English of course. I bet they even serve milky, lukewarm tea.
(You don't see events like this in New Zealand since we still have plenty on the roads.)

Terminally Uncool Proton Sedan Wins UK's "Dadwood" Festival | Carscoops

Top prize at Hagerty’s Festival of the Unexceptional went to a 1989 Proton 1.5, while a Peugeot 106 bought for £500 picked up second spot.
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Before the Segway, there was the Sinclair C5.
 

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The 1992 Volvo Environmental Concept Car Is What Killed Its Boxy Bodies Forever

Volvos used to be Swedish bricks. This is where that started to crumble.
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Introduced in 1992, the ECC wowed the crowds at the Paris Motor Show with its hybrid drivetrain, which featured a gas turbine powering the vehicle's single electric motor. With just under 100 horsepower on tap, the concept provided a decent dose of real world driving capability and a useful 90 miles of battery range. It touted a future where ecological stewardship was paramount, and milked the public's nascent fascination with the coming information superhighway by adding a live LCD traffic feed to the cockpit called Dynaguide.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XDSGzrCG2o

Leaping into the future of cars with design visionary Rem D Koolhaas

An architect, designer, and founder of the footwear brand United Nude, Dutch-born Rem D Koolhaas has a bone to pick with the modern car industry. But rather than writing a politely worded open letter, instead, he’s built what he believes is the car of the future — the Lo Res Car…
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Despite the headline, it's not a proposal for future cars, but a combination of formal exercise with software and publicity exercise for a fashion brand. You should see what his uncle gets up to.

I wonder what William Towns would have thought of it?

The Bulldog is back - Aston Martin’s 200mph 80s spaceship is reborn

Meticulously restored to its former glory by world-class specialists, Classic Motor Cars, the Aston Martin Bulldog has finally completed its restoration and is ready to attack the double tonne.
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Or Trevor Fiore?

 
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